DUmmy ThomWV, thoughtfully fingering the necklace made of his own self-extracted teeth, reflects on his own nobility, a stroke of bad luck, a ray of hope, and then sickening reality:
ThomWV (1000+ posts) Sat May-28-11 07:06 PM
Original message
Mixed feelings on a personal level
My sister's son lives with her out in Arizona. He's an adult, she was living with a girlfriend. None of them has much money and her son was sort of wasting away last year down in Florida where he was essentially a slave to his alcoholic and deranged father. So I sent the boy the money he needed to pack up his stuff into a rented trailer and for the trip to get him out west with his mother. That was last winter. Yesterday we found out he was hurt in an accident. He's been into racing dirt-bikes for years so we figured that is what it was, and indeed that proved to be true. He broke both legs and one ankle. So I'm worried as hell about the boy, and my sister too. I know the don't have a pot to piss in and this could be real bad.
We just got good news though. It turns out the boy got a job back in April and luck on top of luck, medical insurance came with it.
Now the mixed feelings. The job he got is with Halliburton. What can I say? Thank goodness they give employees health insurance.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1190947Clearly, if the kid had a shred of honor, he would refuse employment at one of the world's leading companies, and force the taxpayers to fix his motorcycle-mangled legs.
Scuba (1000+ posts) Sat May-28-11 07:09 PM
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1. Keep us posted. Don't be surprised if the insurance scams are just...
...starting.
Dropping coverage...
Paying wrong deductible (always in their favor)...
Not covering consults...
Not covering some tests...
They're masters at criminal behavior.
They will probably refuse coverage since motorcycle injuries are not a risk, but a certainty.
blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Sat May-28-11 07:31 PM
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4. My STBX worked for Bechtel for years. It was a damn good job
and he was treated very well--and his work ws appreciated.
He worked in their IT division but the check said "A division of Bechtel."
It wouldn't be #1 on my list in terms of ethics to work for Halliburton, but I wouldn't automatically cross them off, either. One's safety and health matter--a lot.
What in hell is an STBX? A new flavor of democrat sexual perversion?
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Sat May-28-11 07:59 PM
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7. I'm sorry, but IMO there is no excuse for working for those ****ers.
I would rather starve to death than work for them.
Anne Pritchett, who steals from the taxpayers by spending school hours at the DUmp:
proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Sat May-28-11 09:24 PM
Response to Reply #7
10. Amen
You said it better than I could. I'm having a hard time keeping the vomit down.
OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Sat May-28-11 07:18 PM
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3. Gotta agree. Would it be any better if he worked at Wall mart or
Kentucky fried shitcan? How about Chase or B of A? Face it, they all suck and if you can derive ANY good from them, more power to you.
In the world of democrats, all employers are scum.
