tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post1080328184249389644..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: Funny Stuff with LLNS Benefits for Retired FolksFrank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-67761501488643785402008-11-07T09:06:00.000-07:002008-11-07T09:06:00.000-07:00Back in Joisey that is known as "Jewish Lightning"...<I>Back in Joisey that is known as "Jewish Lightning". - 11/6/08 8:01 PM</I><BR/><BR/>Also know in other parts of the world as "hot remodeling".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-37373067708420238182008-11-07T07:45:00.000-07:002008-11-07T07:45:00.000-07:0011/5/08 10:17 PMNo, with your attitude I would say...11/5/08 10:17 PM<BR/><BR/>No, with your attitude I would say YOUR f*ed, the rest of us will be fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-36409549076946991892008-11-07T06:22:00.000-07:002008-11-07T06:22:00.000-07:0011/5/08 10:17 PMYou're finally going to be kicked ...11/5/08 10:17 PM<BR/><BR/>You're finally going to be kicked off your ivory towers! YES!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-33785613352353061362008-11-06T21:50:00.000-07:002008-11-06T21:50:00.000-07:007:24 is just the "idea man." - 4:45 PM7:24 sounds ...7:24 is just the "idea man." - 4:45 PM<BR/><BR/>7:24 sounds very much like Eric. It looks like he's gone rogue and is posting anonymously. Expect him to start plugging financial and job search 'services' on the blog any minute now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-86407257772486538252008-11-06T20:01:00.000-07:002008-11-06T20:01:00.000-07:00"B. Recruit 'Joey the Spark' to burn it down and t..."B. Recruit 'Joey the Spark' to burn it down and then collect. - 11/6/08 10:24 AM"<BR/><BR/>Back in Joisey that is known as "Jewish Lightning".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-40645922032755003432008-11-06T16:45:00.000-07:002008-11-06T16:45:00.000-07:00Hey, 12:42, lay off! 7:24 is just the "idea man."Hey, 12:42, lay off! <BR/><BR/>7:24 is just the "idea man."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-17969583004858632522008-11-06T16:26:00.000-07:002008-11-06T16:26:00.000-07:00To 12:42The phrase is "All hat, no cattle."I alrea...To 12:42<BR/><BR/>The phrase is "All hat, no cattle."<BR/><BR/>I already have a plan and am executing it along with others from around the nation, at about 80 hours a week each. The plan is going fine, thanks.<BR/><BR/>If you want to know anything about this plan, you have to stop hiding and challenging. That strategy, as has been evident for years, will not work.<BR/><BR/>You have to come out in the open, commit to more than blog comments, and do some work yourself.<BR/><BR/>Do you have the cujones to do that? My guess is 'No.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-54942032349285847592008-11-06T12:42:00.000-07:002008-11-06T12:42:00.000-07:00"The first one seems to be to create a viable plan..."The first one seems to be to create a viable plan for what to do next and to recruit people to do it."<BR/><BR/>If it's so straightforward, why don't you do it and present your recommendation to us. All you do is complain how nobody is doing anything, while offering nothing of substance yourself. All talk, no cattle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-790619643646300232008-11-06T10:24:00.000-07:002008-11-06T10:24:00.000-07:00"The first one seems to be to create a viable plan..."The first one seems to be to create a viable plan for what to do next and to recruit people to do it." - 7:24 AM<BR/><BR/>A. Take a big insurance policy out on your McMansion Los Alamos Home.<BR/><BR/>B. Recruit 'Joey the Spark' to burn it down and then collect.<BR/><BR/>C. Leave town and find a better and more sane place at which to do the research that you love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-81030368792134019432008-11-06T07:24:00.000-07:002008-11-06T07:24:00.000-07:00To 12:44Exactly what?Step 1Allocate four hours of ...To 12:44<BR/><BR/>Exactly what?<BR/><BR/>Step 1<BR/><BR/>Allocate four hours of your time per week toward action that will improve Los Alamos. There are many possible actions. The first one seems to be to create a viable plan for what to do next and to recruit people to do it.<BR/><BR/>Does this help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-92114235709432709692008-11-05T22:44:00.000-07:002008-11-05T22:44:00.000-07:00The good news is, within a few years, the US will ...The good news is, within a few years, the US will have unilaterally disarmed.<BR/><BR/>Medeyev will have nothing to complain about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-45486704735008644712008-11-05T22:17:00.000-07:002008-11-05T22:17:00.000-07:00Obama and Udall will be very bad news for LANL. I...Obama and Udall will be very bad news for LANL. I don't know how else to say this other than, we're f*cked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-59002558305317788182008-11-05T18:55:00.000-07:002008-11-05T18:55:00.000-07:006:12 am. Obama and Udall won in Los Alamos and Luj...6:12 am. Obama and Udall won in Los Alamos and Lujan was very close. Is that not proactive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-40809503172495637552008-11-05T15:48:00.000-07:002008-11-05T15:48:00.000-07:00To 12:44What are you willing to do, other than ask...To 12:44<BR/><BR/>What are you willing to do, other than ask questions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-84716020498808828572008-11-05T15:16:00.000-07:002008-11-05T15:16:00.000-07:00"Is anyone willing to do anything pro active for L..."Is anyone willing to do anything pro active for Los Alamos yet?"<BR/><BR/>Well maybe not for Los Alamos (and with a rather egoistic attitude) but for the benefit of my family and myself I left as many others already did.<BR/><BR/>SSPedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-62316742797678762112008-11-05T12:44:00.000-07:002008-11-05T12:44:00.000-07:00"Is anyone willing to do anything pro active for L..."Is anyone willing to do anything pro active for Los Alamos yet?"<BR/><BR/>Like what, exactly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-25348007946986492852008-11-05T09:56:00.000-07:002008-11-05T09:56:00.000-07:00Is anyone willing to do anything pro active for Lo...Is anyone willing to do anything pro active for Los Alamos yet? (6:12 AM)<BR/><BR/>It's hard to have any pro-active energy left when you see the top folks of LANS who are running LANL down into the ground. The "why bother" attitude has taken over most parts of the lab. With the loss of the last few competent managers like Beason, morale will only sink lower. We're a bunch of lemmings marching for the cliff, following the Bechtel corporate flag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-83530594039088461442008-11-05T06:12:00.000-07:002008-11-05T06:12:00.000-07:00Obama, Udall, and Lujan won. Democrats increased t...Obama, Udall, and Lujan won. <BR/>Democrats increased their numbers in both the House and the Senate.<BR/><BR/>Is anyone willing to do anything pro active for Los Alamos yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-80406855643498405052008-11-04T15:45:00.000-07:002008-11-04T15:45:00.000-07:00For those of us on Medicare, the major banefit of ...For those of us on Medicare, the major banefit of UCRS is the prescription drug converage. Nearly all other medical procedures have to go thru Medicare first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-26578747970054082632008-11-04T11:40:00.000-07:002008-11-04T11:40:00.000-07:00"..the company, owned by URS Corp., failed to disc..."..the company, owned by URS Corp., failed to disclose substantial projected increases in required pension fund contributions.."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hmmm, that couldn't possible happen here at LANL, could it? I'm sure the dead silence from LANS about the current state of the pension is only because TCP1 is in such great financial shape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-70485654793361021682008-11-04T11:13:00.000-07:002008-11-04T11:13:00.000-07:00Whoa!" Washington Savannah River Co., the former m...Whoa!<BR/><BR/>" Washington Savannah River Co., the former management and operations contractor for the Savannah River, S.C., nuclear site, has agreed to pay the federal government $2.4 million to resolve allegations of fraud.<BR/><BR/>The U.S. Justice Department alleged that the company, owned by URS Corp., failed to disclose substantial projected increases in required pension fund contributions during 2003 contract negotiations. As part of the settlement, the contractor will withdraw claims for an additional $35.6 million for the Department of Energy to cover the rise in its pension costs.<BR/><BR/>The Department of Justice said that after the 2005 contract began Washington Savannah River Co. sought and received a $1.2 million adjustment to the contract to cover what DOE believed were unexpected increases in required pension funding.<BR/><BR/>But as the contract period progressed, the pension fund contributions continued to rise. The government alleged the contractor's actuarial had predicted the increased contributions."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-90317862434793809042008-11-04T09:52:00.000-07:002008-11-04T09:52:00.000-07:00http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/372722.htm...http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/372722.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-73894578783374337612008-11-04T09:30:00.000-07:002008-11-04T09:30:00.000-07:00ALSO, if memory serves, the cost of retiree medica...ALSO, if memory serves, the cost of retiree medical is a direct payment from the DOE.<BR/>=======================<BR/><BR/>If DOE funds the retiree medical; then that's even less reason for cutting their benefits to save cost. If the DOE is paying for retiree medical; then that money should be paid for retiree medical and not used to shore up some other LANS / LLNS shortfall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-73031396369214701412008-11-04T06:54:00.000-07:002008-11-04T06:54:00.000-07:00I cannot see how the LLNL retiree medical will mee...I cannot see how the LLNL retiree medical will meet the "substantially equivalent" criteria.<BR/><BR/>ALSO, if memory serves, the cost of retiree medical is a direct payment from the DOE. It should have nothing to do with the LANS contract or Mikey's bonus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-54516054188744193602008-11-03T20:20:00.000-07:002008-11-03T20:20:00.000-07:00People have been warning on this blog for some tim...People have been warning on this blog for some time that LANS would eventually resort to cutting back on retiree medical benefits. Many people did not want to believe it and continued to trust tbe word of LANS. <BR/><BR/>Well, that day has come for LLNL and will soon be coming for LANL. LANS wants to save money and earn their "for-profit" fees from NNSA. They don't care about a bunch of old retirees who didn't work for LANS/Bechtel, but worked instead for UC. Who's UC? They don't seem to exist around these parts any longer. <BR/><BR/>The plan is to squeeze the current and former employees and gradually back away from the "substantially equivalent" BS that DOE fed to the employees back in 2005. If they can get people to leave LANL in disgust and reduce the size of the work force, so much the better as far as LANS and NNSA are concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com