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I live in the New Orleans area but , fortunately , not in Orleans Parish . New Orleans is what I describe as being a third world city-state. I've also heard it called , on several occasions since the hurricane , a banana republic. Things on the political scene have gone from bad to worse. The police have always been an ignorant pack of hooligans from what I've seen over the years. What I see on this video doesn't surprise me one bit . A friend of mine was arrested after a football game last month because he scratched his rear tires a bit trying to merge into post game traffic. He was arrested for wreckless driving which , from what he described to me wasn't the case at all . Here's the worst part - his 14 year old son was left sitting in a bad part of town by himself in a brand new Silverado for over an hour . The police did not care about this one bit . Not only could the truck have been stolen but his son could have been injured or killed . When he was put in lock up the cell was packed and he remained there for 16 hours and had to defend himself while in the cell . Everyone in there had been arrested for minor traffic violations including a lawyer he spoke with who had an expired inspection sticker on the windshield . This is what scares me the most when I have to go downtown - the fact that I can be arrested for anything no matter how trivial ! No one knows what to do about it and I believe that the only thing that keeps this city going is the honest hard working citizens and business owners who keep people working and that pay their taxes . Let's not forget this one - 0RwnTmVEIlU I don't know why in the beginning of this vid they show the LA state police van because this is totally the NOPD beating this poor guy . This page here always make me laugh - http://www.joinnopd.com/ And if you go to nopdonline.com the very first thing you see is a fund they've established to protect the 7 police officers who shot and killed several people on the danziger bridge while they were trying to evacuate . One can see that the priority here is to protect themselves rather than to find out if the rights of innocent people were violated. The fact that the local police have seized people guns with no recourse or method to reacquire their guns also doesn't surprise me - the NOPd doesn't give a damn about anyone's rights as far as I can see. I don't know if this reflects what is happening at the national level concerning gun rights, though . Sorry if this turned into a rant !

I think this is hilarious but I bet the dog didn't ! I wonder if he learned his lesson? http://www.mercola.com/2007/mar/3/avoid-a-...a-porcupine.htm

Glad to hear you've gotten this situation under control . Insurance companies can pretty much do what they want to . I discovered a great website last year that a guy started because he had gotten burned and the BBB did nothing to help him. Anyone can post their experiences here and to make it fair , the company that you make the complaint against can respond with their side of the story , buu-uuut , they are not notified that their name has been put out on to the web unless you tell them or someone who knows / works for them tells them . It's ripoffreport.com and you can look any company up to see if they've burned anyone . By the way , Golden Eagle isn't mentioned , but you could start a post on them . Now how much effect it will have on a company like this is unknown and maybe they won't even care , but as these websites gain momentum and more people find out about them the more these kinds of crooks will have to straighten up (hopefully). Possibly , if you notify them that they have been pegged on this website , they'll come around even more . Of course , they might turn on you too . Maybe you should ask your lawyer before posting anything . Anyway , hope this helps in some way .To give you an example , I'd always heard that these nationwide transmission shops like Cottman and Aamco were always ripping people off . Try a search on them - it's amazing how many people have gotten burned by these companies .