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Their names probably won't mean mean anything to you, but these people ought to have some modicum of personal recognition: Jason Anderson, Aaron Dale "Bubba" Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curtis, Gordon Jones, Roy Wyatt Kemp, Karl Kleppinger, Blair Manuel, Dewey Revette, Shane Roshto, and Adam Weise. These are the 11 workers who were killed when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20.
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LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH... AND CRANKY
Rich people have problems,too. For example,what's the use of being richif you can't be pampered?Take corporate jets.Your top CEOs don't travelFirst Class, they travelTheir Class in privatejets—no lines, no wandingof their private parts, nomingling with us peons.Their new favorite isGulfstream's G450 jet,which will fly eight passengers5,000 miles nonstopand PDQ. Price tag: $33million, plus another$4 million or so to installthe deerskin sleep seats,mahogany cabinets,Persian carpets, mutedlighting, flat-screen videodisplays with surroundsoundsystems, walk-inshowers, and, of course,24K gold plating for the fixtures.As one jet-maker putit, the interior "should lookmore like a multi-milliondollarhome" than anairplane.Yes, but what to say tothe small shareholders andthe workers, who reckonthese flying mansions arenothing but extravaganttoys for over-pamperedexecutive fat cats? CEOsget cranky when askedabout this, but now they'vecome up with an executiveexcuse: A jet encouragesin-flight productivity, theyclaim. It’s just another worktool, like a carpenter'slathe or a schoolteacher'sbook bag.If Persian carpets, goldfixtures, sleeper seats, andsurround sound encourageproductivity—let’s bring’em on for all the workers!