So apparently Rick Perry is all huffy puffy about this cartoon in the Sacramento Bee.

[DCal430]

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/26/53...n-texas-explosion.html#storylink=omni_popular

LMFAO it is a cartoon that makes a clear point, instead of complaining about a cartoon he should fix the damage he did with all of his lack of regulations.

 

[acheron]

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[DCal430]

My mistake, I thought I did post this in P&N.

 

[Vic Vega]

So the person who authored the comic is allowed to be critical but Perry is not? Hmm...

OP is a hypocrite.

 

[sixone]

LMFAO it is a cartoon that makes a clear point, instead of complaining about a cartoon he should fix the damage he did with all of his lack of regulations.

That cartoon is is very poor taste, given that 14 people lost their lives there. Those people have families and friends who are really hurting right now.

But I can see where someone in Cali wouldn't really care about that much. Never let a crisis go to waste, isn't that the idea?

 

[WelshBloke]

So the person who authored the comic is allowed to be critical but Perry is not? Hmm...

OP is a hypocrite.

One is critical of a policy that led to a dangerous plant being situated in a residential area. The other is being critical of a cartoon that....?

Hypocrisy not found.

 

[Mixolydian]

One is critical of a policy that led to a dangerous plant being situated in a residential area. The other is being critical of a cartoon that....?

Hypocrisy not found.

This.

 

[Vic Vega]

One is critical of a policy that led to a dangerous plant being situated in a residential area. The other is being critical of a cartoon that....?

Hypocrisy not found.

What those two people are being critical of isn't the issue. Though, based on your response it's obvious you aren't an independent thinker. :|

 

[sixone]

One is critical of a policy that led to a dangerous plant being situated in a residential area. The other is being critical of a cartoon that....?

Hypocrisy not found.

Zoning laws are set at the local level, not the state. Perry had nothing to do with this accident.

 

[Ruptga]

I chuckled. Most of you in here ought to try a smaller size butt plug, by the way. :whiste:

 

[Vic Vega]

I chuckled. Most of you in here ought to try a smaller size butt plug, by the way. :whiste:

I thought the comic was funny.

 

[WelshBloke]

What those two people are being critical of isn't the issue.

Er, yeah it is.

Though, based on your response it's obvious you aren't an independent thinker. :|

If you say so sparky.

 

[monovillage]

So the person who authored the comic is allowed to be critical but Perry is not? Hmm...

OP is a hypocrite.

He's not only a hypocrite, he's so stupid he didn't even know where he was posting it at.

 

[Fern]

Man, that's in bad taste.

I'm sure Perry had to say something, no doubt many in TX are complaining.

Fern

 

[nextJin]

I laughed, it was pretty funny imo.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

I find Rick Perry telling the people of West that regulations and inspections wouldn't have made a difference in euqally bad taste and disgusting. The company was only holding 540,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate and didn't alert a soul, as required. But hey, I guess people poking around looking into this and asking questions as part of routine inspections wouldn't have mattered either huh?

 

[Moonbeam]

How about Rick Perry and his liaise fair attitude toward business and the widespread Texas brain dead mental infection he supports and helps further and the insensitivity of the cartoonist to the families of those who have suffered loses both be considered to stink.

 

[Nintendesert]

B-B-B-B-Boston!

 

[HomerJS]

Zoning laws are set at the local level, not the state. Perry had nothing to do with this accident.

Zoning laws would have controlled the proximity of the plant to the school and nursing home. Funny how the locals had no problem with this but strip clubs must remain over 500 yards from housing. But you are correct that is a local issue

What isn't a local issue is the amount of hazardous material being stored at the plant from what I understand was 100's of times over allowable. Texas dropped the ball on that.

 

[Schmide]

I'm sure Rick Perry would have solved all those problems when he rebuilt the EPA

No, sir, no, sir. We are talking about the -- agencies of government -- EPA needs to be rebuilt.

Oops

 

[DCal430]

In California we have a similar issue with schools and homes being built next to dangerous storage tanks. Here we have a 24 million gallon pressurized liquid propane tank right next to homes and schools. If it blows they say tens of thousands will likely die. They said the fire ball will have a radius of 1.5 miles, but the damage would extend for miles around.

 

[Fern]

-snip-
What isn't a local issue is the amount of hazardous material being stored at the plant from what I understand was 100's of times over allowable. Texas dropped the ball on that.

Federal agencies, OSHA etc. dropped the ball too.

Fern

 

[MarkLuvsCS]

Federal agencies, OSHA etc. dropped the ball too.

Fern

Absolutely, bring on hefty fines on the company, hire more regulators after firing any that failed to report problems, and go over all the company's facilities with a fine tooth comb. O wait, it was just a tragic accident caused by some minor gizmo, I'm sure it won't happen again.

 

[Steeplerot]

Perry while outraged is probably selling sacks of "Grandmas all organic Texas Miracle -gro Fertilizer" out the back for a quick Buck.
Texas...California's "special" Lone Star Republic kid brother.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

LMFAO it is a cartoon that makes a clear point, instead of complaining about a cartoon he should fix the damage he did with all of his lack of regulations.

Sorry to burst your bubble but the West Texas explosion had nothing to do with Texas failing to enforce regulations. The owner started storing and selling amoniun nitrite without informing the appropriate agencies (DHS) or updating their Emergency Response Plan/informing local authorities.


http://articles.washingtonpost.com/...ium-nitrate-apartment-complex-wednesday-night

Small fertilizer plants nationwide fall under the purview of several government agencies, each with a specific concern and none required to coordinate with others on what they have found.

The small distributors &#8212; there are as many as 1,150 in Texas alone &#8212; are part of a regulatory system that focuses on large installations and industries, though many of the small plants contain enough agricultural chemicals to fuel a major explosion. The plant in West had ammonium nitrate, the chemical used to build the bomb that blew up the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City in 1995, killing 168 people. The plant was also authorized to handle up to 54,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, a substance the Texas environmental agency considers flammable and potentially toxic.

&#8220;This type of facility is a minor source of air emissions,&#8221; Ramiro Garcia, the head of enforcement and compliance at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, told the Associated Press. &#8220;So the inspections are complaint driven. We usually look at more of the major facilities.&#8221;