What the HELL is going on!

[diabeticman]

I'm sorry but between The bombing The Poison letters and now this explosion in Texas JUST WAY TOO MUCH in basically a 3 day span. I don't want to sound like a jerk but I just needed to RANT.


I know a lot of people probably feel the same way and if you need this thread to let out a "yell" go ahead.

[Skink]

1. I was wondering

[MinneapolisMatt]

2. Seriously!

I also found out tonight my aunt died...we just buried my uncle (her husband) six weeks ago.

[TDale313]

8. I'm so sorry.

[tblue]

11. Oh no!!!

I'm so sorry, sweetie. Big hugs.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Hugs

[Fawke Em]

20. My friend died yesterday.

He'd had pancreatic cancer for years and was in remission.

The flu got him.

April SUCKS.

[DesertRat]

31. I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend.

Peace

[calimary]

25. All our prayers and sympathies to you, MinneapolisMatt.

[diabeticman]

39. I am sorry

[Catherine Vincent]

3. But isn't the explosions in West, Texas an accident?

[TDale313]

14. Yes, but still one more

Horrible event in a week filled with horrible events.

[adigal]

41. NPR said they are treating it as a crime

I don't think they know much at all yet.

[hepkat]

4. Media Dynamics... that is all

terrorism and poison in mail making the news are highly correlated.

Meanwhile the story that a bipartisan panel confirmed that US tortured people has gotten no traction anywhere in the media but some breif mentions on MSNBC.

[calimary]

26. Welcome to DU, hepkat!

Glad you're here. It's dizzying sometimes, isn't it? And incredibly maddening!!!

[xxqqqzme]

36. Jon Stewart covered it.

Can count on Jon.

[SoCalDem]

5. Thank the instant-news world we live in

News is inherently about "bad things" that happen.

It would be totally insane of news people to report breathlessly that 278M people successfully made it safely to and from work today, and nothing bad happened..


Not that many years ago, we would see a snippet o the evening news (if we had the tv on) or read about it on page 3-C of the paper .

Things that happened elsewhere was of little consequence to any who did not live there or have family there.

We now live in a world of news overload, and there is no escaping it..

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. GAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, it's an accident. Regardless of the cause, people are still dead and injured and it's traumatic to see on TV and think about.

There was also an explosion today at the Exxon Mobil plant in Beaumont.

[napoleon_in_rags]

13. And this OKC chemical plant explosion, from a couple hours ago:

http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/04/explosion-in-northwest-okc-fire-threatens-propane-tanks-2623460.html

Doesn't sound too big though. It might just be we all have the gain turned way up and are paying attention to things we wouldn't normally notice.

[applegrove]

7. I know. I tried to watch local news but that was no better tonight. I'm a news addict but

even this is too much.

[panAmerican]

9. Despite coincidences, it "feels" to me like something sinister is afoot.

Between the NRA's tightening grip on the senate, the unabated rhetoric against children of immigrants, etc.,

My uncle-in-law's job received a prank bomb scare call yesterday. Of all times for people to act like idiots, this week is not the week for that bs.

[ChangeUp106]

12. No

I might think, so but they got the guy who mailed ricin. Clearly unrelated to this. Early reports also seem to make Texas an accident.

[anneboleyn]

29. Yes, the local officials there said the same -- accident

[tblue]

10. Overload!

It's been a helluva week in so many ways. I agree: ENOUGH!

[Brother Buzz]

15. Look for that silver linning

They planted Thatcher today, and it was private burial - no media coverage.

[alittlelark]

17. Good distraction from gun legislation.

..... just sayin'....

[Iwasthere]

21. BINGO!

more to come...

[99th_Monkey]

35. Distraction also from

The stunning story about a bipartisan panel has officially determined that US tortures people has gotten no traction anywhere in the media but some breif mentions on MSNBC. as mentioned up-string.

[DevonRex]

18. It's April. I told y'all to cancel it. Did you listen? Nope. nt

[hepkat]

19. Seriously the only unusual event this week is boston

Fires at facilities happen daily in the USA.

Congress being bought off and gutless happens daily in the USA.

The only difference is that because of boston some people are just paying closer attention to the news. Were it not for Boston I doubt the factory fire would be on cable news... except maybe faux which loves disaster porn.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. Don Henley explained this all many years ago.

Dirty Laundry:

[TDale313]

33. Love that song!

So, so true.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

34. Saw him live many years ago!

First night of the Inside Job tour, in Houston.

He OPENED the show with Dirty Laundry, because of that catchy rhythm!!

Finished with Desperado and Hotel California. Great show. Talented man.

[BainsBane]

24. There is no evidence this was anything but a factory fire

That caused an explosion due to all the fertilizer around. There is no reason to panic.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

27. There is an ancient Chinese curse - "May you live in interesting times".

[DeSwiss]

28. It gets better....

- K&R

''Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas. A human being is a part of the whole called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.'' ~Albert Einstein

[Rozlee]

30. It really is too much.

The shit gods haven't stopped crapping on us. I'm canceling taking my grandkids to Fiesta in San Antonio. I'm scared of being in crowds now. They never caught that jerk that put that bomb at the MLK Walk and now, we have another mad bomber on the loose. Whoever that guy was that said that your chances of getting killed by a terrorist were about as good as being hit by lightning hasn't seen the poor Oak tree outside my window that got struck. That's ten feet from where I sleep and makes the odds look better.

[Wabbajack_]

38. Be catious, be

vigilant, even be afraid, fear is wise. But don't cower. That's what WHOEVER did this wants. Fuck them.

My best to you and yours.

[awoke_in_2003]

32. throw the fertilizer plant out...

those things happen.

[Wabbajack_]

37. The Poison is just some kook but

This thing in Texas could be related to Boston. Not good.

[Wednesdays]

40. "Nothing in politics happens by accident."

I think that's a quote by FDR. Maybe it's not even a quote. Even so, it's a tightly held belief of mine.

[MattBaggins]

42. Josh Grobin is the pinnacle of overhyped mediocrity

Whew got that off my chest.