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In reply to the discussion: Business is booming in Texas! [View all]pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)19. AP: Perry disgusted by cartoon depicting explosion
By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
Updated 8:25 pm, Friday, April 26, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he's disgusted a California newspaper ran a cartoon that depicts him boasting about booming business in Texas, then shows an explosion, a week after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people in a Texas town.
Perry said he wants an apology from the Sacramento Bee on behalf of the town.
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The Bee's editorial page editor, Stuart Leavenworth, responded Friday that the artist, Jack Ohman, "made a strong statement about Gov. Rick Perry's disregard for worker safety, and his attempts to market Texas a place where industries can thrive with few regulations."
"It is unfortunate that Gov. Perry, and some on the blogosphere, have attempted to interpret the cartoon as being disrespectful for the victims of this tragedy," Leavenworth said. "As Ohman has made clear on his blog, he has complete empathy for the victims and people living by the plant.
"What he finds offensive is a governor who would gamble with the lives of families by not pushing for the strongest safety regulations. Perry's letter is an attempt to distract people from that message."
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Perry-disgusted-by-cartoon-depicting-explosion-4467642.php
Updated 8:25 pm, Friday, April 26, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he's disgusted a California newspaper ran a cartoon that depicts him boasting about booming business in Texas, then shows an explosion, a week after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people in a Texas town.
Perry said he wants an apology from the Sacramento Bee on behalf of the town.
...
The Bee's editorial page editor, Stuart Leavenworth, responded Friday that the artist, Jack Ohman, "made a strong statement about Gov. Rick Perry's disregard for worker safety, and his attempts to market Texas a place where industries can thrive with few regulations."
"It is unfortunate that Gov. Perry, and some on the blogosphere, have attempted to interpret the cartoon as being disrespectful for the victims of this tragedy," Leavenworth said. "As Ohman has made clear on his blog, he has complete empathy for the victims and people living by the plant.
"What he finds offensive is a governor who would gamble with the lives of families by not pushing for the strongest safety regulations. Perry's letter is an attempt to distract people from that message."
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Perry-disgusted-by-cartoon-depicting-explosion-4467642.php
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That's not a funny cartoon. Using tragic death for a "joke" is just plain mean.
Pterodactyl
Apr 2013
#1
No, not on the same level. Making jokes about dead first reponders is just plain offensive.
Pterodactyl
Apr 2013
#8
I don't know about that. Democrats such as Sen Durbin think something needs to be
neverforget
Apr 2013
#35
Neither is the reality, but that won't stop'm from laughing all the way to the bank...
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Apr 2013
#32
unless you are a kid in public school or a poor woman in need of health care
arely staircase
Apr 2013
#39
Medicaid exists here in Texas. In fact, it applies to assisted living facilities
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#61
Yes, your point is beside MY point. Your "poor women in SE Texas"? They're rich...
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#71
and rick perry is a sorry son of a bitch who couldn't care less who gets blown up
arely staircase
Apr 2013
#20
I wonder if the survivors and families left behind want, or care, about an apology from
jtuck004
Apr 2013
#43
Sometimes satire hits too close to home as when Swift suggested the English take up cannibalism.
gordianot
Apr 2013
#34
They are not saying the firefighters deserved to die but deserved to know what they were getting int
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#58
That's what happens when you have a lack of regulations to benefit the wealthy
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2013
#50