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Buzz Clik

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13. Point 1. West Fertilizer Company is not a "chemical plant" by any definition.
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 01:49 PM
Apr 2013

2. You are speaking of national regulations, not Texas deregulation.

It's the same shit over and over again and leads to the same point: Nobody has any idea about Texas regulations other than Rick Perry and, in the past, GW Bush, telling us Texas has fewer regulations.

The bottom line is a lot more simple than all of that: the owner/operator lied about having ammonium nitrate on hand, and that lie (whether a lie of commission or omission) cause the deaths in that fire.

Just of the week? He's working on of the decade. hobbit709 Apr 2013 #1
I hadn't fully grasped the irony before. Yikes. Gov Goodhair's got balls of steel. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2013 #2
If it wasn't for Gomer, he would own the title hands down. russspeakeasy Apr 2013 #3
not fair to sacks of shit. spanone Apr 2013 #4
True, fertilizer at least makes crops grow. nt riqster Apr 2013 #9
I wouldn't shed a tear of Texas either became a republic unto itself again, or vanished from the Nika Apr 2013 #5
I beg to differ Cirque du So-What Apr 2013 #7
I can appreciate that. Mine was a gut wrenching first reaction anyway. Nika Apr 2013 #10
Rick Perry: the man so dense that light bends around him! backscatter712 Apr 2013 #6
Physics and politics! Awesome. riqster Apr 2013 #8
DU is a shameless echo chamber where it's assumed everyone always swallows the bullshit. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #11
Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion spanone Apr 2013 #12
Point 1. West Fertilizer Company is not a "chemical plant" by any definition. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #13
texas also has regulatory agencies..... spanone Apr 2013 #14
All of this is quite well known. All of it. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #16
obviously the DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES in texas dropped the ball. spanone Apr 2013 #17
Correct. Likewise, if West Fertilizer Co. had informed DHS directly, as they are required to do! nt Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #18
complicity all around.... spanone Apr 2013 #19
That is an excellent question, and it could get back to Texas bristling at the Feds. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #20
Maybe you are aware that state employees enforce federal regulations tabasco Apr 2013 #22
In some cases. So, how is that relevant? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #23
Tax and regulation and,...wasn't there a third thing? Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #15
Juanita Jean has some good comments about Goodhair Gothmog Apr 2013 #21
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