FEMA does not belong in West, Texas. It is not a natural disaster and just because this is Texas doesn't exempt it from statutes. I guess the State of Texas is going to have to take out a loan to rebuild West.
Seriously.
This is criminal liability. So, there is a lot that has to happen here including COMPLETE reform of the corrupt governing system in Texas. The state needs LEGISLATORS and not "Officials of Hubris."
I would never, ever back legislation in Washington, DC that supported this level of corruption in government. NEVER!
The ONLY way this can be legislated federally is if there are statutes at the federal level that NEGLECT the dangers presented at this chemical plant and that is ABSOLUTELY not the case. There were laws to stop this, the problem is the owners of the facility never followed them. There are no records anywhere to prove the owners were vigilant and took every precaution.
Businesses like this have 'ODDS' no different than Las Vegas. Texas enforces safety in citizens lives by playing "The Odds." The people in West, Texas lost the gamble by their government in West, Texas. Now there is suppose to be a big payoff from all kinds of places in sympathy of piss poor government and corrupt legislation and regulation.
I don't think so.
People's lives are NOT valued enough in Texas. It shows. It is time there are huge changes in the way people value their own lives and the demands of their governments to value them, too.
Profits on the backs of the unfortunate is at an end in Texas. It is time to move into the modern era where human life is a precious commodity.
One of the strong suits of unions is safety in the workplace. I am quite sure there was no union affiliated with this tragedy, now was there.
This is ridiculous and ranks right up there with the BP refinery explosion, the explosions in Louisiana and the BP Deepwater Horizon. Hard working, decent and innocent people died. This country runs on hard working Americans. It is time it stopped! All of it!
June 22, 2013
By AP
WACO, Texas (AP) -- Officials of the small Texas town (click here) devastated by an April 17 fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people has filed suit against the plant owner and supplier.
The lawsuit filed Friday seeks unspecified damages from plant owner Adair Grain and CF Industries, which supplied agricultural-grade ammonium nitrate toe the plant. A fire at the plant ignited the explosive chemical, flattening homes, schools and businesses and killing firefighters and other first-responders.
The lawsuit filed in state district court in Waco alleges Adair Grain was negligent in how it stored the chemical. It says CF Industries was liable for an inherently hazardous product.
Seriously.
This is criminal liability. So, there is a lot that has to happen here including COMPLETE reform of the corrupt governing system in Texas. The state needs LEGISLATORS and not "Officials of Hubris."
I would never, ever back legislation in Washington, DC that supported this level of corruption in government. NEVER!
The ONLY way this can be legislated federally is if there are statutes at the federal level that NEGLECT the dangers presented at this chemical plant and that is ABSOLUTELY not the case. There were laws to stop this, the problem is the owners of the facility never followed them. There are no records anywhere to prove the owners were vigilant and took every precaution.
Businesses like this have 'ODDS' no different than Las Vegas. Texas enforces safety in citizens lives by playing "The Odds." The people in West, Texas lost the gamble by their government in West, Texas. Now there is suppose to be a big payoff from all kinds of places in sympathy of piss poor government and corrupt legislation and regulation.
I don't think so.
People's lives are NOT valued enough in Texas. It shows. It is time there are huge changes in the way people value their own lives and the demands of their governments to value them, too.
Profits on the backs of the unfortunate is at an end in Texas. It is time to move into the modern era where human life is a precious commodity.
One of the strong suits of unions is safety in the workplace. I am quite sure there was no union affiliated with this tragedy, now was there.
June 22, 2013
By AP
WACO, Texas (AP) -- Officials of the small Texas town (click here) devastated by an April 17 fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people has filed suit against the plant owner and supplier.
The lawsuit filed Friday seeks unspecified damages from plant owner Adair Grain and CF Industries, which supplied agricultural-grade ammonium nitrate toe the plant. A fire at the plant ignited the explosive chemical, flattening homes, schools and businesses and killing firefighters and other first-responders.
The lawsuit filed in state district court in Waco alleges Adair Grain was negligent in how it stored the chemical. It says CF Industries was liable for an inherently hazardous product.
