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(11,665 posts) Mon Apr 22, 2013, 03:41 PM Apr 2013

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A massive manhunt and siege in West Texas now? [View all]

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A massive manhunt and siege in West Texas now? [View all] Playinghardball Apr 2013 OP

Is there a need for one? onenote Apr 2013 #1

-1 villager Apr 2013 #4

+2 zappaman Apr 2013 #5

-3 villager Apr 2013 #8

That cuts both ways. zappaman Apr 2013 #29

- infinite. Javaman Apr 2013 #96

Hey, you started it so you must think it means something. zappaman Apr 2013 #106

I'm rubber your glue...nt Javaman Apr 2013 #109

Oh I dunno, you need to take a chill pill friend. He is right you know. If a terrorist off southernyankeebelle Apr 2013 #7

I dunno is the CEO in custody that owned the plant? Rex Apr 2013 #26

Ever hear of Don Hughart? I kinda doubt it. onenote Apr 2013 #28

Wrong. Rex Apr 2013 #33

I don't think you know what the word "wrong" means. onenote Apr 2013 #36

You just listed people that are not in jail Rex Apr 2013 #38

that would ccme as a shock to gary may. onenote Apr 2013 #39

Perhaps you did not understand the OP? Response to OneNote. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #46

I concur mikeysnot Apr 2013 #54

I understand it. I just don't agree with it. onenote Apr 2013 #61

But how can you assume what the intent was in the fertilizer factory? JDPriestly Apr 2013 #113

Blankenship, a real terrorist, will never be prosecuted. He has too many friends in power and too sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #82

Well, hate to break it to you but you couldn't be more wrong about the Gulf explosion onenote Apr 2013 #83

The supervisors are charged with manslaughter. The Corporation admits to manslaughter but is fined sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #85

+1 ctsnowman Apr 2013 #97

BP workers charged with manslaughter in deadly Deepwater Horizon Gulf blast Sgent Apr 2013 #64

Do I understand you are choosing to stand with the corporate killers? nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #60

If you're talking to me, the answer is no. onenote Apr 2013 #62

I hadn't heard that the owners of that MineralMan Apr 2013 #2

It's sarcasm. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #47

Since you are not the OP, MineralMan Apr 2013 #66

I don't know whether Jonathan Swift wrote satire... truth2power Apr 2013 #99

And now we've moved two people beyond the OP. MineralMan Apr 2013 #100

I have no idea what you're talking about, but anyone who posts on DU truth2power Apr 2013 #103

They will be held to account. That doesn't happen MineralMan Apr 2013 #105

It seemed easy enough to figure out to me. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #112

Realization of a right-wing wet dream: laizze-faire capitalism run amok indepat Apr 2013 #3

Even worse if capitalism is completely laizze-faire it immediately xtraxritical Apr 2013 #42

Fascinating, the deliberate missing-of-the-point in this thread villager Apr 2013 #6

So you're saying the point about whether there is a manhunt was completely irrelevant to the thread. onenote Apr 2013 #10

Apparently not so dumb as to keep you from participating in it villager Apr 2013 #11

As I'm not very clever (nor pretend to be)... LanternWaste Apr 2013 #17

Please see my post at number 46. If I didn't get the number right, please check for my posts on JDPriestly Apr 2013 #49

These disasters happen in every economic system. former9thward Apr 2013 #9

Do you really think a record of ignoring environmental regulations and safety standards.... villager Apr 2013 #12

Did you do a lot of work building up that strawman? former9thward Apr 2013 #14

yes. we are living in a golden age of corporate responsibility. villager Apr 2013 #19

Whether the corporation is responible or not is besides the point. former9thward Apr 2013 #50

for some of us, it's the exact point villager Apr 2013 #76

"sanctions" and "civil suits" are a far cry from having the guilty parties do time 0rganism Apr 2013 #27

If there was a crime then they will do time. former9thward Apr 2013 #48

We should prevent these incidents. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #53

Yes. former9thward Apr 2013 #58

Do you really think?... MineralMan Apr 2013 #13

Exactly my point. former9thward Apr 2013 #15

Yes. It should be rejected. Industrial accidents are caused MineralMan Apr 2013 #16

Actually, the lack of regulation zipplewrath Apr 2013 #18

Of course a lack of regulation contributes to industrial accidents MineralMan Apr 2013 #20

You appear to be saying that if you didn't happen to be with your father nothing would have happened Fumesucker Apr 2013 #21

No, I am not saying that at all. MineralMan Apr 2013 #65

Complacency doesn't happen in a vacuum zipplewrath Apr 2013 #23

No, but a dirt bag happens in a vacuum. Wednesdays Apr 2013 #86

Industrial Accidents are Caused by Violations of Procedures Stainless Apr 2013 #22

Yes, sadly true. The last fine they got was for $30. (yes, the decimal is in the right place) SunSeeker Apr 2013 #24

It's even more dangerous when all the rules are broken BobbyBoring Apr 2013 #35

Interesting grouping: truebluegreen Apr 2013 #25

Germany is an industrial society Fumesucker Apr 2013 #31

Well, there was an accident at a chemical plant in Oestrich-Winkel last year Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #67

Yeah but Germany has an advantage CBGLuthier Apr 2013 #98

I'm not sure [MHO] lsewpershad Apr 2013 #32

An issue that is usually overlooked is the relation between these employers and the towns. freshwest Apr 2013 #72

This place only had 9-13 employees (the number varies between sources) LeftInTX Apr 2013 #75

Well, they may rebuild and they may let it go. Rebuilding it would make a few jobs for a while. freshwest Apr 2013 #79

On a human scale, the media is very good LeftInTX Apr 2013 #90

I remember a bad pipeline explosion in what was then the lovely town of Brenham. freshwest Apr 2013 #91

I moved to Texas from Wisconsin when Reagan was president so it's alway seemed low regulation to me LeftInTX Apr 2013 #93

You say accident, I say willful negligence leading to tragic outcomes.nt Ed Suspicious Apr 2013 #37

Amen. nt snappyturtle Apr 2013 #55

We can do better. I heard a radio program about how little, how infinitesimal our budget JDPriestly Apr 2013 #52

I agree. former9thward Apr 2013 #56

People are touchy here today, aren't they? I understand completely what snappyturtle Apr 2013 #30

Is the guy that intentionally fails to lock the gate on his swimming pool onenote Apr 2013 #34

I know where you're going with this. Don't let the owner of the plant snappyturtle Apr 2013 #43

I have never suggested that he should or will be let off the hook onenote Apr 2013 #44

It just looked like you were making possible excuses for the owner. snappyturtle Apr 2013 #45

well, that would be a mistaken understanding of my point. onenote Apr 2013 #63

You're telling me it "takes a while" to bring a corporate criminal to justice. snappyturtle Apr 2013 #71

If the perpetrator has engaged in deliberate, premeditated, intentional murder, it definitely moves onenote Apr 2013 #74

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. snappyturtle Apr 2013 #77

The company that owned the plant is a local company with a handful of employees onenote Apr 2013 #78

Thank you. You've told me more than I knew. I knew snappyturtle Apr 2013 #84

Others on DU have sleuthed the company LeftInTX Apr 2013 #92

Thank you. I guess what I really don't understand is why snappyturtle Apr 2013 #94

paradise JeaneRaye Apr 2013 #40

OH how soon we forget. This country had G.W.Bush for President snappyturtle Apr 2013 #51

I totally agree. JeaneRaye Apr 2013 #104

I totally agree with you too! The secession thingie? snappyturtle Apr 2013 #107

We forget that people can die from lack of regulation just as they can die from terrorism JDPriestly Apr 2013 #41

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #57

After 9/11 they talked about terrorist attacks at chemical plants.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #59

For those who don't seem to get it... drokhole Apr 2013 #68

Great 1,000th post mojowork_n Apr 2013 #87

A society only responds strongly when it feels its core story is under threat. GliderGuider Apr 2013 #69

That's West, Texas, not West Texas. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #70

Is someone running? NCTraveler Apr 2013 #73

k & r lonestarnot Apr 2013 #80

How about a Citizen's Arrest itsrobert Apr 2013 #81

Where's Gomer when you need him? AAO Apr 2013 #102

They're just "savvy businessmen." blkmusclmachine Apr 2013 #88

Gonna add my nickel thought. Separation Apr 2013 #89

wow when some people get hold of a meme, no matter how fucking stupid it is, CBGLuthier Apr 2013 #95

Can we at least agree the fertilizer plant was a weapon of mass destruction? BlueStreak Apr 2013 #101

Wilfull neglect is also a form of violence. hay rick Apr 2013 #108

And no federally-funded "compensation," either. WinkyDink Apr 2013 #110

Is that picture supposed to be humorous? George II Apr 2013 #111