"We basically nuked a town so we could get a train open"

[JoeB131]

Last year we had bigtime "supply chain" issues so we've now adopted a "So what if haste makes waste?" strategy.

Um, no, the real problem is Trump took a bunch of money from the railroad companies and revoked safety rules Obama put into place.

APNewsBreak: US miscalculated benefit of better train brakes

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it scrapped an Obama-era rule over cost concerns, The Associated Press has found.

apnews.com

An Associated Press review of the department’s rulemaking activities in Trump’s first year in office shows at least a dozen safety rules that were under development or already adopted have been repealed, withdrawn, delayed or put on the back burner. In most cases, those rules are opposed by powerful industries. And the political appointees running the agencies that write the rules often come from the industries they regulate.

Meanwhile, there have been no significant new safety rules adopted over the same period.

The sidelined rules would have, among other things, required states to conduct annual inspections of commercial bus operators, railroads to operate trains with at least two crew members and automakers to equip future cars and light trucks with vehicle-to-vehicle communications to prevent collisions. Many of the rules were prompted by tragic events.

 

[initforme]

Nobody will answer why we allow cretinous jobless international wanna be terrorist soy boys to disrupt our nation's commerce.

Seems to me the government should be on that like stank on shit.

Answer is if that's what's happening then we shouldn't. Now answer why are we permitting I dustry to use or create these toxins?

 

[initforme]

I am not a libertarian.

I am a free market capitalist who believes the govt has a role in overseeing corporations with a mostly light hand to prevent things like child labor, shirtwaist factory fires....and oh yeah. THIS.

I understand but without regulations corporations would willingly, wantingly and purposely pollute everything. A light hand would lead to Chinese air quality and toxic water. This incident would be but a tiny facet of what would happen. High cancer rates in america are a direct cause from chemicals in our environment from industry now. Those rates would rise 100 fold.

 

[Grumblenuts]

The media is a govt entity, and Americans believe this.

It's called "the Fourth Estate"

In modern use, the term is applied to the press,[3] with the earliest use in this sense described by Thomas Carlyle in his book On Heroes and Hero Worship: "Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters' Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all."

Sorry, the Reporters' Gallery is deemed most important because,

1. it's not part of the government
2. it's tasked with keeping an eye on government

Regardless of how well they may fulfill that mission, what's sad is that as a school teacher you didn't know this already.

 

[SweetSue92]

It's called "the Fourth Estate"

Sorry, the Reporters' Gallery is deemed most important because,

1. it's not part of the government
2. it's tasked with keeping an eye on government

Regardless of how well they may fulfill that mission, what's sad is that as a school teacher you didn't know this already.

What they are CHARGED to do and how they function have sadly become two separate things. As I said, just one more sign of an empire in very fast decline.

Very fast.

But you know what--go find some more typos. That will solve our problems.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Nobody will answer the question why we let industry use or create such awful chemicals.

So that we can all have the nice comfy life we have become accustomed to

 

[August West]

Where's all those radical environmentalist? The ones who bitched about pipelines and pollution?

Not a peep

The environmentalists didn`t wreck the train, Einstein. What are they supposed to be bitching about?

 

[petro]

Answer is if that's what's happening then we shouldn't. Now answer why are we permitting I dustry to use or create these toxins?

For you to use an electronic device to ironically call for the end of using such a device.
Along with all the other comforts we enjoy as an industrial society.

You are welcome to lead the way in shedding those comforts and living under a bridge down by the river. No tent though, as those are also made with toxic chemicals.

Walk the walk.
Set an example for us.

 

[initforme]

Well I guess high cancer rates are what you clamor for

 

[Grumblenuts]

But you know what--go find some more typos. That will solve our problems.

Ah, so now you think your saying

The media is a govt entity, and Americans believe this.

was just a typo. Even more embarrassing.. Keep digging..

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

Let's get rid of trucks and put everything on trains...to save the environment.

 

[Rust_Cohle]

Um, no, the real problem is Trump took a bunch of money from the railroad companies and revoked safety rules Obama put into place.

APNewsBreak: US miscalculated benefit of better train brakes

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it scrapped an Obama-era rule over cost concerns, The Associated Press has found.

apnews.com

An Associated Press review of the department’s rulemaking activities in Trump’s first year in office shows at least a dozen safety rules that were under development or already adopted have been repealed, withdrawn, delayed or put on the back burner. In most cases, those rules are opposed by powerful industries. And the political appointees running the agencies that write the rules often come from the industries they regulate.

Meanwhile, there have been no significant new safety rules adopted over the same period.

The sidelined rules would have, among other things, required states to conduct annual inspections of commercial bus operators, railroads to operate trains with at least two crew members and automakers to equip future cars and light trucks with vehicle-to-vehicle communications to prevent collisions. Many of the rules were prompted by tragic events.

Trump hasn't been in office for over 2 years. Your TDS is showing

 

[Lesh]

Nobody will answer the question why we let industry use or create such awful chemicals.

Ya know what polyvinyl chloride is?

It’s what plastic is made from

Look around yourself. You are surrounded by plastic

N

 

[Lesh]

Trump hasn't been in office for over 2 years. Your TDS is showing

What part of “Trump revoked safety rules put in place during the Obama Admin” did you not understand?

 

[Rust_Cohle]

What part of “Trump revoked safety rules put in place during the Obama Admin” did you not understand?

Its all Trump's fault LOL this is 100% on Biden and Bootyitch, no matter what your pals in the media claim

 

[Rust_Cohle]

The environmentalists didn`t wreck the train, Einstein. What are they supposed to be bitching about?

How do you know? They start fires out here in CA so the governor can claim climate change

 

[Rust_Cohle]

Um, no, the real problem is Trump took a bunch of money from the railroad companies and revoked safety rules Obama put into place.

APNewsBreak: US miscalculated benefit of better train brakes

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it scrapped an Obama-era rule over cost concerns, The Associated Press has found.

apnews.com

An Associated Press review of the department’s rulemaking activities in Trump’s first year in office shows at least a dozen safety rules that were under development or already adopted have been repealed, withdrawn, delayed or put on the back burner. In most cases, those rules are opposed by powerful industries. And the political appointees running the agencies that write the rules often come from the industries they regulate.

Meanwhile, there have been no significant new safety rules adopted over the same period.

The sidelined rules would have, among other things, required states to conduct annual inspections of commercial bus operators, railroads to operate trains with at least two crew members and automakers to equip future cars and light trucks with vehicle-to-vehicle communications to prevent collisions. Many of the rules were prompted by tragic events.

Video of Ohio train derailment shows wheel bearing in 'final stage of overheat failure,' NTSB says

"There's no understanding of the level of chaos that people went through," said one person who lives near where the train crash happened.

abc7chicago.com

Ohio train derailment: Footage shows train did not stop when it caught fire - Washington Examiner

New footage of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, showed the train catching fire roughly 20 minutes outside of the town, leaving residents to wonder whether the disaster could have been avoided. The National Transportation Safety Board obtained two videos of the train derailment on...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

So it appears the wheel bearing overheated and the crew didn't stop as the train caught fire and derailed. So not Trump's fault you idiot

 

[August West]

Norfolk Southern doesn`t maintain their cars. This has nothing to do with any president but plenty to do with corporate greed. Train axles should never be on fire.

Footage showing a fiery axle 20 miles before East Palestine train derailment raises questions about alert timing

The Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last week, setting aflame tankers of hazardous chemicals and prompting an evacuation...

www.post-gazette.com

 

[Rust_Cohle]

Norfolk Southern doesn`t maintain their cars. This has nothing to do with any president but plenty to do with corporate greed. Train axles should never be on fire.

Footage showing a fiery axle 20 miles before East Palestine train derailment raises questions about alert timing

The Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last week, setting aflame tankers of hazardous chemicals and prompting an evacuation...

www.post-gazette.com

Maybe if your president didn't have a cozy relationship with Norfolk Southern...

Why is Biden so Oddly Silent about the Ohio Train Disaster?

The environmental disaster taking place in Ohio from a Norfolk Southern derailed train should outrage both sides of the political aisle. After the smoke clears, investigations will take place and most likely will show that there is plenty of bl...

www.americanthinker.com

 

[Rust_Cohle]

Biden EPA official says he would drink the water



Do it. Right outta the tap