They did'nt tell anyone it was out of control until it couldn't be missed.
Posted on 08/08/2015 7:34:46 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
We need more EPA regs to regulate the EPA.
Sue the living sh** out of them.
I wonder where all the protesters in kayaks are?
Take the most incompetent, dishonest, and inept engineers from industry, await their dismissal by the “big bad capitalists” once their idiocy is displayed, and then blissfully watch them transfer to the world’s greatest collection of idiots: the U.S. gubmit.
Remember when, as I did in High School, we all thought that the government actually had smart people in it?
To quote Inspector Clouseau...”Not any more.....”
I am disturbed by the lack of information provided by the EPA. For example, we were not notified about this release until 9:30 AM yesterday morning even though the release is reported to have occurred at approximately 10:40 AM the day before.
And the first notification received by the State of New Mexico came from an official with the Southern Ute Tribe, not the EPA.
— Governor of NM.
Envirowackos screwing up the planet again.
If a mining company did this it would push the Malaysian air crash, and whose bleeding from where off the MSM.
The overall message from federal regulators was “we’re very sorry.”
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Oh really???? That’s it???? What if some John Q. Public had done something like this???
Oh well, then that’s a different story, he’d have to pay for clean up, fines upon fines plus some jail time, I’m sure....
And yet, where was the MSM???? How come we didn’t hear about the lead and arsenic poisons....oh I know, to busy covering the butt of Megan Kelly and Chris Wallace, or Shillary, or how great of a dinner Valerie had with Rupert...as the POTUS flies off for the 40th vacation of his terms....
The people of this nation, the working, tax paying people are treated worse than 3rd world countries...and we foot the bill for damn near EVERYTHING!!!!
Happened on Obama’s watch. BTW, where is Obama? Oh, yeah he started his vacation early...coincidence?
Yeah & I remember when I was taught no one was above the law.
By all accounts it was an accident, but so what? Deepwater Horizon was an accident, BP did not do it on purpose, but they did not get out of paying their 20 billion dollar fine by playing the “accident” card in the Gulf of Mexico. Worse, their apology was mocked and the company was vilified then and still is. Union Carbide couldn’t shrug their shoulders and say “accident” about Bhopal either.
The EPA and its leaders should be held accountable the same way.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3322129/posts
When the EPA does it, meh. If you drop a tissue while on protected land it’d be a $5000 fine and five years in jail.
They did'nt tell anyone it was out of control until it couldn't be missed.
You must be OOOOOOOLD!
Don’t think you can successfully sue a government employee.
Public shaming may be the only recourse.
Taking the blame means they won’t sue any private party into oblivion, not that they actually suffer any consequences themselves, either as an agency, or on the part of those who caused the spill.
Treat the EPA like they treat American companies.
Slap a $1.2B fine on them.
No News is Bad News, Good News is usually a lie.
Imagine how the EPA would have reacted if some poor schmuck had done this accidentally? They would be stacking up the fines and demanding jail for the culprit. I’m betting the EPA officials will probably get a bonus for how they handled this “crisis”.
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