THE BORE

General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Brehvolution on January 22, 2014, 02:14:30 PM

Title: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: Brehvolution on January 22, 2014, 02:14:30 PM: I haven't seen much talk about this, but this whole thing disgusts me. This is the stuff that scares me more than the shit the NSA does.

The lack of responsibility. Lax regulation. Local politicians shrugging. Bankruptcy. Basically, fuck your water. We never told you to drink or bathe in it.

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/truth-behind-freedom-industries-bankruptcy-119917123636

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201401210072

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/20/us-usa-westvirginia-spill-idUSBREA0I00V20140120

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/us/chemical-spill-muddies-picture-in-a-state-wary-of-regulations.html?_r=0
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 22, 2014, 02:17:11 PM: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 22, 2014, 02:26:23 PM: 1. Ax regulations
2. Do lots of polluting
3. Get caught
4. Bankruptcy!
5. Open similarly-named company a few months later

We almost had a President who loudly and proudly said "Corporations are people, my friend!" Funny...when was the last time you ever saw a corporation thrown in jail for breaking the law?

Edit: I was actually being a little facetious about Number 5, but that's exactly what they're doing! Holy Jumping Moses! :neogaf
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: Trent Dole on January 22, 2014, 02:48:14 PM: Regulations are bad you guys.
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 22, 2014, 02:52:11 PM: something something big government something something hurts the economy
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: Brehvolution on January 22, 2014, 02:56:42 PM: I bet if Al-Queada poisoned the water of 300,000 people, this would be a headline on every single paper and top story in the news. But it's just some corporation...... so nothing to see here.
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: brob on January 22, 2014, 03:02:38 PM: Quote from: Esch on January 22, 2014, 02:59:18 PM
Great topic. Please add this to the OP:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/us/chemical-spill-muddies-picture-in-a-state-wary-of-regulations.html?_r=0

“You feel like everyone’s turned against you,” he said. He assured his audience that he would continue to fight back against proposed new Environmental Protection Agency regulations on coal, quoting the state motto in Latin: “Montani semper liberi” — “Mountaineers are always free."

I misread that as 'Monsanto semper liberi' and nearly fell over
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 22, 2014, 03:14:04 PM: Mountaineers always did love them some dumping millions of gallons of toxic sludge everywhere. It's part of their noble heritage.
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: chronovore on February 05, 2014, 12:15:06 AM: Yeah, and now this whole fracking movement while the water supply in NW America is already pretty crazy bad... I don't know why there isn't more of an effort into alternative fuels.
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 05, 2014, 12:43:58 AM: Quote from: chronovore on February 05, 2014, 12:15:06 AM
I don't know why there isn't more of an effort into alternative fuels.

Because fossil fuel industry profits.
Title: Re: Freedom Industries™: Let's let industry run the state
Post by: chronovore on February 05, 2014, 08:32:06 AM: Yeah, but with fracking, that's like choosing to get high by huffing, when there's a bunch of free beer and weed everywhere.