West Va. Mother: 'We live in a human sacrifice zone'
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raniakhalek.comPosted Jan 19, 2014, 8:08 PM UTC
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raniakhalek.comThe question is: Did these people now complaining vote for the politicians who did this to them?
I'm getting very very tired of people who vote "right-wing conservative" then say "but I didn't expect this to happen" after something horrible happens to them due to deregulation or aggressive "no-regulation" reasons.
The simple truth is: If you vote for "no regulation", you get what you asked for.
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Clearly, many of them did vote for the asshats who bring devastation to the area. I still feel sympathy for those who are trapped in this nightmare through no fault of their own.
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As a West Virginian I can confirm not everyone here votes for de-regulation. As a cynic I have to wonder if different voting results would actually change anything. The worst part is I don't hear much of an outcry for more regulation. If anything this accident has caused more distrust in our government.
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Apparently WV voters don't understand who or what they're voting for when they voted for deregulation. Caused more distrust in our government? So voters are blaming the government for doing what the voters told them to?
Someone needs to grab these dolts by the friggin scruffs of their necks and have some reality shoved down whatever orifices they learn with down south.
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I think it has more to do with the government's response to the spill: "It's totally safe... maybe". Although I'm sure we could find a few who believe Obama ordered the leak in his war on coal.
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The thing is: The same local government officials who created the deregulation environment are the ones saying it's safe, or pressuring those in the EPA to say so when it is borderline.
The proper response is to not trust the attitude that led to (and is perpetuating) the situation... but I suppose that is a leap too far for random people not used to thinking logically.
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I don't think you understand how WV works. Your choices are pro-coal Democrats or pro-coal Republicans. Every office in the state except for one is owned by a Democrat. Both US Senators are Democrats. The governor is a Democrat. What do you propose they do? Vote Republican? I'm sure they'll put regulations in place!
WV is just fucked. Period. And nobody cares. Conservatives hate them because they are poor "leeches." Liberals hate them because they are white hillbillies.
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Powerful words, must read.
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It's so disgraceful what's been going on there. As an American I hang my head in shame, but I have no idea what to do about it.
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You're doing the very thing that needs to be done about it just by simply talking about it. Spreading the word and making such thing become the topic of discussion opens doors for outside influence to either correct mistakes made by exposing the corrupt or nothing won't change at all.
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Turn your lights off
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If everybody in the US used as little electricity as I do, all the mountains in Appalachia would still have tops on them.
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I feel bad for them. I personally used to live in Texas, and cities like Beaumont and Texas City are where all the refineries are.
You couldn't pay me to live there, but I have the luxury of having other options.
If you life in a place called "Chemical Alley" in the coal capital of the East coast you're going to have to expect things like this to happen.
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Shouldn't the rabidly anti-abortion conjobs who swarm to every abortion thread be up in arms over this?
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Profits were made, coal owns your State, and we have the end result: no safe water. Can this lesson help there? West, Texas exploded, killed fire fighters and caused $millions in damage, yet Texas has changed nothing.
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You also voted to live in a human sacrifice zone.
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Not all did.
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You reap what you sow.
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Oh, boo-hoo.
In a capitalist society all we care about is industry.
The poor company having to file for bankruptcy is all we shed tears for.
These takers crying about water are free to find some other country that gives a flying fcuk about working people.
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Under absolutely no circumstances is it acceptable to abbreviate West Virginia as West Va. That would suggest Western Virginia, which is completely separate state.
Through the USPS, it's WV. Through AP newspaper style, it's WV. The outdated version is W.Va., which hasn't been used for almost 20 years.
When I see a media outlet that cannot even get something so simple right, it's safe to assume that nothing they "report" has any value whatsoever.
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which is completely separate state.
you forgot an article after "is." thus, everything you just said has no value whatsoever
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Yeah, you missed a word ("is"). Your entire existence as a human being has just been nullified.
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When I see a media outlet that cannot even get something so simple right, it's safe to assume that nothing they "report" has any value whatsoever.
you are giving that blog way too much credit by calling them a media outlet.
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Funny how quickly rightwingers trash their own bible on this issue. Because doesn't the bible command us do something to well-poisoners?