A massive manhunt and siege in West Texas now?

[freshwest]

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

I still don't see any prohibitive punishment being meted out there. Fines, yeah. Isn't the state still under the 'voluntary' plan set up under the Shrub?

Bad idea, and I'm not even sure there is much of a regulatory mileau in the state anymore with Governor Goodhair and his faith-based approach. The things he's done are worse than GWB, but I left the state during his reign of dumbassery. What I've heard is all bad.

The state of Texas used to have a lot to say in terms of regulating so many things and it seems that all that knowledge base has been thrown away. What do you see happening here?

I understand the frustration and the attempt at equivalency, using the worlds terrorism in terms of financial institutions, this corporation, etc. but none of this is that simple.

Those who rail at the excesses of the financiers (I have suffered greatly under the shenanigans since the Reagan years) forget, or perhaps never knew, how horribly interwoven all of these things are. Not because they are all crooks.

But a cancer has grown since Reagan, the Randians have taken over and weakened the whole, yet it still staggers on. No one wants to see this go away, unless they are not in need of manufacturing to keep going. But the fertilizer factory, sheesh.

Without having ever gotten into large scale agriculture (more of a hobby farmer at best) I don't think these manufacturers are really worth while - but then again a large outfit might never be able to get enough needed nitrogen, etc. from natural sources. I did attend an ag college a few years and knew people getting their degrees - they are not dummies.

So I don't think this is going to change anything unless the public makes an uproar. How is the media handling this there?

I considered the Waco and Hill country to be progressive areas at one time.