Apples
to Apples, Dust to Dust.
 In
case you did't recognize him the handsome figure on the
right in today's comeek is Ted Uptmore, the general manager
of
the
fertilizer plant in West, Texas that recently went KER-BLOOEY!
I had to use a silhouette because I couldn't find a photo
of
him.
Either Google failed me or Ted's been
wisely covering his tracks.
Anyway, Ted's role on the day of
the explosion was mainly to be far away from the fertilizer
plant because,
you know,
KER-BLOOEY.
You'd ordinarily think that if your place of business was
on fire you'd want to be there to make sure everyone was
okay, but since Ted still has all his arms and legs attached
to his body, unlike most of the West volunteeer fire department,
I'm guessing he understood the serious danger that lay
at the bottom of that conflagration and made a run for
the border,
and I don't mean to snag some substandard burritos for
his afternoon tea.
So now fifteen people are dead in West and no one is going
to be punished for it, just like the
eleven men who died on the Deepwater Horizon. Ho-hum, just
another relatively miniscule fine paid by a company so
wealthy it can actually make countries go to war on its
behalf. Adair is no Exxon but it has similarly deep pockets
to salve the wounds of the
survivors with cash, which on a cost-benefit basis
is a dirt-cheap method of doing business compared to following
safety guidelines. We, the workers are cheap and disposable.
What
more should we expect?
And while the comparison between the events in Boston and
West may seem harsh let me point out that in Boston those
deaths could not have been prevented. In West, they
could have. So who is the biggest monster?
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Thanks to reader Lakabux I now present
the owner-operators of West Fertilizer. Rot
in hell, gents.
 |
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Ted Uptmore, Sr.
Manager |
Donald Adair
Owner |
=Lefty=
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