Planetarion Forums - Hey , its American Media Paranoia time again (Pt 2)

Kurashima · 23 Mar 2005, 22:34

Was it them damned Eye-Rackee sympathising terrorists, or was safety compromised in place of profit? ...

vampire_lestat · 23 Mar 2005, 22:37

It was those bastard towel-heads

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Stew · 23 Mar 2005, 23:09

"Unproventable accident" is where my money is on.

Edit: That or Marilyn Manson.

vampire_lestat · 23 Mar 2005, 23:10

I think its computer games, they're always to blame!

Phang · 24 Mar 2005, 00:29

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Originally Posted by Stew

Marilyn Manson.

beaten like a stepchild

Vaio · 24 Mar 2005, 00:38

Poor Elmer will always regret smoking in the explosives store.

~Vaio~

xtrasyn · 24 Mar 2005, 01:08

Having worked in chemical plants ran by americans I can seriously tell you there is no single failure or stupidity that could have caused this.
Plants, especially refineries, and especially those on US soil are so incredibly overdesigned and overtrained that to take a piss, you need a permit signed and checked by 3 people, and only if you wear the proper clothing and equipment to enter the toilet area, after which a team inspects what you have done and documents it.

So what remains are geotechnical inluences, aliens, freak off-scale environment circumstance, multiple cascading failures, and yes, towelheads.

Summanus · 24 Mar 2005, 01:11

Tsunami!

Dace · 24 Mar 2005, 01:12

The explosion happened at 1330 (1930 GMT)

Texas City resident Mike Martin described "a real loud explosion, like a sonic boom".

"It shook the pictures bad enough to where it knocked them off the wall. And it frightened me, so I jumped out of bed."

The explosion happened at 1330 (1930 GMT) ... And it frightened me, so I jumped out of bed.

at 1330 (1930 GMT) I jumped out of bed.

****ING LAYABOUT BENEFITS CLAIMING SCUM!!!

xtrasyn · 24 Mar 2005, 01:14

Maybe he is a fully handicapped person.

IT WAS A MIRACLE EXPLOSION THAT HEALED THE CRIPPLE!

Dace · 24 Mar 2005, 01:17

THANK YOU BABY JESUS FOR HEELING THE KRIPUL!

lokken · 24 Mar 2005, 01:23

"well we do it at home, so why not on holiday"*

*reverse if American

xtrasyn · 24 Mar 2005, 01:28

OR:

It could be the CIA!!!!

<insert ludicrous political theory involving the CIA, Tony Blair, all the Bushes, the Illuminati, and the sinister D.A.L.C., the Dunchester Abbey Ladies Choir!>

Structural Integrity · 24 Mar 2005, 08:06

I didn't know BP stands for British Petroleum.

Tactitus · 24 Mar 2005, 17:04

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Originally Posted by Structural Integrity

I didn't know BP stands for British Petroleum.

It used to, but not any longer. They changed the name of the company to BP in the 1950s IIRC. When BP acquired Amoco a few years ago, they launched a big ad campaign in the US that "suggested" that 'BP' stood for 'Beyond Petroleum.' Implying, I guess, that oil is just a temporary sideline while they're working on some new fusion technology... or something.

JonnyBGood · 24 Mar 2005, 17:07

Beyond Power for when the nuclear winter comes!

Dead_Meat · 24 Mar 2005, 17:27

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"We believe 14 people lost their lives as a result of the fire," site director Don Parus said. "It's a sad day for BP"

Yes, I'm sure BP are very sad about the effect on their profit margin, which, come ot think of it, will probably be negligible, after they've hiked prices claiming a 'shortfall in production due to this terrible accident'

As for the dead workers, well, that's a shame too, right?

Stew · 24 Mar 2005, 17:42

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Originally Posted by Dead_Meat

Yes, I'm sure BP are very sad about the effect on their profit margin, which, come ot think of it, will probably be negligible, after they've hiked prices claiming a 'shortfall in production due to this terrible accident'

As for the dead workers, well, that's a shame too, right?

All your lives are belong to capitalism.