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2023-03-04 Government Corruption
'I'm Begging You...Get Our People Out of Here': East Palestine Residents Erupt at Town Hall
[Townhall] Norfolk Southern sent a representative to attend a town hall event in East Palestine, Ohio, the site of the recent toxic train crash, and the reception was anything but warm. This event was a sacrificial lamb situation since no one had any of what this representative had to say, with any remarks of empathy and regret falling on deaf ears. CBS News captured some snippets of the event, where locals unleashed on the company whose train derailment has left residents fearful. The drinking water might be unsafe. We don’t know the condition of the soil, and the Biden administration has been criminally lethargic in its response.

Let’s not forget that it took them almost three weeks to finally release federal assistance and get Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to the area.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Environmental Protection Agency are present, but updates on the situation are not regularly, leading to high anxiety. Joe Biden will probably not step into the town due to its political leanings; it voted 70 percent for Trump.

Workers at the crash site are filling ill, with even more troubling reports that inadequate protective gear was provided. These rail workers have little to no experience handling toxic chemicals. Simple items, like gloves, were not readily available, adding to the narrative of gross incompetence that infests this administration. Buttigieg’s soporific reaction to the crash is even more alarming since this sort of screw-up could endanger presidential ambition, which I’m sure he still harbors. Blaming Trump isn’t going to cut it. He’s already done that, and it’s fallen flat. The cleanup will take years, though townsfolk in East Palestine and nearby Darlington, Pennsylvania, is less than 10 miles away, and other surrounding localities are at a loss.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-04 06:06|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 H/T Powerline

You can't spell incompetent without pete.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-04 07:49||   2023-03-04 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Our so-called President Joe Biden can promise Ukraine 500 million bucks but his administration says there isn't any money to help the people of East Palistine.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-03-04 11:49||   2023-03-04 11:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Proles gotta accept their place in the gerbil order.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-04 11:51||   2023-03-04 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Ohio small town life is nice, but it is also pretty generic. I would move 100 miles, start over and get in on the lawsuits. Whatever you liked about East Palestine is dead. Tie your stuff down Grapes of Wrath style and drive the UHaul load to Bucyrus, Wadsworth or Mantua. Just don’t go downriver into the kill zone.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-04 12:59||   2023-03-04 12:59|| Front Page Top

#5 There are entire towns boarded up in southern Ohio.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-04 13:06||   2023-03-04 13:06|| Front Page Top

#6 @#2 - Which will most likely be forgotten by November 2024, if not by May 2023.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-03-04 13:09||   2023-03-04 13:09|| Front Page Top

#7 #4 and they all go to Hilton Head. More Suckeyes flags than Palmetto trees
Posted by Beavis 2023-03-04 15:30||   2023-03-04 15:30|| Front Page Top

#8 If you can afford to move from Ohio to Hilton Head, you can afford to move somewhere better.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-04 15:39||   2023-03-04 15:39|| Front Page Top

#9 /\ I would almost move for the "Early Bird" specials.

Almost.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-04 16:28||   2023-03-04 16:28|| Front Page Top

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