Rand Paul - "accidents happen" WTF??

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why? Philosophers actually have principles, unlike most politicians in office, unless you calling selling out taxpayers a principle...
 
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hcWDDpnvzUBPOjd-av800lfTR8AQD9FRBTF83

Rand Paul: Obama's criticism of BP 'un-American'

By MICHELE SALCEDO (AP) – 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON — Taking another unconventional stand, Kentucky's Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul criticized President Barack Obama's handling of the Gulf oil spill Friday as anti-business and sounding "really un-American."

Paul's defense of the oil company came during an interview as he tried to explain his controversial take on civil rights law, an issue that has overtaken his campaign since his victory in Tuesday's GOP primary.
"What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP,'" Paul said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America." "I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business."

The Obama administration has used the "boot heel" phrase to describe its commitment to holding BP accountable for the spill and its cleanup.
Other Republicans have criticized the administration's handling of the oil spill, but few have been so vocal in defending BP, the company responsible for the deep well and offshore rig that exploded last month, killing 11 workers.

Paul appeared two days after a landslide primary victory over the Republican establishment's candidate, Trey Grayson. He has been scrambling to explain remarks suggesting businesses be allowed to deny service to minorities without fear of federal interference, even though he says he personally abhors discrimination. On Friday he said he wouldn't seek to repeal the Civil Rights Act or Fair Housing Act, which prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, among other areas.
On the oil spill, Paul, a libertarian and tea party favorite, said he had heard nothing from BP indicating it wouldn't pay for the spill that threatens devastating environmental damage along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
"And I think it's part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it's always got to be somebody's fault instead of the fact that maybe sometimes accidents happen," Paul said.

The senate candidate referred to a Kentucky coal mine accident that killed two men, saying he had met with the families and he admired the coal miners' courage. "We had a mining accident that was very tragic. ... Then we come in and it's always someone's fault. Maybe sometimes accidents happen," he said.
An eye doctor and political novice, Paul defeated a rival recruited by Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He immediately invited Obama, whose approval ratings in Kentucky are fairly low, to campaign for the state's Democrats.

Paul, 47, credited tea party activists with powering him to victory on Tuesday. The first opinion poll since then showed him with a wide lead over his Democratic rival, Jack Conway.

Paul blamed the 24-hour news cycle for the controversy over his civil rights law comments, a point his father, Rep. Ron Paul, -Tex., endorsed.
In a sometimes testy exchange with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday, the elder Paul said liberals were treating his son unfairly and reporters were hoping to stop his political momentum with "gotcha" questions based on out-of-context remarks.

"Making something out of nothing is just not fair," he said.

In the case of BP..that wasn't an accident, thats criminal negligence. For him to say that comes off as incredibly glib.
 
wtf ?

When did I backpedal ? the cost was $$$, this type of disaster hasn't happened before, US and UK didn't require it, etc... so why would they go out of their way to add another device. Especially when all the safety devices on the rig failed.
 
This whole BP incident reminds me of the titanic. They were so cocky that they forgot to include safety counter-measures.

BP should've been prepared to run the clean up.
 
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Rand Paul - "accidents happen" WTF??

really? cuz the people who argue against that say that the market and common sense business practices will do the job..do you think rand paul would agree with your statement?



hmmm wonder why:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/sex-lies-and-oil-spills_b_564163.html

under Cheney's cruel whip, the practice trickled down through the regulatory bureaucracy. The Minerals Management Service
 
if a car company used inferior materials in their brake devices to cut costs and thousands of people had car crashes due to bad braking systems you can say all day that the company didn't WANT those car crashes to happen but the bottomline is they didn't do as much as they could/should have to prevent them. In fact it would seem like they took a conscious risk in betting nothing major would happen using the inferior materials.

And ron paul seems to be saying isn't a bad guy here or we shouldn't be so concerned with who they are and what role they had in this and that IMO is ridiculous.
 
3 tiny countries require that safety device It's been around for nearly 20 years, but the US and UK never required it. So why should a company do it voluntarily ?
 
That's a horrible comparison. There has been 1 problem. Yeah, it's a huge shitty problem, but it's not like the wells were breaking all the time.
 
there's the way it oughtta be and then there's the real world. And Paul is getting a big lesson on what to say and how to say it in the real world.
 
what he's said comes off as out of touch. everyone is working to solve the problem but lets not let the culprits off the hook by saying "accidents happen".
 
shut the fuck up you insipid cynic


"you know we black folk would sure like to not be slaves in america anymore. but, you know, there's the way it oughtta be, and then there's the real world."

^ how's that suit your fancy?
 
i had a dream that... awwwe, fuck it. there's the way it oughtta be, and then there's the real world.
 
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