At the same time when the government and congress has an attitude that is hostile to safety and environmental regulation, what do you expect. We've been very lucky so far that there's only been so few mining and oil drilling accidents so far.Its probably going to take a few more years before a more reasonable safety regime percolates down into all aspects of the regulatory agencies.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Greedy, small-minded middle managers and their greedy, overly demanding > executive bosses who think too much of profits and not enough about risks" > > From what I have read and heard, there were definitely shortcuts taken in > order to save money on building the rig. > > This shouldn't be a surprise. Like you said, it's greed. > > This is were gov't should be doing its job. Businesses aren't going to > police themselves. After you factor in political favors, campaign > contributions, and pure cronyism it looks like the government isn't going > to police anything either. And just to clarify, this isn't directed at one > party. It's all parties. > > > J > > - > > The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is > unfit to govern. - Lord Acton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321645 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
