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To: bentway who wrote (711114)	4/21/2013 5:28:09 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1571699

"Google it pal. They had 270 TONS of ammonium nitrate they weren't permitted for." who said they couldn't have that much?? the feds, so there goes your argument. It's all Obama's fault. Pal

To: bentway who wrote (711114)	4/21/2013 6:14:09 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571699

Hi bentway; Re the permitting of the ammonium nitrate in Texas, the link you gave comes up with a (typical) article. The sentence is: "Yet a person familiar with DHS operations said the company that owns the plant, West Fertilizer, did not tell the agency about the potentially explosive fertilizer as it is required to do, leaving one of the principal regulators of ammonium nitrate - which can also be used in bomb making - unaware of any danger there." nydailynews.com In other words, the authority is not even named by the press. Of course you have no idea if this is true or not. There's not even a link to the law that requires fertilizer be reported to the DHS (though I don't doubt that there is such a law). I'm just saying that I don't know for sure that this is the case at the Texas plant. I just don't know. Even when the press quotes an official who is supposed to know the press (or the official or both) get it wrong. Look at how the press reported the Boston explosion. All kinds of mistakes. Let it stew around for a few years. Wait until the lawsuits force people to say things under oath. Someone will eventually write a book, maybe. But it really doesn't matter to my arguments. Fertilizer explosions are going to be with us until we quit using explosive stuff as fertilizer. Blaming it on the Republicans or Democrats is just stupid. Do you see people blaming the Boston explosion on the Democrats running the place? Perhaps they should blame the Federal government for not shipping them out of the country. By the way, I was curious why there weren't more explosions in Russia, given the size of their agriculture. It turns out that they don't use that much explosive fertilizer. But they do use saltpetre and have had a relatively recent explosion with that stuff. -- Carl P.S. Simplicity complaining about stalking is hilarious. If "she" doesn't like the heat she should stay out of the kitchen.