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It seems that the company who own this plant are such important job creators that they don't have time to make a statement about their job creating hole in the ground.

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"people later built homes next to them."

People people, or corporate real estate developer people? I bet the land was cheap, even by Texas standards.

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Wanna bet that Texas has tort-reformed into irrelevance the ability of plaintiffs to shamelessy loot those sacred corporate munniez?

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...I hope at least their mouths were closed

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...empire?

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now kris what do you have against 1985, hmmm?

it was probably a very good year for inspections.

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Critical to the resounding, thunderous success of this explosion: Freedom from zoning. The One-Star-State considers this an essential freedom, for those corporations who are people too, also.

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You never say that to me... /sadface

'course, you can't miss me if I won't leave...

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Still... Gub'mint.

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...regulations? They are kinda like <em>"Ethics"</em> it's nice to say you have them, but no one actually follows them!

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politicians who are relatively cheap, and only cost you once every two years?

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The freedom to live of the 12 people whose bodies have been found so far was quite badly harmed by the operating of this plant.

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I can't imagine how the company survived such onerous over-regulation.

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In Texas? Not at all.

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People smile at and greet strangers here too, and I'm on Lawn-fuckin-Guyland.

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