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WTF TEXAS? WTF! WTF!

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, November 16, 2012, 03:22:37 AM

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Elder Iptuous

#15
November 16, 2012, 04:50:01 PM
article i saw just now says the first truck was across the tracks, second truck was on the tracks but couldn't move because the first was in the way, the police sirens accompanying the parade drowned out the sound of the train, there were some people in wheelchairs on the trucks. some people died getting others off the truck...

The Good Reverend Roger

#16
November 16, 2012, 05:16:45 PM
Quote from: Elder Iptuous on November 16, 2012, 04:50:01 PM
article i saw just now says the first truck was across the tracks, second truck was on the tracks but couldn't move because the first was in the way, the police sirens accompanying the parade drowned out the sound of the train, there were some people in wheelchairs on the trucks. some people died getting others off the truck...

It's only slapstick, Ippie.  The 3 Stooges for the Post-American Century.  Those vets, the older ones  (WWII, Korea, Vietnam), I bet they got the joke.

But I have to ask, who arranges a parade that not only goes over railroad tracks, but nobody bothers to check the fucking train schedule, or tell the railroad schedulers?

So, yeah.  Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk, American style.
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Elder Iptuous

#17
November 16, 2012, 05:35:49 PM
Patriots.
that's who.
why do you have freedom?

The Good Reverend Roger

#18
November 16, 2012, 05:38:28 PM
Quote from: Elder Iptuous on November 16, 2012, 05:35:49 PM
why do you have freedom?

Um, because we won the war of 1812?
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"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
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Bruno

#19
November 17, 2012, 09:45:15 PM
Formerly something else...

AFK

#20
November 17, 2012, 09:55:14 PM
"A float carrying wounded veterans...."


So some of these poor bastards probably survived some sick shit in Vetnam or WWII only to die on a fucking parade float.


That just goes to show you how fucking sick and indifferent this existence can be. 


It'd be like some poor sap who survived heart surgery, turned their life around only to die choking on a hunk of a carrot.
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Bruno

#21
November 17, 2012, 10:04:25 PM
I believe they were mostly wounded Iraq and Afghanistan vets who had just gotten back.
Formerly something else...

AFK

#22
November 17, 2012, 10:29:25 PM
God clearly is one sick fuck.
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Aucoq

#23
November 17, 2012, 10:33:27 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 17, 2012, 09:55:14 PMThat just goes to show you how fucking sick and indifferent this existence can be.

Ain't it great?  :horrormirth:
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#24
November 17, 2012, 10:48:08 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2012, 09:45:15 PM
According to this article:

http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_5e978264-2f83-11e2-a111-0019bb2963f4.html

This is the intersection where it happened:

https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?ll=31.985626,-102.09354&spn=0.001346,0.002064&ctz=360&t=h&z=20

Absolutely nothing blocking anyone's view of anything.

If you zoom out, it's completely straight, clear and unimpeded for MILES. Granted, if the train was going 60 miles per hour that would only give them a few minutes to cross once it was visible, but even so, basic train safety, the kind I learned when I was 5 or so, dictates that you never, EVER enter a situation where you can't cross the tracks completely within one minute. Stop, look, listen, cross and get out of the way. Cross the tracks one car at a time to make sure nobody gets stopped on the tracks. The driver failed to heed fundamental train crossing safety and I suspect it was some kind of "it's OK to make an exception because it's a PARADE" mentality.
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#25
July 08, 2013, 05:32:41 AM
I'll just leave this here. 
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/06/1221712/-Follow-the-Money-Rick-Perry-Abortion-Edition

Oh, and for your facebooking pleasure  :lulz:



Imma go share it on his page. :D
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#26
July 08, 2013, 05:40:08 AM
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Left

#27
July 09, 2013, 06:02:20 AM
Has to be the semi-driver's error. 
I was always told to make certain you had clearance on the far side of the tracks prior to crossing.
This is a really sad level of stupid.
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Doktor Howl

#28
July 09, 2013, 08:29:11 PM
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/08/19355690-perry-wont-seek-re-election-as-tx-governor?lite

Rick "Not Gay" Perry now has 18 months to go buck wild.

And he's thinking of running for president again.

PLEASE, GOD, LET HIM GET THE NOMINATION.
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#29
July 09, 2013, 08:54:17 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 08:29:11 PM
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/08/19355690-perry-wont-seek-re-election-as-tx-governor?lite

Rick "Not Gay" Perry now has 18 months to go buck wild.

And he's thinking of running for president again.

PLEASE, GOD, LET HIM GET THE NOMINATION.

Yeah, after the snoozeworthy "contest" between Obama and Romney to decide who gets the coveted title of Most Likely to Drone Audience into a Coma, anything featuring Rick Perry would surely be an upgrade.
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