Dear Editor,
It wasn't a tornado or a hurricane...just toxic materials that East Palestine, Ohio has to deal with. [NO BIG DEAL!!] Right?? Pete Buttigieg-Biden's Secretary of Transportation-says train derailments happen 1,000 times a year. So...He's NOT going there. One thousand times a year?? Funny, I don't recall 1,000 train derailments last year dumping toxic waste in any American cities. Do you recall them?
Chickens and cats have died...Dogs are being taken to vets for breathing problems...Horses are beginning to act strange. And if you can dismiss that, children are getting rashes and having trouble breathing too. Supposedly the water is safe to drink and bathe with. [I'm not sure I would do either one.] Just who can these people turn to for answers and help? Biden seems to think other agencies can handle it. Buttigieg blames Trump. PASS THE BUCK TIME!! [I am not crazy about Donald Trump, but come on...] I know...my same argument...We can spend MILLIONS of dollars on these d*** illegals, but we can't help one of our American cities after a train derails and dumps toxic waste. WHY NOT?? Wasn't Buttigieg partially responsible for the airline fiasco during the holidays? And what about the backup of supply barges during covid? Remember? He had excuses then too. The man is worthless in any crisis!! Just like the man who appointed him. Do your job. Help our citizens when they need it!! Peggy Kelley
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President Biden offered all assistance necessary to take care of everyone involved, within 10 hours of the accident happening. Representatives from FEMA, EPA, and The Department of Health and Human Services have been on site, since shortly after the accident. FEMA has denied assistance from themselves, because this type of issue doesn't fall within the rules of that department. That DOES NOT mean that government assistance isn't, nor hasn't been of assistance to the people affected. Our government doesn't spend money illegally, except when a fascist authoritarian is occupying our Oval Office (ie Taking money from our military to pay for a fence). It might come down to Congress appropriating the funds, as needed.
As far as the shortage of goods, caused by the world-wide shutdown, due to COVID19. Those cargo ships (from other countries) IS NOT the responsibility of the Secretary of Transportation. Secy. Buttigieg had some responsiblility of getting the trucks of goods around our country. But, COVID19 had caused many truck drivers to leave the industry. I think that issue got corrected very quickly, based on the size of the initial problem.
If/when there is blame to give, blame the people that are responsible!
"That train was almost two miles long and we think had conventional air brakes, which brakes from the front to the back. So it can take two minutes before the back cars know to stop and they become a slinky from hell, slamming into the cars that have stopped in front."
"The final version was that longer high-hazard flammable trains would need brakes by 2023, ironically. But in 2018, the Trump administration, Elaine Chao was the transportation secretary, rolled it back entirely."
"About 1,000 derailments occur each year, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. The number of trains coming off their rails has been on a decline, coinciding with a reduction in miles covered by the industry. There were 1,049 such instances in 2022, out of roughly 535 million miles traveled." Peggy, they don't all carry toxic chemicals so you wouldn't hear about 1,000 train derailments last year dumping toxic waste .
"Norfolk Southern adopted a new kind of business model which meant a lot longer trains, two miles long, a lot fewer people. They laid off tens of thousands in the industry."
https://www.mediamatters.org/cnn/cnns-bill-weir-describes-how-trump-administration-gutted-train-regulations-east-palestine
Trump had the rules and regulations all rolled back because it was something President Obama did and because of his ego and hatred for Obama he got rid of all the things Obama had done. Now the people of Palestine suffer for it.
Secretary Buttigieg is right to blame Trump along with the industry, the railroads, the chemical companies, the lobbies. Trump was hell bent on destroying Obama's legacy with no regard for the American People. That train needed those brakes from the front to the back that would have allowed each car to stop on its own.
Norma Gould
I think Pete Buttigieg should fly to Ohio on an airplane fixed by a mechanic who is in a hurry to get off work and DRINK A BIG GLASS OF WATER FROM A RESIDENT'S WATER FAUCET!!
**Remember...He wants to run for president!
Biden has totally jacked up the border! Federal agencies have been turned into a political wing of the Democratic Party comparable to the Brown Shirts of Nazi Germany. No one in this administration does their job! None! Every one of them needs to be fired and or prosecuted!
ATTITUDE!!] You would defend the Biden Administration if they were the Manson family. Exchanging thoughts with you is like banging my head against a brick wall...painful and a waste of the time I have left in my life!!
Thanks GB!!
Kind regards!
As far as the president ordering the balloon to be shot down. He made that order one time. Then our military (the experts) told him they didn't want to shoot it down over land. He didn't make another order. They still had the original order to shoot it down, as soon as they saw fit. You don't give any respect to our military, which is disgraceful!
You need to either stay in your fantasy land or start including the evidence to all of the fantasy land statements you make.