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President Obama Honors Those Lost and Injured in West, Texas Explosion

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President Obama Honors Those Lost and Injured in West, Texas Explosion


April 25, 2013 at 06:15 PM EDT


President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a memorial service at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, for victims killed last week at a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, April 25, 2013.

*snip*


“But today I see in the people of West, in your eyes, that what makes West special isn't going to go away. And instead of changing who you are, this tragedy has simply revealed who you’ve always been.”

http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/0...s-those-lost-and-injured-west-texas-explosion

I live in west Texas (not where this occurred). Props to the President for attending this service. Given all that was going on, I think he would have been justified in sending some official instead of going himself. That he didn't do that was a class move, IMO.

From one West Texan, sincere thanks, Mr. President.
 
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I live in west Texas (not where this occurred). Props to the President for attending this service. Given all that was going on, I think he would have been justified in sending some official instead of going himself. That he didn't do that was a class move, IMO.

From one West Texan, sincere thanks, Mr. President.

I'm glad the President attended too. In the midst of this tragedy, I appreciate very much his dignifying the occasion with his presence and, really, speaking for the nation in this way.

A stroke of good timing, though, that he was already going to be in Dallas for the dedication of the Bush Library.

BTW, even though I've been to the West-Fest several times and my BFF's hubs is from Big Spring, every time I heard a news report, I heard "West Texas" rather than "West, Texas." I wonder how many folks were confused by this.
 
I'm glad the President attended too. In the midst of this tragedy, I appreciate very much his dignifying the occasion with his presence and, really, speaking for the nation in this way.

A stroke of good timing, though, that he was already going to be in Dallas for the dedication of the Bush Library.

BTW, even though I've been to the West-Fest several times and my BFF's hubs is from Big Spring, every time I heard a news report, I heard "West Texas" rather than "West, Texas." I wonder how many folks were confused by this.

One has to question Obama's motives when he appears at the site of a mere industrial accident, in a state that has no safeguards to speak of..................
 
One has to question Obama's motives when he appears at the site of a mere industrial accident, in a state that has no safeguards to speak of..................

What do you mean, "no safeguards"?
 
What do you mean, "no safeguards"?

Oh, come on. Texas has zero any type of protection and regulation about anything. It was like an industrial mishap in Nigeria, for Christ sake..................
 
One has to question Obama's motives when he appears at the site of a mere industrial accident, in a state that has no safeguards to speak of..................

I don't question his motives at all and am not sure why anybody else would either. His presence meant a lot to the folks in West and to all the firefighters too. I'm just grateful that a long-planned event put him in the right place to do exactly the right thing a President should do if he or she is able. (I mean, I don't think we should expect any President to be daily be the Mourner-in-Chief.)
 
Oh, come on. Texas has zero any type of protection and regulation about anything. It was like an industrial mishap in Nigeria, for Christ sake..................

Ugly, odious comparison.
 
Oh, come on. Texas has zero any type of protection and regulation about anything. It was like an industrial mishap in Nigeria, for Christ sake..................

Whatever keeps you out of Texas...
 
Whatever keeps you out of Texas...


I've had me a taste of Texas longhorn.......................I could take it or leave it......................
 
I've had me a taste of Texas longhorn.......................I could take it or leave it......................

We're not regulated enough for you. I advise you leave it.
 
Whatever keeps you out of Texas...

No, wait. How about a Texas-sized "Howdy"?

An alternative version of "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)":

 
Musical points for knowing who "Uncle Walt" was. ;)
 
We're not regulated enough for you. I advise you leave it.



I'm at fault because I wasn't impressed...................How "Texan" of you.........................
 
I'm at fault because I wasn't impressed...................How "Texan" of you.........................

What have I faulted you for? You said Texas is like Nigeria because we have no regs. I'm agreeing with you that Texas is not the place for you.
 
What have I faulted you for? You said Texas is like Nigeria because we have no regs. I'm agreeing with you that Texas is not the place for you.

This discourse is obviously going nowhere...................Why don't we both quit ?.....................
 
I've had me a taste of Texas longhorn.......................I could take it or leave it......................

What does this have to do with your Nigeria comparison?
 
This discourse is obviously going nowhere...................Why don't we both quit ?.....................

Uhm ok. You were expecting me to beg you to view Texas differently? Let's just say your opinion is to our mutual advantage. Fair enough?
 
Uhm ok. You were expecting me to beg you to view Texas differently? Let's just say your opinion is to our mutual advantage. Fair enough?

Fair enough. I won't expect you to see differently since I never will............................
 
Fair enough. I won't expect you to see differently since I never will............................

Not only do I not expect you to see differently, I fully support the view you have now and I mean that sincerely. That's one of the great things about this country. If you don't like the politics, policies and/or laws of one state, there are 49 (plus DC) others to choose from.
 
Not only do I not expect you to see differently, I fully support the view you have now and I mean that sincerely. That's one of the great things about this country. If you don't like the politics, policies and/or laws of one state, there are 49 (plus DC) others to choose from.

I'm cool with that.................
 
I question his motives.

It cost millions of dollars to fly him and his massive entourage anywhere.

Just for Air Force One alone is at least a million for Washington to Texas and back.

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/CampaignsElections/a/Air-Force-One-Cost.htm

My guess is it cost U.S. taxpayers at least a couple of million for the trip.

Instead of showing up for the funeral, why not give that money to the families of the victims?

And I don't care that 'the money is in the budget'.

He is the POTUS - if he asked Congress to divert that money saved to those West families...which politician would dare say no?

Zero.


Now, if he travelled on a small plane with a minimal entourage...that would be different.

But, to my knowledge, he didn't.


And why are these deaths more worth his time then the hundreds of American's he sent to their deaths in Afghanistan?

Does he go to every funeral/wake/rememberence for them?


This was political (imo)...pure and simple.


Btw - I am neither a Dem or a Rep.

If this was 6 years ago and Bush had done the same sort of thing, I would probably say the same sort of thing.
 
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IMO obama's trip to Texas was a political statement trying to make the point that the Boston terrorist attack and this industrial explosion were at the same level.

And exactly where did you pull this tidbit of information from? I assume your weren't sitting when you retrieved it.
 
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