Some cool accident images:
Accident
Image by SilentJoe
Accident on I70E. I’m standing on I40 looking towards the appalachian trail.
Accident bab zaouia
Image by amekinfo
Accident dans une petite rue de Blida, Bab zaouia. Refus de priorité donnant une femme blessée gravement et 2 véhicules immobilisés
Accidents Will Happen
Image by elycefeliz
Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
He used to be your victim
Now you’re not the only one
Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
I don’t want to hear it
‘Cause I know what I’ve done
And it’s the damage that we do
And never know
It’s the words that we don’t say
That scare me so
There’s so many people to see
So many people you can check up on
And add to your collection
But they keep you hanging on
Until you’re well hung
Your mouth is made up but your mind is undone
~ Elvis Costello
www.aspendailynews.com/section/columnist/140813
What about Rand Paul’s recent analysis of the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? The Obama administration faces growing criticism for not being tough enough on the oil company BP for its failure to stop the gushing flow of crude that is fouling Louisiana’s ecologically sensitive coastal marshes. Paul, however, sees things differently. “What I don’t like from the president’s administration is this sort of, ‘I’ll put my boot heel on the throat of BP,’” Paul said. “I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business.”
The “un-American” part is consistent with the campaign by Republican cynics and tea party wing nuts to delegitimize Obama’s presidency. But the general idea — that it’s wrong to hold private firms strictly accountable for disasters such as the Gulf spill — appears to be something that Paul really believes, since he also dismisses the recent West Virginia mine explosion in which 29 miners were killed.
“We had a mining accident that was very tragic,” he said. “Then we come in, and it’s always someone’s fault. Maybe sometimes accidents happen.”
But maybe accidents are less likely to happen when appropriate safety standards are established and enforced. This kind of cause-and-effect reasoning is only meaningful to those who live in the real world, however. From all evidence, Paul lives in Libertarian La-La Land, where a purist philosophy leads people to believe in the purest nonsense.
. . . Sarah Palin accused reporters of practicing “gotcha” journalism in seeking to elicit Paul’s views. As we know from the 2008 campaign, Palin’s definition of a “gotcha” interview is one in which actual questions are asked.
