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No. 10 -Friday Night Special – (Early and Urgent) Charles and David are panting for Pegasus, reopening Tuesday, July 1st.
Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:29
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There are many reasons why it is insane to accept the self-evaluation of Big Oil, and especially Charles and David Koch, on whether or not the Pegasus Pipe Line can be safely operated.
First, there is the issue of honesty.
Why would anyone believe the Kochs or their close associates when the Koch Method, the strategies which brought them all this success, include ensuring their employees lie, cheat and steal?
Horrifying and incredible as this sounds there is plenty of evidence to back it up.
An article in Bloomberg, titled, Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales, written by By Asjylyn Loder and David Evans, appearing October 3, 2011, included several instances which illustrate the enormous divide between what Charles, David, and other representatives of Koch say, versus how they operate within Koch Industries.
The article provided a statement from Phil Dubose, a Koch employee. Dubose, who testified against the company, saying he and his colleagues were shown by their managers “how to steal and cheat — using techniques they called the Koch Method. “
If they encourage these illegal acts it would be insane to trust anything said, either by them personally, or by any representative of Koch Industries or their associates.
Second, what we know about the age and fitness of Pegasus.
The Pegasus is over 65 years old. Both the materials of which pipe lines and people are made are subject to aging.You know, the joints start to give out along with the colon and bladder. Things just start falling apart.
I'm going to give you a visual on this so you will see the point. Visuals are really good things because we get the point so much faster.
Here is the Pegasus Pipe Line when it was first build. Shiny and new, its seams and joints would withstand the pressure for which it was designed, just like the image below.
But as time passes, the body ages. Those firm muscles, fast reactions, and stamina, especially stamina, decline until the smallest incident can leave the former athlete flat on their face or dependent on a cane for support.
There is no point denying it, now is there?
The Pegasus Pipe Line is not only past the age to receive Social Security, it has been forced to carry twice the pressure for which it was designed. So it is hardly fair to expect there not to be….well, incidents.
Now, we will get into the kind of incident, very much like Mayflower, Arkansas, we can expect.
Big Oil has worked hard, and doubtless paid high, to get the Pegasus Pipeline opened. Is it safe?
Not by a long shot.
Source: http://kochtruths.blogspot.com/2014/06/no-10-friday-night-special-early-and.html
