Cap the Pipelines

National Fuel wants to build a pipeline to transport faced gas from Pennsylvania to Canada.

So much for making the USA energy independent.
It was never about that though - it's about making money.

And the media in Buffalo is not really talking about the pipeline in the south that exploded, killed 1 worker, and injured 5 others.

We could talk about the pipeline that ruptured in Pennsylvania during that last deluge of rain.
55,000 gallons of oil (I believe) spilled out.

Then there' s the Kalamazoo spill that  contaminated a river in Michigan.
And the pipeline rupture in Arkansas that had oil flowing down a street like a strong stream.
It might as well have been a river.

And does National Fuel have a plan to clean up their mess when the pipeline breaks?
And who will pay the cleanup costs?

National Fuel wants a rate increase,  which some say is to cover the cost of shipping the fracked gas to Canada.

Socialists say NO to the Northern Access Pipeline.
National Grid needs to focus on renewable energy instead.

Get the lead out

We now know that there are schools in the region that have high lead levels.

Most of them are in Buffalo and will take money that the district does not have to fix. 

The suburban schools will easily (more) come up with the money to address their problems,  but  Buffalo can not afford to fix all the issues at once.  And consider how long the problem has been going on,  there may be no fix for the  health problems that students will (and are) suffering from.

We are aware of this problem because of the crisis in Detroit with its lead problem.

The Democrats and Republicans blame each other for that crisis.  No one wants to talk about the collapse of the stock market and how Detroit lost millions of dollars on the market due to the crash in 2007.

Neither party wants to talk about the corporations that closed their shops and sent the jobs overseas to countries where tey can basically practice slave labor.

The entire lead crisis is a crisis of capitalism. 
No one is willing to say that.

And what happened to Detroit happened to Buffalo with the white flight of the 1970's.

Except NY was willing to bribe corporations to move to Buffalo and WNY.  (The Buffalo Billion,  which has problems of its own now.)

So Buffalo is leading WNY in lead.
I think they'd rather lead in something else.

Accidental holding

The Erie County Holding Center is under investigation (again) for violence against an inmate. 

I say again because of an incident in 2012 that led to the death of an inmate - Richard Metcalf - whose death is "apparently" tied to mistreatment by deputies in the Holding g Center. I personally fail to see how suffocating someone with a pillowcase and beating him while denying ambulance crews the ability to provide medical care is an accident.

Now the Holding Center is under investigation for the beating of Carl M Miller by another inmate.  This after he requested to be moved away from another inmate that was harassing him. The request to be moved was apparently made evident to his family as well.

So not moving the inmate was an accident.

My faith in the ability of the Holding Center to properly take care of inmates gets lower every year.

There are inmates that need to be held because of the heinous crimes that they have committed.  Others could better be served with medical facilities because of their condition.

Either way,  the staff at the Holding Center need to be held accountable for the injuries and deaths that occurred under their care.

Socialists demand that a full investigation be held and all results made public.

Furthermore, those reponsible for the injuries (or not moving the inmate whose life was in danger) need to be held accountable for their actions and inactions.

We need cameras to provide proper surveillance for the safety of the inmates and the staff.

Yes,  the people in the Holding Center may be there because they committed a crime.
That does not mean they should become victims themselves.

Capitalists rank their generosity

Wegman's is the hot spot to work in according to the capitalist rag sheet Fortune magazine.

Better than average wages,  time and a half pay for part time employees, extra holiday pay,  and flexible scheduling. 

I am told that their employees have access to health insurance and college scholarships as well.

I'm typing this up offline,  but when I lived in Buffalo,  there were no close or convenient Wegman's stores.  The only stores I remember are in the suburbs and not easy to get to.  So these nice paying jobs are not necessarily available to the urban poor.  The people who could benefit from them the most.

Even where I live now,  the closest Wegman's is an hour away in Geneseo.  Not convenient.

So the "best jobs" and workplace for the unskilled or low skilled working class are  out of their reach.

How convenient.

And praiseworthy evidently.

Trying to figure out the time

I haven't posted in a while because the responsibilities of work and managing property is that much.

It's not to say that revolution isn't important or that there aren't things going on in the news that need commenting on.

I'm overwhelmed and can't function on 4 hours of sleep a day.

I will figure this out.
Perhaps shorter commentaries or something .

I would like others to join in this endeavor.
Write on you passion.

Life goes on.
Revolutionaries needed.

Lunch break over.