A mom tells her kid to look both ways before crossing the street. (common sense) The kids says "Oh, mom there's no proof that I'm going to get hit". (think's common sense needs proof)

So the kid steps out and get's hit by a car. As he get's loaded into an ambulance, the mom say's "I told you to look both ways before crossing the street." The kid looks up at his mom and says... "Mom, there's no proof that would have made any difference. What if I looked but kept going?" (denial, denial MAGA muffin style).

A mom tells her kid to look both ways before crossing the street. (common sense) The kids says "Oh, mom there's no proof that I'm going to get hit". (think's common sense needs proof)

So the kid steps out and get's hit by a car. As he get's loaded into an ambulance, the mom say's "I told you to look both ways before crossing the street." The kid looks up at his mom and says... "Mom, there's no proof that would have made any difference. What if I looked but kept going?" (denial, denial MAGA muffin style).

As was typical for the Obama Administration, the concern for public safety led to a regulation that mandates upgraded braking systems on trains carrying toxic material. They basically said, "ya know... these trains currently rely on old-style braking systems that were designed in the 1860's and the problem is that they requires pneumatic pressure to be pushed all the way from the front to the back and that means the the cars in the front start braking before the cars in the rear. Since Obama got smart people to think about these things, it came up that these old braking systems are at risk of causing derailments.

They were also aware of a new, modern type of braking system called ECP (Electronically Controlled Pneumatic) brakes where electronic controls insure all cars a braking at the same time. They're expensive so they decided not to force railroad companies to upgrade ALL their trains but that they SHOULD upgrade the trains used for carrying toxic material, because a derailed train carrying toxic material could be a severe risk to public health and safety.

But then Trump came along and he had different ideas. Trump doesn't know anything about trains, and unlike Obama, he wasn't into having a bunch of experts looking out for problems. What Trump *did* know is that his base LOVES it when he rolls back regulations. Apparently, that's a thing. Just hating regulations, whether they make sense or not.

"Look Melania... Every time I get rid of a regulation, I get likes!"

So, Trump rolled back the mandate on ECP brakes to the cheers of the railroad companies that didn't want to spend the money and the MAGA folks who saw it as one more example of Trump undoing the evil of Obama.

Fast forward to 2023 and sure enough, a train using the Civil War era brakes and carrying a LOT of toxic material derailed in East Palestine, OH. Toxic material ALL over the place! This was exactly what the Obama Administration was trying to avoid and now the toxic material is getting to the local water sources. Not sure if that makes much difference because Trump also rolled back all the clean water acts since the 70s',

But hey... Trump DID show up on the scene with pallets of his very own Trump Water. Or should I say, water from an existing supplier distributed in bottles with Trump labels on them. Nice one Donny.