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The participants on CNN's Crossfire will debate amusement ride safety and government regulation of the industry tonight at 7:00 p.m. EDT. Check your cable or satellite directory for channel number.
Michael Newdow, Pledge plaintiff
Bill Powers, International Association of Amusement Parks
Ann Brown, Former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Steve Dasbach, Libertarian Party
Should be interesting...
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That was some of the worst 7 min I have watched....
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I agree Brandon. That was waaaaaaaay to short to accomplish anything. If they want to debate over this, they need to give them at least a half hour to get their points across and disagreements.
The older gentlemam hosting the show seemed to think it was ridiculous while the younger gentleman sort of like the idea of regulation but didnt quite know for sure.
It was cool that they didnt have their minds made up before the segment.
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And airplanes are less dangerous than roller coasters? Well at least if you stall on a rollercoasters you gently roll to a stop and sit there... Stall on and airplane and, well, bye bye.
Also, the guy on the left who worked at SFAW apparently doesn't understand that experienced mechanics inspect the ride, and not the 16-year-old ride operators.
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That's scary knowing that that dumb-ass woman was once chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Also, I think Powers did a great job with the amount of time there was.
Also, Michael Newdow said he didn't know what he was doing when he was operating the Texas Cyclone. That makes him look bad. He could have and should have asked to make sure what he was supposed to do and if he was doing it right.
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That's scary knowing that that dumb-ass woman was once chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Also, I think Powers did a great job with the amount of time there was.
Also, Michael Newdow said he didn't know what he was doing when he was operating the Texas Cyclone. That makes him look bad. He could have and should have asked to make sure what he was supposed to do and if he was doing it right.
She was annoying.. That was bad at the end she said "That's why rides in New Jersey are safe" lol.. like.. uh hum.. sure....
Agreed. I thought Markey was going to show up... anyways...
I personaly hate how individuals focus so much time into such a stupid issue. With all the terrorism, drugs, and other problems, these people worry about rollercoasters? Another thing that angers me is how they factor in the whole carnival accidents into this. Those have a lot more accidents than theme parks and although they're different things, they combine the injury rate.
I was expecting a lot more out of this one... Oh well...
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Before you criticize somebidy, walk at least a mile in their shoes. That way, if they get mad, the're a mile away and barefoot!
I aslo like how Connie Chung said that the media blew the Martha Stewart thing way out of proportion earlier in the show. Such hypocrites.
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I find it kind of odd when the one guy referred to the Astroland Cyclone as the Texas Cyclone,boy did he get his rides mixed up.
As for federal regulation I sure hope it doesn't happen because if you look at the CPSC's track record at keeping tabs on the travelling carnivals and all the accidents they are having on average then one can only imagine how unsafe the permanent parks will soon become under the CPSC's control.
The individual states have been doing just fine for years and there's no real reason to change now,after all if it isn't broke don't fix it right?
'And airplanes are less dangerous than roller coasters?'
Man, I'm glad I didn't see that one...
How exactly could rollercoasters be less dangerous than airplanes when people DIE by the HUNDREDS each year on planes worldwide while the worldwide yearly average for deaths on coasters is well below 10.
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The death rate on coasters is well below FIVE per year, especially if you include only coasters from well known parks, and throw everything out as far as traveling carnivals goes.
Hell, you couldn't get me to ride anything that's not permanent, no matter how tame it looks. Anything maintained by a traveling fair just has a terrible track record, so to speak. I don't trust it. Maybe I should, but I don't.
If we can distinguish between the parks that are there year round and take pride in their safety records, and those that are set up in a matter of days, I think we'd have a stronger argument. As long as the opposition keeps bringing up incidents such as the Texas 'Himalaya' death, they seem stronger, though it is sort of irrelevant to our case.
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