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01-28-2016, 07:59 AM
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Hoax may not be the right way to put it. Political shitstorm derived from a bungled bureaucratic mess of poor communication / mis-communication / lack of appropriate action between govt' agencies might be a better way to put it. Here's some perspective:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...lint/79438144/
Sadly, nothing terribly new about any of this. Anyone ever live in Georgia, for example? Want some Chattahoochee River water? When I was down there a few years back, there were days when the gov't was at least good enough to tell you there were days you couldn't drink the water coming out of your kitchen faucet.
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01-28-2016, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by whell
Hoax may not be the right way to put it. Political shitstorm derived from a bungled bureaucratic mess of poor communication / mis-communication / lack of appropriate action between govt' agencies might be a better way to put it. Here's some perspective:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...lint/79438144/
Sadly, nothing terribly new about any of this. Anyone ever live in Georgia, for example? Want some Chattahoochee River water? When I was down there a few years back, there were days when the gov't was at least good enough to tell you there were days you couldn't drink the water coming out of your kitchen faucet.
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This isn't about what happens when you let government do something. It's about what happens when government is basically overthrown by fiat.
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01-28-2016, 10:41 AM
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This isn't about what happens when you let government do something. It's about what happens when government is basically overthrown by fiat.
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Did you read the News article? Not sure how you could read it and then draw that conclusion...unless that's the conclusion you WANT to draw.
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01-28-2016, 10:48 AM
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Did you read the News article? Not sure how you could read it and then draw that conclusion...unless that's the conclusion you WANT to draw.
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What don't you understand about the deliberate disregard of public health that Snyder and his "Emergency Managers" have demonstrated?
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01-28-2016, 01:56 PM
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Did you read the News article? Not sure how you could read it and then draw that conclusion...unless that's the conclusion you WANT to draw.
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Yes, I read it. Did you?
There is no mention anywhere in the article where the lead found in children from other locales came from. Neither is there any mention of the lead levels found in the drinking water of those other cities as compared to Flint. Also, the article speaks of higher lead levels in certain zip codes in those other cities but it doesn't compare the lead levels in those cities as a whole to the levels in Flint as a whole.
Frankly, I think the article is deliberately deceptive.
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01-21-2016, 07:44 AM
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Ain't this rich? Snyder and his cronies decided to use Flint River water to save $5 million (while engaged in a 6-month fight against the EPA about the decision), and now the Governor wants the Federal government to bail the state out to the tune of $96 million after he ignored the EPA's warnings.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...tion/78944416/
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01-21-2016, 08:58 AM
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I'm with no.....
the people who voted this idiot into office should pay for it.
Aren't we all a little tired of paying for the bad decisions of politicians?
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01-21-2016, 09:37 AM
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Who is going to pay for damages from lawsuits brought against Snyder's administration for this water fiasco? His administration appointed the two city administrators and they themselves are named in the lawsuits.
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01-21-2016, 09:41 AM
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We all know the EPA is a federal agency; therefore, it can't be trusted. Just ask the Koch Brothers. Besides, who needs a municipal water supply? I'm sure that there are entrepreneurial folks out there who would love to earn a healthy profit bringing water to the folks. Public water supplies are just another communist plot - designed to control our minds with fluoride.
By the way, the Koch's are spending about nine times what their boy Kasich wants. They figure about $889 Million is what it takes to buy the 2016 election. Ain't it funny how much people are willing to spend to control something they don't believe in.
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01-21-2016, 10:02 AM
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I guess until the fingers point to Obama and Democrats little outrage from the Passionate Party will happen. Just listen to St Palin blaming Obama for her son's use of hands the other day. The President's fault for sending troops to a war started by......
To prove the point where is the Congressional hearings? Something like Benghazi gets how many and still counting.
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