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- trestevenson, on 12/03/2008, -3/+13Let's hope so.
- aaronized, on 12/04/2008, -0/+10I love water.
- savagesteve13, on 12/04/2008, -0/+9How dare he insist we drink clean water!
- thealsir, on 12/04/2008, -0/+8By what arbitrary standard, yours? Water quality isn't the same as it was back in the day...and with added pollution threats, regulation should be more stringent, not less.
Easy on the insults. - thealsir, on 12/04/2008, -1/+7Yeah, how dare we regulate anything? Let's get rid of the SEC, meat inspectors, antitrust...
- tuxerware, on 12/04/2008, -2/+7Who knows. King George has a whole month left in office. There is a whole planet with countries to invade and treaties to break. The phrase "going out with a bang" has a totally different meaning for him.
- inactive, on 12/04/2008, -3/+7Let's hope so.
- thealsir, on 12/04/2008, -0/+4"I...help me...I need fresh water...I can't drink this irradiated ***** anymore, I just throw it up."
- uncleosbert, on 12/04/2008, -3/+7it would be so refreshing to have a president who isn't retarded...
http://www.realitysandwich.com/atlantas_drying_les ... - Lewie, on 12/04/2008, -1/+5Yeah! Who wants clean water? Not me, buddy!
When I get thirsty while taking a dump, I don't get up. I just reach for my straw... - erichh, on 12/04/2008, -0/+4It is good to read an article not inclined to tearing down the parties. While the left illuminati party is in administration at this time, I am pleased to see that they are considering the vitals parts of our lives...water. I am thankful that they will look into the clean water and drought situations that is still a problem in the U.S.
- hydroplane, on 12/04/2008, -0/+4Legal = Healthy??!??!
- JohnFlux, on 12/04/2008, -0/+3You've been posting this link in pretty much every story. Welcome to my block list
- inactive, on 12/04/2008, -3/+6Let's hope so.
- roddack, on 12/04/2008, -1/+4Mandrake, have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
- aeroboar, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2Shoot it! With the gun! That's what the bullets are for.
- DatDudeWiggs, on 12/04/2008, -3/+5Let's hope so.
- Trent1492, on 12/04/2008, -0/+2If regulations give people a false why should it be any different at state level? Btw, most states do have some sort of water quality regulation; it is just that the Feds give a basement level of regulation.
- Dustmuffins, on 12/04/2008, -2/+4I wasn't aware there was a problem with the water?
Oh well, we have plenty of money to throw around!
right? - shrewd1983, on 12/04/2008, -0/+2More fluoride for all!
- uncleosbert, on 12/04/2008, -0/+2yes actually, they do. democracies work really badly when the people ignore what their leaders do in office:
2007:
"WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Friday vetoed a bill that would have authorized hundreds of water projects across the United States, escalating a battle with congressional Democrats over domestic spending.
Bush had long threatened to veto the $23 billion bill, targeted for projects including coastal restoration in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and improving the Florida Everglades, saying it was too expensive because it had unneeded projects supported by individual lawmakers."
http://www.reuters.com/article/americasCrisis/idUS ...
2003:
http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/030203.asp - roddack, on 12/04/2008, -1/+3How about we first start regulating government to the standards it is supposed to be held too before we allow it to regulate other things.
- neo991lb, on 12/04/2008, -1/+2I was just about to give a *****.
- wildviper, on 12/04/2008, -7/+8Jeez....how many things has Bush & Co screwed for the country? Water??? Wow....what next?
- tushyd, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1There may not be a problem in your area....
But there's a lot of chemicals and ***** we use in agriculture (the biggest user of water resources) that just drains into our rivers and water reservoirs.
And it doesn't have to cost a ton of money. There are holistic ways of cleaning water supplies using things like..... plants! No need for additional technology (and the energy to run it) - inactive, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1Decent idea, TERRIBLE delivery.
- afruff23, on 12/04/2008, -3/+4Water? Like from the toilet?
- TehProphet, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1Go talk to my robot butler.
- Dustmuffins, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1While I find what you say interesting, be assured that no matter how simple it is, the government will find a way to spend tens of millions of dollars on it.
- Aethirig, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1No, the toilet is for *wine*. Duh.
- shig, on 12/04/2008, -3/+4Take the sodium fluoride, hexafluorosilicic acid, and related sodium salts out of it, and stop forcefully medicating Americans. Please.
But, $10 says he pushes for adding statins, those sick bastards. - inactive, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1Forget that! We need Brawndo.
- perfectsilence, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1Oblivion == Fallout 3
- roddack, on 12/04/2008, -2/+3Because somehow the president and congress had the constitutional authority to do something about this....oh wait they didn't
- beauley, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Each year, in the early spring, after the first lengthy rains, mosquitoes begin to make their appearance in our backyards and low-lying valleys. Local communities usually begin spraying to kill their larvae, hoping this will help keep their numbers down later. Do the mosquito sprays really work?
http://www.healthmad.com/Occupational-Health-and-S ...
Mosquito Spray, or Natural Predator Controls? - Lewie, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Poor regulation != regulation. Perhaps it would be better to just revamp regulatory agencies instead of piling on more regulations. Whatever is cheaper and more effective is fine by me.
- roddack, on 12/04/2008, -1/+2Fluoride is a commie plot you fool!
- gkiltz, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1With the number of things he'll have on his desk when he takes office, don't be surprised if this one takes a while!
If a water system meats current federal standards, it's not perfect, but given most state's standards, and where the technology is now, it's going to be very difficult and expensive to get them any higher. Steam distillation, which is the only way to ensure absolutely pure water, is not feasible at the scale of a big-city water system!!
The next best thing, heated reverse osmosis, scales up better, and may be viable in a small town, but still not in a large city.
The biggest sources of potential health hazards are cross-connections, which are preventable, and already illegal, but, since the only prevention would be a fixture-by-fixture inspection, the impetus has to come from the locality, and aging, leaking pipes, which are a real problem, but again must be dealt with case-by-case, more than by any federal mandate! - akatsuki, on 12/04/2008, -1/+2I would suggest that Obama just make things easier on himself to start with and just state that all regs are to be rolled back 8 years for a fresh start entirely.
As for clean water, perhaps he should look into Dean Kamen's slingshot? - theaceoffire, on 12/04/2008, -1/+2Let sho peso.
- Trent1492, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Why can we not do both?
- thecoolestguy, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Trent, states are more likely to give people adequate security through regulations, because they're responsive to the local population's needs, rather than controlled by gigantic special interest groups in Washington D.C. Washington D.C. is too big and bureaucratic to be effective at regulating any thing.
- slapthemonkey, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Best of luck
- Araya213, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1=jobs
- thecoolestguy, on 12/04/2008, -0/+1Yes Lewie, these regulations really helped so far. It was EPA regulations afterall that gave people a false sense of security about the safety of their water. It was FDA regulations that gave people a false sense security about the toys their kids play with and the food their pets eat.
If there are going to be regulations, should be enacted at the state level. - inactive, on 12/04/2008, -2/+2That's good. Appleton water sucks.
- Barackalypse, on 12/04/2008, -1/+1thealsir, the arbitrary standard by which our water is deemed safe is called the Safe Water Drinking Act, which is basically a set of EPA standards for maximum concentrations of impurities in drinking water.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwa/index.html - mhmandthen, on 12/04/2008, -1/+1I was JUST about to digg you up because I thought your joke was humorous, then I saw that you're a douchey *****.
- Barackalypse, on 12/04/2008, -2/+2He can start by eliminating the reformulated gasoline that the EPA morons mandated, most of it contains MTBE, which is very water soluble and leads to increased ground water contamination.
http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/articl ... -
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