tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post2485856591457292410..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: The Real Tragedy In Flint*Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-43274256488392789222016-01-23T10:58:17.548-05:002016-01-23T10:58:17.548-05:00Feel free to keep saying things that you need to c...Feel free to keep saying things that you need to convince yourself of.<br /><br />Go write a letter to Governor Snyder telling him that it was wrong for him to apologize and that all responsibility for the tragedy falls on the people who were poisoned and the federal government - since that's what you obviously believe. Tell him how everything he regrets was perfectly justifiable. <br /><br />Outline a step-by-step indictment of what the federal government did wrong -- I mean, other than existing. Explain what they "did" wrong, not that their existence is wrong.<br /><br />I mean, shit. Even Hamas and Hizbollah and the U.N. draw up complaints of what they think Israel does wrong. You, OTOH, you're just about saying, "Well, if the government exists then that fact makes it wrong."<br /><br />The clinically insane have better judgment of others than you do. And I wouldn't trust you to find water in a rainstorm. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-66406176750600005702016-01-23T06:38:16.846-05:002016-01-23T06:38:16.846-05:00Are you refusing to take responsibility for your b...<i>Are you refusing to take responsibility for your belief that the poisoned people of Flint deserved to be poisoned? </i><br /><br />Ritmo, that is called a strawman argument. The only person that made that claim is you. I never did. Not once. You are pretending that is my view, so you have rational for irrational hate. It is called a logical fallacy. If you clicked my earlier link, you would know that.<br /><br />The only immoral person around here is you.Lelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531159384688653131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-33329020642922133672016-01-22T22:31:52.916-05:002016-01-22T22:31:52.916-05:00Are you refusing to take responsibility for your b...Are you refusing to take responsibility for your belief that the poisoned people of Flint deserved to be poisoned? I'm only reminding you that someone could say the same thing if it happened to you.<br /><br />What if you went to a restaurant and someone poisoned your water? We could say that you weren't diligent enough in going into the kitchen and interrogating all the busboys. As long as you say that personal responsibility knows no limits and that people can't be sued or prosecuted for violating them, then it's the logical extension of the same immorality that you're ok with. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-68025894915452859742016-01-22T19:43:51.313-05:002016-01-22T19:43:51.313-05:00Well now that your comment has been screenshot, I ...Well now that your comment has been screenshot, I hope you get a goodnight's rest.Lelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531159384688653131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-62777472949261646122016-01-22T18:49:29.553-05:002016-01-22T18:49:29.553-05:00Once someone finds a way to allow for arsenic to l...Once someone finds a way to allow for arsenic to leach into your supply I'll make sure to see if you feel the same way. And given the way you condone the poisoning of nearly a million people, I'm sure there are more than a few people willing to do that to you. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-11951518504248736322016-01-22T12:12:28.373-05:002016-01-22T12:12:28.373-05:00Taking personal responsibility means not having to...Taking personal responsibility means not having to find a lawyer in a crisis, but like everyday before, taking a drink of clean and healthy water, which may come from a cistern, but that's not how it becomes safe to drink.Lelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531159384688653131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-51928902881607884262016-01-21T21:36:08.658-05:002016-01-21T21:36:08.658-05:00For example: it's another day, and my drinking...<i>For example: it's another day, and my drinking water is just fine, because I spent no time blaming anyone and took personal responsibility.</i><br /><br />Unless you're personally collecting your own rainwater in a closed system (oxymoron, I know, but bear with it) and maintaining a chemical testing lab (that you also created from scratch) for quality control over every last drop of it, then by definition you are relinquishing "personal responsibility" to whomever is doing those things. Forget politics and government. The whole FUCKING economy functions because people invest trust in whomever they do business with, and have expectations that they will maintain standards of basic quality control, or face severe punishments for fraud or worse if they fail that. You are not the god of your own society and if you can't understand the importance of not being lied to and the inevitability that sometimes people will and simply need to face punishments to deter them as best as possible then you really are too stupid and immoral to have anything more to say about the matter. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-14296511440309881772016-01-21T21:30:48.920-05:002016-01-21T21:30:48.920-05:00You find things to be hilarious because you're...You find things to be hilarious because you're an idiotic asshole. Find a single lawyer who agrees that an "emergency manager" and the governor who appointed him lack any responsibility for the water quality outcomes after mandating how a city's water supply be maintained. Of course, you won't, and you can't - but then your idea of personal responsibility is a fantasy Mad Max sort of dystopia where there are no laws and no politicians. There goes everything having to do with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort" rel="nofollow">torts</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_agency" rel="nofollow">legal agency</a>, but hey - Leland has a perfect solution for every person he's never met, every place he's never been to, and every situation he's never been in. It's just a part of his superiority complex and insistence that everyone be as perfect as he thinks he must be. And the best thing is, it's RETROACTIVE! Your kid was poisoned by lead because he didn't assume the water was dangerous (as the majority of people don't and have no reason to)? Well, screw him! Here's a perfect solution to WHAT ALREADY HAPPENED! The injury those kids incurred? That's hilarious! Here's what you <i>should have done</i> while your Republican governor was lying to you...<br /><br />He'd make a great E.R. doctor. People get wheeled in and Leland will say, "Well, that's a shame. The poor son of a bitch needs to die anyway for getting into such an unsafe situation. Social Darwinism and all. Can't help him but ISN'T THAT HILARIOUS! HAHAHAHAHA HAR-DEE HAR HAR. Now your kid's going to die! What a knee-slapping good time! Isn't this grand!" <br /><br />Have you ever considered castrating yourself? Clearly you have no morals. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-12066993129107775852016-01-21T20:27:33.858-05:002016-01-21T20:27:33.858-05:00Your approach of blaming the people of a city for ...<i>Your approach of blaming the people of a city for the way its politicians have poisoned </i><br /><br />Taking personal responsibility is literally the exact opposite of blame. For example: it's another day, and my drinking water is just fine, because I spent no time blaming anyone and took personal responsibility. That's what chick's linked article was all about. No surprise ritmo fails to comprehend this. I know its wrong, but I find ritmo's illiteracy to be hilarious.Lelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531159384688653131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-34793749950784252872016-01-21T04:35:28.356-05:002016-01-21T04:35:28.356-05:00You know what Ritmo, my imagination is about 99% w...You know what Ritmo, my imagination is about 99% wrong on the internet anyway so like I said, the way I imagine you and your interaction is solely based on the way you interact and the way my brain interprets it, so I reality is going to be much different on that front.<br /><br />However, as to your other assertions on the blame game of Flints water supply, I'm going to basically say it like this. That water infrastructure was there long before the Governor was there and has been known about for a long long time and no one said a thing. Now, I predicted that the governor was going to turn chump and he did exactly that because regardless if you are a republican of any standing, you will most likely wither under the assault of democrats because they have zero to fear since the ideology of democrats is to always be on constant attack and to look for opportunities to assert their will on a situation. Especially like this. After all, they have nothing to lose. It was democrats who built that water infrastructure, knew its faults, didn't care, let it go, people forgot about it, until it came up again, and a cover-up ensued until it was uncovered and while a republican governor who had nothing to do with it just happens to be the one in power.<br />. <br />Republicans should actually tell every democrat to go fuck themselves. The party of racists and societal blamers, the democrats, the party of yes, we'll give you anything you want as long as you keep us in power party, would utterly wither under such fire, because their vacuous ideas can't stand the light of simple logic before it, but republicans in power are their own worst enemies so it's up to the common members of the party, the regular average citizen who has to come up with ways to explain away the spineless dickheads they elect into office and their ability to show their bellies whenever a democrat starts pointing fingers. It's almost Pavlovian.<br /><br />Furthermore, it wasn't about saving a few bucks, but the state basically trying to figure out what to do with an entire water supply and the pipes it runs in. The fed doesn't give a shit and they won't take the blame. The locals know they fucked up and they do the same thing that the fed does. Shovel blame back to the state. It's their fault. They did it and democrats again, get to skate.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-89198556879542412352016-01-21T01:15:03.540-05:002016-01-21T01:15:03.540-05:00BTW, if it was my use of the word "rudimentar...BTW, if it was my use of the word "rudimentary" that got you so angry, I only used that word because of the time I asked if you were a lawyer (based on descriptions in your profile and comments) and you said that you weren't. It's hard to see why a non-lawyer would get offended over being referred to as a non-expert in the law. But maybe your Snydie Senses were piqued and you were just feeling more sensitive because of the governor's political woes. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-58387154117339692642016-01-21T01:02:32.906-05:002016-01-21T01:02:32.906-05:00There is such a thing as due process, R&B. You...<i>There is such a thing as due process, R&B. You have already tried and convicted Snyder. You, Moore, Rodham, et al..</i><br /><br />That's funny. I didn't know I or any of those people had that power. <br /><br />But we do have the power to make our voices heard. And what we're all saying is that his responsibility is clear - <i>at least politically</i>, and from his email trail - probably ethically. You want to give him his day in court? That's fine. I won't deny him that. <br /><br />But then, lawsuits take time. If he wants to put the people of the state through all this misery while we wait for investigations to take place, that's his prerogative, too. And it's a very selfish one. In the meantime, a state's business needs to be conducted - <i>with a governor they can trust</i>. One who doesn't have the air of a scandal this odious hanging over his neat little head. <br /><br /><i>And don't talk about "responsible" politicians resigning unless you're willing to look up and down the street, both ways. </i><br /><br />Right. Which other politician, at that high a level or higher, made the decisions to switch to a more polluted water source, and THEN SHUT DOWN residents' complaints when they worried about its poor quality? <br /><br />As you travel that scheme, it points to one guy. The guy you need to see as an angel. (Because of his politics). <br /><br /><i>"You talk of having some rudimentary knowledge of the law."</i><br /><br />Well, don't you?<br /><br /><i>Fuck you, R&B for that comment. You and the high horse you always ride in on.</i><br /><br />Ahhh. there's the self-righteous indignation. <br /><br />But I can understand it. In this pathetic little comment you've demonstrated less understanding of basic law and government than even the least typical Rush Limbaugh listener. <br /><br />Wake up and smell the lunacy. And stop being self-righteous about it. <br /><br />Stop calling other people political when there are lives at stake and a clear series of bad and even wrong decisions made BY the politicians you're so interested in providing a non-existent defense. <br /><br />The people of the state don't have time to wait around for the governor to learn how to be responsible. He should save them the time of an investigation and just resign. <br /><br />But then, I only say that because I think their needs as regards safe drinking water are more important than the governor's political ambitions and reputation. <br /><br />But I guess everyone's got to have their own priorities straight, Chick. What a pity that yours are so darn narrow and corruptible. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-26628585527602692382016-01-21T00:53:20.439-05:002016-01-21T00:53:20.439-05:00Check these comments. You might learn something:
...Check these comments. You might learn something:<br /><br />http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/01/bernie_sanders_calls_on_gov_ri.html<br /><br />When a company screws up, the CEO gets canned. <br /><br /><i>The order to switch water supplies came from the emergency manager appointed by the Governor. Flint was not asked to switch, they were told to switch. The peopled hired to do the work, either by the state or city didn't follow the correct guidelines to treat the river water. OK, that's bad enough, but for months afterward the people of Flint were told their water was safe to drink. Of all the things that went wrong, that is the most damning. Testing water doesn't take a rocket scientist. The State had to know the water was not safe and just tried to cover it up and hope the problem went away. The parents of these children didn't do anything wrong, unless trusting our elected officials qualifies. The city didn't do anything wrong. They did what they were told to do. So why blame the Governor and his minions? They were in charge. It was their decision to switch the water supply and it was their responsibility to make sure it was done correctly. It was also their responsibility to test the water and make sure it was safe. They managed to screw everything they touched up and then let the city drink tainted water for months before admitting there was a problem. Blame the republicans? Last I looked the Governor is a republican and the people he appointed also fall into that category. It all adds up. You just don't want to believe it.</i>Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-29059201930979051532016-01-21T00:48:05.353-05:002016-01-21T00:48:05.353-05:00There is such a thing as due process, R&B. You...There is such a thing as due process, R&B. You have already tried and convicted Snyder. You, Moore, Rodham, <i>et al.</i>.<br /><br />And don't talk about "responsible" politicians resigning unless you're willing to look up and down the street, both ways. <br /><br /><i>You talk of having some rudimentary knowledge of the law.</i><br /><br />Fuck you, R&B for that comment. You and the high horse you always ride in on. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-79642611345382381522016-01-21T00:47:07.503-05:002016-01-21T00:47:07.503-05:00http://media.fyre.co/K4ntKsBgR56ejzsxpwSr_Synder.p...http://media.fyre.co/K4ntKsBgR56ejzsxpwSr_Synder.pngBleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-82696854421314947142016-01-21T00:40:36.899-05:002016-01-21T00:40:36.899-05:00With great power comes great responsibility.
But ...With great power comes great responsibility.<br /><br />But Chickie likes the fuehrerprinzip, I suppose - and wants to make sure all the little henchmen take the fall. Like Nixon wanted to do!<br /><br />Many parties are named in those lawsuits. I don't for a second suggest taking any of the little henchmen off of it. <br /><br />But it's hard to see what any federal elected official did in any of this that's lawsuit-worthy. Never mind that sovereign immunity makes that trickier anyway.<br /><br />The governor is an elected official. He demanded this sort of decision-making authority represented in the unusual EM law. Of course he will get roasted. <br /><br />To deny that is to deny three basic aspects of culpability: <br />1. His power (he has the most of any named party to the suit). <br />2. He's an elected official (we seem to like holding them accountable because they are the ones subject to the voice of the people, you might recall - moreso than some "appointed" twat like the EM), and <br />3. Without demanding passage of the unpopular expansion of the EM law, as HE did, it's incredibly unlikely that any of this would have happened. <br /><br />Whether you like it or not, neither you (nor any of us) have the choice of not living in a society. The three points I make above are fundamental rules about what it means to live in a society - and how we assign and apportion responsibility within it. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-31159077076215254922016-01-21T00:27:47.056-05:002016-01-21T00:27:47.056-05:00But you, R&B, you all along have only been int...<i>But you, R&B, you all along have only been interested in Snyder's scalp. You, Rodham, and Michael Moore that is. <br /><br />Why is that?</i><br /><br />The EM is a peon. <br /><br />You talk of having some rudimentary knowledge of the law. <br /><br />There were many involved in this whole mess. The one with the most power was the governor.<br /><br />It's a basic tenet of responsibility that of everyone who's a party to a huge mess, the most responsible one matters.<br /><br />Your kid might get into a fight with another kid. And you're there to witness it, but choose to do nothing.<br /><br />The other parent gets pissed at you because you had the most responsibility of all the witnesses, and bowed out.<br /><br />That's not how responsibility works, and that's not how a responsible society governs itself. <br /><br />Your dad apparently told you words to that effect. Being a bystander is how neighborhoods degraded by gang activity react. <br /><br />It's not how politicians who push through unpopular policies leading to that decision-making catastrophe react.<br /><br />The governor knows this. But then, at least he's politically competent enough to understand that much.<br /><br />You, OTOH, seem to have no clue about how responsibility works. <br /><br />Calling for the heads of the lowest-level official, instead of the one with the greatest responsibility - that's not how free people roll.<br /><br />It's what terrorists do.<br /><br />The suits are not leaving the others unscathed. They'll get theirs.<br /><br />But their involvement is not as interesting.<br /><br />Leadership is about being held accountable. Especially when a catastrophe couldn't have occurred without your unpopular policy being forced into action - at the objection of the people affected by it.<br /><br />They're right to call for his head. And he knows it.<br /><br />What a weak move. Pointing to the underlings. <br /><br />That's a Nixon thing to do.<br /><br />We know what happened to him.<br /><br />If you don't understand how adult responsibility works, then at least learn from history for Christ's sake. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-71392371357669118972016-01-21T00:19:53.370-05:002016-01-21T00:19:53.370-05:00Chick - learn what you want (or care to) but brass...Chick - learn what you want (or care to) but brass tacks:<br /><br />Do you seriously see no problem with recalling the functions of elected officials at more local levels so that you can just appoint someone of your own choosing at a larger, more powerful level of government? <br /><br />Corollary: This is like what Putin did in order to consolidate power. Do we now do away with the doctrine of federalism also?<br /><br />Do you really think that health and safety issues should be minimized for the sake of financial concerns?<br /><br />Do you really think you know enough about power (and abuses of it) works, to opine on issues that touch on how power is misused, corrupted, mismanaged? <br /><br />People were poisoned, Chick. They still lack a source of safe drinking water. It was his appointee's decision to switch from a proven safe drinking water source to a "cheaper" one. <br /><br />Can you explain to me why none of that seems to bother you?<br /><br />Do you just think that people entrusted with decisions having to do with others' safety should just be unaccountable? Or is it just when it's done for money that that makes everything all right? Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-23063835071684221452016-01-21T00:14:48.767-05:002016-01-21T00:14:48.767-05:00I'm going to reiterate one of my first comment...I'm going to reiterate one of my first comments on this whole story:<br /><br />"<a href="http://comonocreerendios-lem.blogspot.com/2016/01/obamas-epa-knew-about-led-in-water-in.html?showComment=1453173882833#c1338784406742249629" rel="nofollow">There are three layers of culpability here: local, state and Federal. Local and federal will try to squeeze the state for Snyder's scalp, thereby politicizing the whole thing. That is how power is projected these days.</a>"<br /><br />But you, R&B, you all along have <i>only</i> been interested in Snyder's scalp. You, Rodham, and Michael Moore that is. <br /><br />Why is that?chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-41482123478101624572016-01-21T00:12:11.100-05:002016-01-21T00:12:11.100-05:00Lol. By then the damage had been done. The lead di...Lol. By then the damage had been done. The lead didn't hit the fan of the news media until about the fall, near as I can tell.<br /><br />And at that point, his concerns seemed more political than health and welfare oriented:<br /><br />http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/01/snyders_email_release_shows_go.html#incart_most-commented_news_article<br /><br />http://www.mlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/01/rick_snyder_flint_dashboard.html<br /><br />http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/09/michigan-ranks-last-laws-ethics-transparency/75288210/<br /><br />This is a problem for him. This inevitably raises additional scrutiny about the expansion of the law that pushed through (over the voters' objections) and he knows it.<br /><br />He prioritized money and politics over safety. The results are predictable. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-16074062112578683912016-01-20T23:54:29.966-05:002016-01-20T23:54:29.966-05:00Your first link has an interesting footnote #36.Your first link has an interesting footnote #36.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-27986998225294500932016-01-20T23:52:13.297-05:002016-01-20T23:52:13.297-05:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Snyder#Flint_wa...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Snyder#Flint_water_crisisBleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-55926570208597368512016-01-20T23:44:58.493-05:002016-01-20T23:44:58.493-05:00You already said that you know all you need to kno...You already said that you know all you need to know about it Chick so don't you worry.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_emergency_in_Michigan#List_of_Emergency_Managers<br /><br />There is simply no way to intelligently discuss this issue and the policies that led to it without becoming informed of that. You even mention the law in your post. And yet, you apparently don't know what it entails. The people running the municipalities he puts into receivorship are people whom <i>he</i> appoints. They are given broad powers over day-to-day management, and hence seem to have had a huge role in this particular utility decision. It's incredibly controversial as it is the opposite of anything we would recognize as "local control" - repealing the democratically elected decisions of the cities' peoples and having the governor install someone who takes over most of those functions instead. I'm sure I already mentioned this a bunch of times in the thread and it provides massive background to what happened. <br /><br />But again, if you're the type of guy who simply tries to figure out "all he needs to know" about something and then, leaves it at that, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you left it at that - way short of what any responsible commenter would want to learn about how a city's basic decision-making processes and checks and balances would become so corrupted and hasty. <br /><br />The law is disappointing enough. The situation, more disappointing still.<br /><br />That you've ignored all this, is dismaying.Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-5122940288737620092016-01-20T22:58:53.087-05:002016-01-20T22:58:53.087-05:00Rhythm and Balls said...As long as you think that ...Rhythm and Balls said...<i>As long as you think that gets the Republican-governor-led city of Flint off the hook for his/its poisonings,...</i><br /><br />How is Flint "Republican-governor-led"?chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-8861589294061231632016-01-20T22:32:08.189-05:002016-01-20T22:32:08.189-05:00At the end of this and every other day, your argum...<i>At the end of this and every other day, your arguments don't change the fact that I happily don't have to be outraged by my governor's lack of concern about my water supply, since I and my neighbors decided to take responsibility for it ourselves.</i><br /><br />Any other Americans you'd like to proclaim your superiority to? Or just the people of Flint? <br /><br />Maybe tomorrow you'll decide which other Americans you're superior to.<br /><br />Oh, BTW. The American people elected a guy named Obama. Twice. <br /><br />Since I presume you don't like that guy, you can blame yourself for being an American. <br /><br />Your approach of blaming the people of a city for the way its politicians have poisoned them is quite admirable. Maybe next you will demand that every city that doesn't get itself a self-contained bubble is responsible for the impact of any air pollution there. <br /><br />And if there's a nuclear disaster, you can blame any nearby municipalities affected by fall-out or contamination for not cloaking themselves in lead. <br /><br />Somehow, a politician must be absolved, though. At least if he's a Republican. Because your own situation is better and that's all that matters. Let everyone who hasn't been a part of a situation as great as Leland's feel wonderful about being poisoned. Cosmic justice has been performed. Leland has his, and everyone else needs to drop dead. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.com