you can buy this at Home Depot, because everything is terrible. If there is a silver lining to finding out that pretty much all of Flint's water infrastructure is literally lead-lined, it is the fact that we have now learned that oodles of other cities
Deep gratitude to Thomas McCabe! An afternoon not at all wasted with Tom Lehrer has lifted my spirits enough to survive the first 4, maybe 5 minutes of the "debate?" tonight. The more things change...as they say.
So much of our infrastructure is failing or on the point of failing. So much of the failing systems are invisible. What I see in my work everyday is how much of the internet is held together with baling wire, gum and duct tape. The decision was made during the Clinton years that private enterprise and the "market" would take responsibility for keeping everything going. Surprise! There is no profit in keeping things working! So the infrastructure that the internet is built upon is a mess of software from the late 80's and early 90's sometimes still being maintained by the original people. The government says get funding from the industry leaders, the industry leaders say until we can figure out how to monetize it we're not funding anything. Logically the infrastructure should be funded by the government since defense, transportation and now even healthcare (and so much more) are dependent on these systems. So we limp from security incident to security incident. *Sigh*
Why when I was little we ate the lead paint straight off the walls! And these guys complain about having it conveniently dissolved in their water. Kids today.
See, this pisses me off, as a fan of municipal water, and an enemy of bottled water. Clean safe water is something everyone should be able to get from their taps, whereas bottled water is selling people a basic need at hugely inflated prices, not necessarily better quality, and adding huge amounts of plastic and waste to the environment.
Now I have to add a caveat to my views, that this works well as long as the goddamned infrastructure is looked after, but now that's not the case anymore, and now safe water will go to the highest bidder. Let's not even get started about the bottled water people stealing from aquifers that don't belong to them because of legal loopholes.
I don't mind paying for water treatment for the water that comes out of my tap, but if an R/O unit or a Brita filter can't clean it up, if it's going to cause rashes or spontaneously combust, or put lead in the bodies of people, then there is something seriously wrong, and I think we all know from the debacle in Flint, is to follow the money.
I personally think it is because of all the musket balls and cannonballs that were shot into their ancestors, trees, the ground, and everywhere else during the "War of Northern Aggression". At least in Ole Miss.
Lansing, Michigan has developed a fast, inexpensive way to replace the lead water lines with copper (which is the only pipe I use). Tax the fucking rich and use that money to replace every lead water pipe in the country. If you argue taxing the rich won't produce enough revenue to accomplish that, then I guess you didn't tax them enough. They've had a free ride for far too long.
It looks like you need to go to the doctor for a checkup.
You're right there.
Deep gratitude to Thomas McCabe! An afternoon not at all wasted with Tom Lehrer has lifted my spirits enough to survive the first 4, maybe 5 minutes of the "debate?" tonight. The more things change...as they say.
So much of our infrastructure is failing or on the point of failing. So much of the failing systems are invisible. What I see in my work everyday is how much of the internet is held together with baling wire, gum and duct tape. The decision was made during the Clinton years that private enterprise and the "market" would take responsibility for keeping everything going. Surprise! There is no profit in keeping things working! So the infrastructure that the internet is built upon is a mess of software from the late 80's and early 90's sometimes still being maintained by the original people. The government says get funding from the industry leaders, the industry leaders say until we can figure out how to monetize it we're not funding anything. Logically the infrastructure should be funded by the government since defense, transportation and now even healthcare (and so much more) are dependent on these systems. So we limp from security incident to security incident. *Sigh*
Well, it keeps Superman from getting a load of their private innards, at least.
Jackson gets a bronze star for "Not being quite as evil as Flint".
That's why I did it before I redid all the landscaping. The shed that was there was junk anyways, so we knocked it down- made life easy
When life gives you lead, you extract it and paint children's toys with it. The paint is much shinier with lead in it.
Barium disodium? Is that in the water, too?
Why when I was little we ate the lead paint straight off the walls! And these guys complain about having it conveniently dissolved in their water. Kids today.
I personally enjoyed huffing it at the gas station.
See, this pisses me off, as a fan of municipal water, and an enemy of bottled water. Clean safe water is something everyone should be able to get from their taps, whereas bottled water is selling people a basic need at hugely inflated prices, not necessarily better quality, and adding huge amounts of plastic and waste to the environment.
Now I have to add a caveat to my views, that this works well as long as the goddamned infrastructure is looked after, but now that's not the case anymore, and now safe water will go to the highest bidder. Let's not even get started about the bottled water people stealing from aquifers that don't belong to them because of legal loopholes.
I don't mind paying for water treatment for the water that comes out of my tap, but if an R/O unit or a Brita filter can't clean it up, if it's going to cause rashes or spontaneously combust, or put lead in the bodies of people, then there is something seriously wrong, and I think we all know from the debacle in Flint, is to follow the money.
that and intra-familial "love"
I personally think it is because of all the musket balls and cannonballs that were shot into their ancestors, trees, the ground, and everywhere else during the "War of Northern Aggression". At least in Ole Miss.
Lansing, Michigan has developed a fast, inexpensive way to replace the lead water lines with copper (which is the only pipe I use). Tax the fucking rich and use that money to replace every lead water pipe in the country. If you argue taxing the rich won't produce enough revenue to accomplish that, then I guess you didn't tax them enough. They've had a free ride for far too long.
avoiding hot water while cooking
How does one cook pasta with cold water?