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14. I know something must be going on.

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:51 AM

Mar 2016

I met someone who said he retired from the EPA. I made the mistake of saying, "Oh, you're one of the good guys." But then, he proceeds to tell me how the EPA made him monitor the radiation that was hitting the U.S. mainland from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. He said he didn't know why they were spending money on this exercise because the radiation is insignificant.

I'm thinking to myself, if the EPA won't monitor these levels to confirm they're insignificant, then what is the option? Wait until it becomes a crisis?

And, I know this guy is a good guy. But I think that because of Republican small government pressure even the most high-minded civil servant is going to learn how to talk the talk they want to hear.

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''I�m not so sure Flint is the community we want to go out on a limb for.'' -- Debbie Baltazar, EPA [View all] Octafish Mar 2016 OP

Reading the statements by Baltazar monicaangela Mar 2016 #1

Shows the Buy Partisan Nature of Money. Octafish Mar 2016 #4

You lay it out beautifully monicaangela Mar 2016 #9

EPA has been affected by the same pragmatic promotions that everyone else has. Baitball Blogger Mar 2016 #11

I believe she could be monicaangela Mar 2016 #12

I know something must be going on. Baitball Blogger Mar 2016 #14

But if your car breaks down or you have an accident in Flint, THEY should save YOU, right? raging moderate Mar 2016 #2

To keep on good terms with ''Michigan,'' the EPA looked away. Octafish Mar 2016 #7

Thanks for posting these articles. xocet Mar 2016 #20

I think Debbie and her family need to start drinking Flint water. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #3

While she peruese the want ads for her next job exboyfil Mar 2016 #8

I'm Not Reading That In The Statement ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #22

What upsets me about all this is, we know which facet of this story is going to get play. phantom power Mar 2016 #5

Emails Indicate Flint Lead Tests Withheld from Public at Snyder's Command Octafish Mar 2016 #24

Wow... just wow disillusioned73 Mar 2016 #6

The M$M and the Oligarchs monicaangela Mar 2016 #10

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #13

She's taking a pragmatic, not uncaring, approach. randome Mar 2016 #15

No, it's not ''politics, nothing more.'' It's murder. Octafish Mar 2016 #21

Words out of context? Cryptoad Mar 2016 #16

I half expect them to say thhe PEOPLE aren't worth it. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #17

That's how it reads to me. Iggo Mar 2016 #18

K&R for exposure. JEB Mar 2016 #19

I am pretty sure that yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #25

It sounds like a broken record lately Hydra Mar 2016 #26