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kacekwl

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77. Who's water is it ?

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #51)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 08:45 AM

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�Nestl� is Trying to Break Us� Town Fights to Stop Bottled Water Megacorp [View all] n2doc Apr 2016 OP

It would be curious to look at the bottled water consumption in that area. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1

Yep it is all the poor townsfolk who are at fault here n2doc Apr 2016 #2

Are you painting them as victims? Of what? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #3

And once again you side with the big corporations clearly exploiting this communities "free water". rhett o rick Apr 2016 #5

Bullshit. I couldn't give a tinker's damn about Nestle. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #7

Wow. You can rationalize why Nestlies can rip off a poor community. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #12

Prove that, rick. You prove to all of us ... Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #15

I agree that the municipal or city water is clean, but we recently discovered that the JDPriestly Apr 2016 #38

Somebody got paid to change that ordinance. brush Apr 2016 #21

Yes. That was in the movie, The Corporation, and the country was, I believe, Bolivia. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #40

The poster above wants to blame the poor for getting their water stolen. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #50

It also isn't their water. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #51

I see, the water belongs to Nestlies. Might have guessed. I am tired of you and your rhett o rick Apr 2016 #53

You just love doing that -- taking a comment of mine a completely misrepresenting it. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #54

The solution is simple, tell us who does own the water. n/t A Simple Game Apr 2016 #72

State and water laws determine that. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #78

Who's water is it ? kacekwl Apr 2016 #77

please provide evidence that the people in the town that Nestle has targeted this time magical thyme Apr 2016 #44

Truly remarkable. You respond to a post titled, ... Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #52

still awaiting your evidence that the poor local townspeople drink bottled water magical thyme Apr 2016 #57

my observations sweetapogee Apr 2016 #65

did you mean to reply to me or the OP? magical thyme Apr 2016 #68

I think sweetapogee May 2016 #80

iow, your reply had essentially nothing to do with my post magical thyme May 2016 #82

They say 200,000 gal. a day but kacekwl Apr 2016 #76

Why do people buy bottled water? fasttense Apr 2016 #4

Are the people really that stupid? That ignorant? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #8

I doubt Nestle will ever go away because they still have huge holdings fasttense Apr 2016 #19

Dude, you're dealing with the wrong person here. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #23

You are right. There is no way a water company doesn't issue a report on the JDPriestly Apr 2016 #36

That fountain looks nasty. Vilis Veritas Apr 2016 #48

Whatever you are doing, it is overflowing into that nasty looking water fountain. fasttense Apr 2016 #58

Golly, isn't this interesting: "I don't know something, therefore the information doesn't exist." Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #61

I would never in a million years give you the community I live in fasttense Apr 2016 #64

It's a little deeper than "quit drinking the water". Somebody got paid to change the ordinance; brush Apr 2016 #22

That was the mechanism that gave Nestle access to the water. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #25

Come try the water here in Vegas and get back to me on that one. Egnever Apr 2016 #59

Yeah, that's so crazy. They can get the same water from their tap. brush Apr 2016 #20

Bingo. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Captain Stern Apr 2016 #73

I don't think it's the people in the area that end up buying the bottled water. nt Captain Stern Apr 2016 #74

Boycott Nestl�! Enthusiast Apr 2016 #6

Ok. But do it intelligently: quit drinking bottled water. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #10

"Nestl� is draining developing countries� groundwater to make its Pure Life bottled water, rhett o rick Apr 2016 #14

Look up Fiji Water for another example of a bottled water co. shitshow elehhhhna Apr 2016 #55

Tell me where to get my water chknltl Apr 2016 #43

I personally detest NESTLE PURE LIFE bottled water. Chipper Chat Apr 2016 #9

? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #11

Nestle is almost as evil as Monsanto. MynameisBlarney Apr 2016 #13

Yet people continue to buy their bottled water and keep them in business. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #16

Lots of reasons. MynameisBlarney Apr 2016 #18

Advertising works gratuitous Apr 2016 #49

Oh no, 73 million gallons over 25 years. This is the end of the world. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #17

Their math is off. ohnoyoudidnt Apr 2016 #26

Ok, that's considerably more than they claimed. Still not an insane amount. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #28

It would be good if the City of Los Angeles started a campaign to encourage JDPriestly Apr 2016 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Jim__ Apr 2016 #27

Nominate Hillary, and help Nestle force these radicals to submit to corporate ownership! Zorra Apr 2016 #29

Please take your anti-Democrat anger back to a Trump forum Democat May 2016 #81

What a con. Frack in PA: destroy the water. Nestle enters another part of PA to take good water mnhtnbb Apr 2016 #30

"According to the commission, ronnie624 Apr 2016 #31

Another example of corruption. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #35

And the mechanism that enables the control of our government by the proponents of neoliberalism. n/ ronnie624 Apr 2016 #46

Yes. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #47

And under the TPP, as I understand it, we will have to pay a king's ransom to prevent JDPriestly Apr 2016 #32

Water is not just a Resource PeoViejo Apr 2016 #33

Water is a necessity for life and should belong to the people. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #34

It isn't a commodity. It is as oxygen to the human species. WinkyDink Apr 2016 #67

We've got people bottling that up to sell too. Lancero Apr 2016 #70

That should be 73 million gallons PER YEAR n/t OnlinePoker Apr 2016 #37

What amazes me is that a township can sign away groundwater rights. yellowcanine Apr 2016 #39

I an curious why it seems to be only Nestle that we target jwirr Apr 2016 #41

Water is a basic right for all the species of life on earth WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2016 #45

Bottled water is such a fucking scam, don't understand how anyone can fall for it. Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #56

Maybe where you live Egnever Apr 2016 #60

Even when I lived where there was well water we used brita filters... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #62

Understood Egnever Apr 2016 #63

That's my area! This doesn't sound good for it! WinkyDink Apr 2016 #66

Here! Healthful bottled water! New Orleans Strong Apr 2016 #69

Have refused to buy Nestle for 25 years. oldandhappy Apr 2016 #71

Wasn't it Nestle TNNurse Apr 2016 #75

Water Filter on my tap d_legendary1 Apr 2016 #79