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Larry Engels

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6. LA never was like that.

Reply to newthinking (Reply #3)

Sun May 3, 2015, 05:54 PM

May 2015

I remember LA in the 50s and 60s, and I was in Shanghai in the 90s. The Chinese burn coal as well as cheap leaded gas. So the pollution of the air is much worse. Of course, you don't have to take it from me. Why should you?

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LA never was like that. Larry Engels May 2015 #6

Bullshit. denbot May 2015 #14

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Why are you surprised that I am a Sanders supporter? JDPriestly May 2015 #16

Because you strike me as a conservative Democrat. Larry Engels May 2015 #18

I'm an old-fashioned Democrrat. I think of myself as a mainstream Democrat. JDPriestly May 2015 #21

I'm putting you on ignore. Larry Engels May 2015 #28

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Desalination? Larry Engels May 2015 #11

You can put the salt on polar ice caps cosmicone May 2015 #13

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Do you know of an alternative? JDPriestly May 2015 #19

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L.A. is a has been that never was olddots May 2015 #9

I doubt that LA or anyone in it gives a flying flip about your opinion of it. Larry Engels May 2015 #12

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