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not fooled

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32. When will people put 2 + 2 together???
Sun Aug 3, 2014, 11:32 AM
Aug 2014

Really...how much more do even the most confirmed Faux-bots need to experience or hear about--damaged ecosystems, polluted water, unusable resources--before they realize that deregulation does not = better quality of life?

Well, the Reptilicans have had quite a run out of their ALEC-fueled agenda...but how much longer can they get away with it? We can only hope not too much more pushing the nation off the cliff before policy starts turning around. That things even got to this point attests to the power of propaganda and the pernicious effects of destroying civics education and keeping the populace ignorant and frightened.

At present, unfortunately, we are still in a self-reinforcing cycle of more $$ in politics-->more corruption and selling out of America-->more $$ in politics.

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Horrible news! In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #1
Already posted alp227 Aug 2014 #2
Checked the Breaking News Forum.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #3
(Host FYI aside) Since DU3 there are no Moderators. There's a revolving team of forum hosts. pinto Aug 2014 #17
here's the other post/discussion on this wordpix Aug 2014 #35
Thanks for the update BumRushDaShow Aug 2014 #4
Thanks.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #7
"backdate" NASA image 2011 shows algae blooms in L. Erie wordpix Aug 2014 #37
The Toledo Blade had a current image BumRushDaShow Aug 2014 #38
OK...when do we see a map of all the fracking wells in the area? Clyde Tenson Aug 2014 #5
There is fracking in that area... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #8
The GOP, in cahoots with the frackers, made it a FELONY to discover/communicate the fracking recipe blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #20
40 years or so ago people would have laughed at selling bottled water. zeemike Aug 2014 #6
UPDATE: Toledo water advisory stretches to other cities, townships OhioChick Aug 2014 #9
Sylvania..... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #11
Algae bloom here in WV hollowdweller Aug 2014 #10
Yet, a disconnect with continue, probably until.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #12
Time for the yearly mid to late summer Lake Erie algal blooms. roamer65 Aug 2014 #13
Thanks.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #15
Np. One main thing for those folks to remember. roamer65 Aug 2014 #16
plenty of phosphorus from lawn fertilizer as well. lululu Aug 2014 #18
Bingo. roamer65 Aug 2014 #25
In other words: "Nothing to see here, folks. Move along." blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #21
Mass hysteria. roamer65 Aug 2014 #23
Hysteria.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #26
I would be hysterical if I had to water my livestock wordpix Aug 2014 #36
Another Toledo Blade Update..... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #14
Some have been looking at mitigating this increasing problem, but more FailureToCommunicate Aug 2014 #22
FRACKING blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #19
To be honest, it's highly unlikely Fracking has anything to do with this. BlueEye Aug 2014 #30
Awful Aerows Aug 2014 #24
Exactly.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #27
We didn't have water Aerows Aug 2014 #28
No noTional news coverage? Sienna86 Aug 2014 #29
It was on the news here in Tucson, Arizona last night n/t Michigan-Arizona Aug 2014 #34
"state of emergency" on the increase. The USA has a dark and foreboding future IMO. L0oniX Aug 2014 #31
When will people put 2 + 2 together??? not fooled Aug 2014 #32
Here, Here!!!! LovingA2andMI Aug 2014 #33
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