Please enjoy your Randian lifestyle...
while you can.
Residents of nine counties in West Virginia have been told not to use
or drink their water after a chemical used by the coal industry spilled
into the Elk River on Thursday. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency as more than 100,000 customers, or 300,000 people, are without safe drinking water.
“Don’t make baby formula,” said West Virginia American Water Company
president Jeff McIntyre. “Don’t brush your teeth. Don’t shower. Toilet
flushing only.”
Rising Hegemon
curious that NBC,WSAZ 3,and Think Progress all list this story as Jan 10th while Aljazeera's report is dated on the 9th...
ReplyDeleteWe don't need no steenkin environmental regulations, cause the private sector can do it internally.
ReplyDeleteFunny how no mention of what types of chemicals were spilled into the river or what their source was.
ReplyDeleteI understand the need not to jump to conclusions before the facts are in but I'm sure the Governer's office could find out relatively quickly what types of contaminants the people of West Virginia in that area of West Virginia are facing.
Those chemicals are the private property of "Freedom Industries".
ReplyDeletewho needs terrorists.
ReplyDeletebetter living thru chemistry!
The chemical was 4-methyl cyclohexylmethanol, if I remember correctly, something used in the coal industry.
ReplyDeleteProbably can be removed with activated carbon absorption.
Someone commented that the survivalists with stockpiles of bottled water are looking pretty good right now.
Keep voting against your own interests West Virginia. You haven't hit rock bottom yet, but you should be able to start to smell it.
ReplyDeleteWell come on, now. As we all know, the takeaway from "Atlas Shrugged" was "Who is John Galt?" Others will remember the immortal catchphrase from Ayn's other paean to manly he-men "The Fountainhead" was "Water is for wimps."
ReplyDeleteSurprised Brit Hume hasn't high-tailed his way to West Virginia to remind the citizens there of what constitutes manly manism.