The Flint Water Crisis: An insight into Republicanism.

[JQPublic1]

There is an eerie silence on these boards about the ongoing water scandal in Flint Michigan with good reason. This crisis uncovers a republican tendency to do things that end up being detrimental to their constituents and everyone living near them.

The Snyder administration sparked the chain of events that led to the crisis back in April, 2014 amid a financial downturn. To save money, the decision to switch Flint's water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River was made on the ill fated advise of a state sanctioned emergency manager to Flint.

Noteworthy is the revelation that the Flint River had long had a reputation for being nasty when the state made the switch.. But the burgeoning indifference doesn't stop there. A 2011 study indicated that Flint River water had to be treated with anti- corrosion agents before it could be fit for human consumption. That didn't happen. Therein lies the culpability...the republicans dropped the ball and, either through abject stupidity or indifference, they failed those who put their trust ini them.

There is more. The callousness of these Michigan republicans underlines the inclination of the GOP to put material interests above human interests. Michael Pitt, a member of the law team representing the victims, puts it this way:


"He further lambasted state officials who, he alleged, learned of elevated lead levels in children's blood in 2014 and did nothing."


"They were staring at a public health emergency, and they sat on it for over 10 months," he said, further criticizing leaders who assured residents the water was safe when they knew it wasn't true"..

If what Pitt said is true, there is an element of criminality here.

Although these developments are shocking, I am not surprised by the cold insensitiveness of the Michigan republicans towards the people of Flint. Republicans have been against everything that makes America a better place to live for all classes of Americans. Some of the things republicans have tried to undermine is social security, MEDICARE and, ironically, the EPA. If they had their way there would be NO safety nets and the Great Depression might never have ended. Child labor would still be an ongoing phenomenon.

Given the historical agenda of republicanism...it should be clear that their actions speak louder than their words. If Trump wins, I fear the Flint water crisis gives us a glimpse of things to come. With a GOP congress, and GOP USSC to compliment Trumps in the White House..... be afraid...for nothing you breathe, drink or eat will be safe.

 

[Tom Horn]

There is an eerie silence on these boards about the ongoing water scandal in Flint Michigan with good reason. This crisis uncovers a republican tendency to do things that end up being detrimental to their constituents and everyone living near them.

The Snyder administration sparked the chain of events that led to the crisis back in April, 2014 amid a financial downturn. To save money, the decision to switch Flint's water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River was made on the ill fated advise of a state sanctioned emergency manager to Flint.

Noteworthy is the revelation that the Flint River had long had a reputation for being nasty when the state made the switch.. But the burgeoning indifference doesn't stop there. A 2011 study indicated that Flint River water had to be treated with anti- corrosion agents before it could be fit for human consumption. That didn't happen. Therein lies the culpability...the republicans dropped the ball and, either through abject stupidity or indifference, they failed those who put their trust ini them.

There is more. The callousness of these Michigan republicans underlines the inclination of the GOP to put material interests above human interests. Michael Pitt, a member of the law team representing the victims, puts it this way:


"He further lambasted state officials who, he alleged, learned of elevated lead levels in children's blood in 2014 and did nothing."


"They were staring at a public health emergency, and they sat on it for over 10 months," he said, further criticizing leaders who assured residents the water was safe when they knew it wasn't true"..

If what Pitt said is true, there is an element of criminality here.

Although these developments are shocking, I am not surprised by the cold insensitiveness of the Michigan republicans towards the people of Flint. Republicans have been against everything that makes America a better place to live for all classes of Americans. Some of the things republicans have tried to undermine is social security, MEDICARE and, ironically, the EPA. If they had their way there would be NO safety nets and the Great Depression might never have ended. Child labor would still be an ongoing phenomenon.

Given the historical agenda of republicanism...it should be clear that their actions speak louder than their words. If Trump wins, I fear the Flint water crisis gives us a glimpse of things to come. With a GOP congress, and GOP USSC to compliment Trumps in the White House..... be afraid...for nothing you breathe, drink or eat will be safe.

You're a liar. The city mayor and your muslime hero's EPA let this happen:

The EPA’s top Midwest official told The Detroit News the agency knew about the lack of corrosion control in the water supply as early as April, after an EPA official identified problems with the drinking water, but did not make the information public.

The paper also cited email exchanges between EPA officials and Walling showing what it described as a “lack of urgency” over the matter and a greater focus on procedure rather than public safety. Walling and other officials repeatedly told residents the water was safe but blamed state and federal agencies for the problems.

Blame game erupts over Flint’s toxic water, Dems target GOP gov | Fox News


This is the same EPA, run by Hussein's political hacks, that turned the Animas River in Colorado into this:

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

"a republican tendency to do things that end up being detrimental to their constituents"
The financial issues in Flint are typical Liberal mismangement problems and have nothing to do with Republicans.

 

[DarkFury]

This board was NOT silent on this issue, we went at it a MONTH ago. Democrats LOST and LOST badly. THEY had the final say in what happen.

NEW tests are out in last 24 hours that SAY lead leech THROUGH the pipes. GALVANIZED not lead. If the lead leached THROUGH the pipes that puts the SOURCE of the lead in the GROUND.

And you know WHY the found it there? Because those ego FREAK liberals just covered it over. LIBERALS have turned cities like Flint AND Detroit into Times Beach Missouri. YOU handed a republican a problem THEN BLAMED the republican FOR the problem.

THAT problem WAS DECADES in the making. That lead crap did NOT appear over night alright stupid? When a democrat builds something, ANYTHING it's ALL about "looks". How does it look they ask.

When a republican builds something its about does it work right? Is it on budget? So in TRUTH what we have now is at LEAST one major democrat CONTROLLED area that THEY have polluted to the point being inhabited by man MAY well become harmful to your health.

So what are we republicans going to do? Do our best to FIX it. But if that place turns out to be HALF as filthy as Times Beach Missouri? Its going to take DECADES to unto the fiscal mismanagement let alone the DISASTER you have caused there.

PEOPLE might die because of democrats ABUSE and FAILURE by the City of Flint city counsel. You democrats OWN this issue and this will NOT be the first bite you get to take out of a GIANT sh#t burger.

YOU democrats have turned Detroit, St Louis, Seattle, New York ALL into GIANT sh#t holes. YOU democrats went so far as to poison the damn water with YOUR constant REFUSAL to spend the CITIZENS money on INFRASTRUCTURE.

And IF it takes us republicans 2 or even 3 years to fix the short term of clean water and THEN the damage YOU caused to the environment? well EXCUSE the hell out of us! YOU had four DECADES do update your pipes!

 

[cnm]

NEW tests are out in last 24 hours that SAY lead leech THROUGH the pipes. If the lead leached THROUGH the pipes that puts the SOURCE of the lead in the GROUND.

The rightard anti-science agenda doesn't miss a beat.

 

[WheelieAddict]

This board was NOT silent on this issue, we went at it a MONTH ago. Democrats LOST and LOST badly. THEY had the final say in what happen.

NEW tests are out in last 24 hours that SAY lead leech THROUGH the pipes. GALVANIZED not lead. If the lead leached THROUGH the pipes that puts the SOURCE of the lead in the GROUND.

And you know WHY the found it there? Because those ego FREAK liberals just covered it over. LIBERALS have turned cities like Flint AND Detroit into Times Beach Missouri. YOU handed a republican a problem THEN BLAMED the republican FOR the problem.

THAT problem WAS DECADES in the making. That lead crap did NOT appear over night alright stupid? When a democrat builds something, ANYTHING it's ALL about "looks". How does it look they ask.

When a republican builds something its about does it work right? Is it on budget? So in TRUTH what we have now is at LEAST one major democrat CONTROLLED area that THEY have polluted to the point being inhabited by man MAY well become harmful to your health.

So what are we republicans going to do? Do our best to FIX it. But if that place turns out to be HALF as filthy as Times Beach Missouri? Its going to take DECADES to unto the fiscal mismanagement let alone the DISASTER you have caused there.

PEOPLE might die because of democrats ABUSE and FAILURE by the City of Flint city counsel. You democrats OWN this issue and this will NOT be the first bite you get to take out of a GIANT sh#t burger.

YOU democrats have turned Detroit, St Louis, Seattle, New York ALL into GIANT sh#t holes. YOU democrats went so far as to poison the damn water with YOUR constant REFUSAL to spend the CITIZENS money on INFRASTRUCTURE.

And IF it takes us republicans 2 or even 3 years to fix the short term of clean water and THEN the damage YOU caused to the environment? well EXCUSE the hell out of us! YOU had four DECADES do update your pipes!

Your Canadian messiah Cruz will consult his communist father to fix the problem. Eh comrade?

 

[DarkFury]

This board was NOT silent on this issue, we went at it a MONTH ago. Democrats LOST and LOST badly. THEY had the final say in what happen.

NEW tests are out in last 24 hours that SAY lead leech THROUGH the pipes. GALVANIZED not lead. If the lead leached THROUGH the pipes that puts the SOURCE of the lead in the GROUND.

And you know WHY the found it there? Because those ego FREAK liberals just covered it over. LIBERALS have turned cities like Flint AND Detroit into Times Beach Missouri. YOU handed a republican a problem THEN BLAMED the republican FOR the problem.

THAT problem WAS DECADES in the making. That lead crap did NOT appear over night alright stupid? When a democrat builds something, ANYTHING it's ALL about "looks". How does it look they ask.

When a republican builds something its about does it work right? Is it on budget? So in TRUTH what we have now is at LEAST one major democrat CONTROLLED area that THEY have polluted to the point being inhabited by man MAY well become harmful to your health.

So what are we republicans going to do? Do our best to FIX it. But if that place turns out to be HALF as filthy as Times Beach Missouri? Its going to take DECADES to unto the fiscal mismanagement let alone the DISASTER you have caused there.

PEOPLE might die because of democrats ABUSE and FAILURE by the City of Flint city counsel. You democrats OWN this issue and this will NOT be the first bite you get to take out of a GIANT sh#t burger.

YOU democrats have turned Detroit, St Louis, Seattle, New York ALL into GIANT sh#t holes. YOU democrats went so far as to poison the damn water with YOUR constant REFUSAL to spend the CITIZENS money on INFRASTRUCTURE.

And IF it takes us republicans 2 or even 3 years to fix the short term of clean water and THEN the damage YOU caused to the environment? well EXCUSE the hell out of us! YOU had four DECADES do update your pipes!

Your Canadian messiah Cruz will consult his communist father to fix the problem. Eh comrade?

Donald Trump is on his way. and he KNOWS how to build things BIG things. That whore Hillary has NEVER built anything but her bank account.

 

[WheelieAddict]

This board was NOT silent on this issue, we went at it a MONTH ago. Democrats LOST and LOST badly. THEY had the final say in what happen.

NEW tests are out in last 24 hours that SAY lead leech THROUGH the pipes. GALVANIZED not lead. If the lead leached THROUGH the pipes that puts the SOURCE of the lead in the GROUND.

And you know WHY the found it there? Because those ego FREAK liberals just covered it over. LIBERALS have turned cities like Flint AND Detroit into Times Beach Missouri. YOU handed a republican a problem THEN BLAMED the republican FOR the problem.

THAT problem WAS DECADES in the making. That lead crap did NOT appear over night alright stupid? When a democrat builds something, ANYTHING it's ALL about "looks". How does it look they ask.

When a republican builds something its about does it work right? Is it on budget? So in TRUTH what we have now is at LEAST one major democrat CONTROLLED area that THEY have polluted to the point being inhabited by man MAY well become harmful to your health.

So what are we republicans going to do? Do our best to FIX it. But if that place turns out to be HALF as filthy as Times Beach Missouri? Its going to take DECADES to unto the fiscal mismanagement let alone the DISASTER you have caused there.

PEOPLE might die because of democrats ABUSE and FAILURE by the City of Flint city counsel. You democrats OWN this issue and this will NOT be the first bite you get to take out of a GIANT sh#t burger.

YOU democrats have turned Detroit, St Louis, Seattle, New York ALL into GIANT sh#t holes. YOU democrats went so far as to poison the damn water with YOUR constant REFUSAL to spend the CITIZENS money on INFRASTRUCTURE.

And IF it takes us republicans 2 or even 3 years to fix the short term of clean water and THEN the damage YOU caused to the environment? well EXCUSE the hell out of us! YOU had four DECADES do update your pipes!

Your Canadian messiah Cruz will consult his communist father to fix the problem. Eh comrade?

Donald Trump is on his way. and he KNOWS how to build things BIG things. That whore Hillary has NEVER built anything but her bank account.

Says the guy voting for Commie Cruz

 

[Elvis Obama]

"a republican tendency to do things that end up being detrimental to their constituents"
The financial issues in Flint are typical Liberal mismangement problems and have nothing to do with Republicans.

Nothing like sound fiscal policy which poisons people! Once the lawsuits and pipe replacements have finally been tallied up, I'm pretty sure the Republican psychopaths who killed all those people will have cost Flint quite a lot more money than they saved. Not to mention all those brain damaged kids. Of course, they're just a bunch of darkies, right? Who cares!

 

[DarkFury]

This board was NOT silent on this issue, we went at it a MONTH ago. Democrats LOST and LOST badly. THEY had the final say in what happen.

NEW tests are out in last 24 hours that SAY lead leech THROUGH the pipes. GALVANIZED not lead. If the lead leached THROUGH the pipes that puts the SOURCE of the lead in the GROUND.

And you know WHY the found it there? Because those ego FREAK liberals just covered it over. LIBERALS have turned cities like Flint AND Detroit into Times Beach Missouri. YOU handed a republican a problem THEN BLAMED the republican FOR the problem.

THAT problem WAS DECADES in the making. That lead crap did NOT appear over night alright stupid? When a democrat builds something, ANYTHING it's ALL about "looks". How does it look they ask.

When a republican builds something its about does it work right? Is it on budget? So in TRUTH what we have now is at LEAST one major democrat CONTROLLED area that THEY have polluted to the point being inhabited by man MAY well become harmful to your health.

So what are we republicans going to do? Do our best to FIX it. But if that place turns out to be HALF as filthy as Times Beach Missouri? Its going to take DECADES to unto the fiscal mismanagement let alone the DISASTER you have caused there.

PEOPLE might die because of democrats ABUSE and FAILURE by the City of Flint city counsel. You democrats OWN this issue and this will NOT be the first bite you get to take out of a GIANT sh#t burger.

YOU democrats have turned Detroit, St Louis, Seattle, New York ALL into GIANT sh#t holes. YOU democrats went so far as to poison the damn water with YOUR constant REFUSAL to spend the CITIZENS money on INFRASTRUCTURE.

And IF it takes us republicans 2 or even 3 years to fix the short term of clean water and THEN the damage YOU caused to the environment? well EXCUSE the hell out of us! YOU had four DECADES do update your pipes!

Your Canadian messiah Cruz will consult his communist father to fix the problem. Eh comrade?

Donald Trump is on his way. and he KNOWS how to build things BIG things. That whore Hillary has NEVER built anything but her bank account.

Says the guy voting for Commie Cruz

I'm a TRUMP supporter you retard.

 

[cnm]

Donald Trump is on his way. and he KNOWS how to build things BIG things.

Huuuuge fabulous things.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

"a republican tendency to do things that end up being detrimental to their constituents"
The financial issues in Flint are typical Liberal mismangement problems and have nothing to do with Republicans.

Nothing like sound fiscal policy which poisons people! Once the lawsuits and pipe replacements have finally been tallied up, I'm pretty sure the Republican psychopaths who killed all those people will have cost Flint quite a lot more money than they saved. Not to mention all those brain damaged kids. Of course, they're just a bunch of darkies, right? Who cares!

Its still Liberal mismanagement that brought Flint to this sorry end and by the way I have mixed race children so try that race card shit somewere else.

 

[strollingbones]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

This is why Progressive maintain a 100% Fail Rate, they never take responsibility and they never learn from their many mistakes

 

[Seawytch]

Ah yes...the usual suspects deflecting from Snyder's Katrina.

Sorry you poor ODS sufferers...you can't blame this on Obama (not for lack of trying)

LANSING, MI -- Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday accepted a resignation from Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant after a task force laid responsibility for the Flint water crisis at the feet of the department.

Director Dan Wyant resigns after task force blasts MDEQ over Flint water crisis​

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Politics and government have to do with managing resources in a venue of competing demands for those resources. The GOP clearly does not favor the "public good" in fact at times they seem to deny there is such a thing as the public good ["They are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families.M Thatcher *]....The GOP manages with an eye towards prioritizing "no taxes" and a diminished public sector over long neglected needs [access to medical care , housing , the Infrastructure etc]....In my views this is the situation in Black and white ...the situation in Flint Michigan comes from the GOP shortsighted and callous approach to Governance............stop whining and acknowledge Flint is part and parcel of GOP philosophy...

 

[Tom Horn]

Ah yes...the usual suspects deflecting from Snyder's Katrina.

Sorry you poor ODS sufferers...you can't blame this on Obama (not for lack of trying)

LANSING, MI -- Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday accepted a resignation from Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant after a task force laid responsibility for the Flint water crisis at the feet of the department.

Director Dan Wyant resigns after task force blasts MDEQ over Flint water crisis​

Of course you can blame Hussein and his corrupt EPA for the Flint drinking water fiasco. As I proved earlier, they knew, mayor Walling (a democrat) knew, and did nothing. In fact, Walling even went on local TV and drank a glass of tap water to hoax the city into believing it was safe. Walling then was broomed out of office by an enraged electorate.

 

[tinydancer]

Hahahaha. I remember when Detroit had to declare bankruptcy and the freaking moronic liberals on this board tried to blame the Republican Governor who had just come into office.



I kid you not.

 

[tinydancer]

Liberals never take responsibility for any of their fuck ups. It's just the way they are.

It's the old classic.

"It wasn't a terror attack. It was a protest gone wild with mortars because some right wing tea party kook made a anti muslim video"

Yeah, yeah that's the ticket. It was a right wing video.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Snyder is the merely latest in the long list of people responsible for the Inevitable Failure of Progressive leadership: the Kulaks, the Capitalists, the Jews, the 1%, Gov Snyder