The Flint Water Crisis: An insight into Republicanism.

[tinydancer]

So the Governor of the state, who was trying to save money by switching to the nasty Flint River, is now blaming everyone else. Is he the Governor or just a part time caretaker? This is a typical GOP blame game.

It's like Christie trying too blame everybody for his bridge scandal.

Let's take it a step further. Republicans are often quite sinister. Flint as city engineers who know the condition of Flint's infrastructure including the lead pipes and the acidity and over all quality of the river water. I high school student knows that acidic water can dissolve lead. This is a problem in homes with copper pipes that were soldered with lead.

Republicans seem to have a unnatural hatred for the environment and children. It's hard to believe that Snyder's advisers didn't warn him about this. I suspect that he had a conversation that went something like this:

Expert: Governor, we must warn you that the pipes going to homes and business in Flint are lead.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The water from the already polluted Flint River had a very high Ph.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The acidity of the water will dissolve the lead and cause it to leach lead ions into the the drinking water.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: Lead is a neurotoxin and it can cause irreparable brain damage in human beings.

Governor Snyder: Most of Flint's population is ******* and as a Republican I hate *******. Is there any way we can add more acid to the water?

What a big pile of shit you just crapped out!

 

[TeaBagger]

So the Governor of the state, who was trying to save money by switching to the nasty Flint River, is now blaming everyone else. Is he the Governor or just a part time caretaker? This is a typical GOP blame game.

It's like Christie trying too blame everybody for his bridge scandal.

Let's take it a step further. Republicans are often quite sinister. Flint as city engineers who know the condition of Flint's infrastructure including the lead pipes and the acidity and over all quality of the river water. I high school student knows that acidic water can dissolve lead. This is a problem in homes with copper pipes that were soldered with lead.

Republicans seem to have a unnatural hatred for the environment and children. It's hard to believe that Snyder's advisers didn't warn him about this. I suspect that he had a conversation that went something like this:

Expert: Governor, we must warn you that the pipes going to homes and business in Flint are lead.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The water from the already polluted Flint River had a very high Ph.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The acidity of the water will dissolve the lead and cause it to leach lead ions into the the drinking water.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: Lead is a neurotoxin and it can cause irreparable brain damage in human beings.

Governor Snyder: Most of Flint's population is ******* and as a Republican I hate *******. Is there any way we can add more acid to the water?

What a big pile of shit you just crapped out!

Hey there cum breath,

I see that you were unable to take issue with anything I wrote so what you did like a typical Republican lying sack of pus you made a fact free generalization. Please die soon liar.

 

[rdean]

The EPA knew in early 2015 that there were high levels of lead. They did nothing.

Link or Lie?

The EPA Also Knew Flint's Water Might Be Poisoned Last Year But Didn't Tell Anyone

Slate, a hard right wing, er no, wait a second....

Oh, but the Governor was also warned and he did nothing!

How did you leave out, "but Boooooooooooooooosh!!!"?

Do you still think that's funny? You know, as long as you and your ilk keep bringing up Bush and reminding everyone what he did, he will never be invited back to the GOP convention.

 

[tinydancer]

So the Governor of the state, who was trying to save money by switching to the nasty Flint River, is now blaming everyone else. Is he the Governor or just a part time caretaker? This is a typical GOP blame game.

It's like Christie trying too blame everybody for his bridge scandal.

Let's take it a step further. Republicans are often quite sinister. Flint as city engineers who know the condition of Flint's infrastructure including the lead pipes and the acidity and over all quality of the river water. I high school student knows that acidic water can dissolve lead. This is a problem in homes with copper pipes that were soldered with lead.

Republicans seem to have a unnatural hatred for the environment and children. It's hard to believe that Snyder's advisers didn't warn him about this. I suspect that he had a conversation that went something like this:

Expert: Governor, we must warn you that the pipes going to homes and business in Flint are lead.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The water from the already polluted Flint River had a very high Ph.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The acidity of the water will dissolve the lead and cause it to leach lead ions into the the drinking water.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: Lead is a neurotoxin and it can cause irreparable brain damage in human beings.

Governor Snyder: Most of Flint's population is ******* and as a Republican I hate *******. Is there any way we can add more acid to the water?

What a big pile of shit you just crapped out!

Hey there cum breath,

I see that you were unable to take issue with anything I wrote so what you did like a typical Republican lying sack of pus you made a fact free generalization. Please die soon liar.

Au contraire I was able to take issue with EVERYTHING you wrote.

If you read thru the thread you will find the truth. Nothing you posted had anything at all that resembled the facts and the truth of the crisis in Flint.You obviously don't have a clue what you are talking about.

Just calling you on your bullshit.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The EPA knew in early 2015 that there were high levels of lead. They did nothing.

Link or Lie?

The EPA Also Knew Flint's Water Might Be Poisoned Last Year But Didn't Tell Anyone

Slate, a hard right wing, er no, wait a second....

Oh, but the Governor was also warned and he did nothing!

How did you leave out, "but Boooooooooooooooosh!!!"?

Do you still think that's funny? You know, as long as you and your ilk keep bringing up Bush and reminding everyone what he did, he will never be invited back to the GOP convention.

Flint water...Booooooooosh!

LOL

 

[hadit]

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:

Flint is in Colorado? I didn't know.

Seriously, did you bother to read your link? Even Fox was having a really hard time trying to spin this one.Fox always tries to spin what the GOP does. They feel that hopefully, they can keep the GOP from looking disastrous. But they failed miserably here. Let's have a toast of sparkling brown water. Bon Appetit.

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There is little question that the state bears significant responsibility for the public health crisis. Snyder apologized in December and Michigan's top environmental regulator, Dan Wyant, resigned after a task force created by Snyder blamed problems on his agency.

The city had switched from Detroit's water system to Flint River water in a cost-cutting move in 2014, while under state financial management.

No they didn't just switch from Detroit's water system to Flint River. The city council approved a move to KWA and signed a new deal with them but they wouldn't be up and running for a couple of years.

Detroit was threatening to cut Flint off. Sour grapes. That's when they had to switch to Flint River. Nevertheless everyone involved from MDEQ, DHHS and the EPA did fucking nothing even though they knew there was lead poisoning almost right from the get go. This is on record.

But, but, but, that's not fair. Liberals can only deal with ONE scapegoat at a time, and since there is a single Republican name in the mass of democrats involved in this, he and ONLY he must bear ALL responsibility for what happened. Please tell me you did not forget the rules of engagement?

 

[JQPublic1]

Council members voted 7-1 on March 25, 2013, to switch from Detroit water to the KWA, but never approved using the river as the interim water source for the city of Flint.

You have some pretty bad cut and past skills...

Yeahm he doesn't know we have already gone through this early on in this thread and resolved that the Governor's Emergency Manager made the decision to switch to Flint River water, That 7-1 vote by the city council wasn't about using Flint river water.

 

[JQPublic1]

Council members voted 7-1 on March 25, 2013, to switch from Detroit water to the KWA, but never approved using the river as the interim water source for the city of Flint.

You have some pretty bad cut and past skills...

The 100% Democrat Flint City Council voted to poison their constituents.

It is amazing that you are still so clueless after all the information to the contrary is out there from myriad sources.

 

[JQPublic1]

Council members voted 7-1 on March 25, 2013, to switch from Detroit water to the KWA, but never approved using the river as the interim water source for the city of Flint.

You have some pretty bad cut and past skills...

Ds run city of Flint...Ds run the Michigan DEQ...Ds run the EPA...R is governor...as such, liberal logic dictates the R is entirely responsible..

Wrong. The Governor's Emergency Manager was in charge and it was the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality that dropped the ball with extreme prejudice. The City Council had no power to do anything but shake their heads up and down or from side to side.

I might add that in the past, before the EM program was in effect, the Democrats had temporarily used Flint River Water as a back up but they treated the water and there was no crisis. As soon as the Republicans got into the mix, disaster struck!

 

[JQPublic1]

Council members voted 7-1 on March 25, 2013, to switch from Detroit water to the KWA, but never approved using the river as the interim water source for the city of Flint.

You have some pretty bad cut and past skills...

"FLINT, MI -- The city of Flint has the state's blessing to join in construction of the planned Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline project once it reviews a final offer from the city of Detroit on Monday, April 15."

You just make shit up.

State gives Flint OK to join Karegnondi Water Authority project, but Detroit gets to make final offer

If you would slow down and read what you post you would eventually see the light. The Kareground Water Authority Project has nothing to do with approving the switch to Flint River water and it certainly had no bearing on the Michigan DEQ responsibility to treat it properly to prevent lead leeching.

 

[JQPublic1]

Council members voted 7-1 on March 25, 2013, to switch from Detroit water to the KWA, but never approved using the river as the interim water source for the city of Flint.

You have some pretty bad cut and past skills...

Ds run city of Flint...Ds run the Michigan DEQ...Ds run the EPA...R is governor...as such, liberal logic dictates the R is entirely responsible..

Don't you know? Republicans are mighty, powerful creatures. With one raised eyebrow, they can send democrats scurrying for cover and as long as even one Republican remains in office anywhere in the country, no democrat initiative can ever move forward or succeed. They're just that powerful.

Pure delusional bullshit. If all republicans are like you, I hope for the sake of the country you NEVER have any real authority over Americans. If that happens this country is doomed. Again, everything we eat, drink or breathe will be unregulated and there will be no accountability for the ensuing death toll if Republicans rule.

 

[JQPublic1]

well wait a minute. who is in charge of the godly (to a leftist) EPA for the last eight years?

they will take the misery of others to use for the dirty politics that is how LOW that party is. kick out the Obama EPA so flint might get their water problems under some control

The responsibility to treat the water was he MichiganDEQ's and they just didn't do it. They told EPA officials they would treat the water against lead leeching and never followed through on that promise. Instead they added more chlorine which worsened the leeching after complaints started to mount about the color and smell of the water.

 

[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.

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:

Flint is in Colorado? I didn't know.

Seriously, did you bother to read your link? Even Fox was having a really hard time trying to spin this one.Fox always tries to spin what the GOP does. They feel that hopefully, they can keep the GOP from looking disastrous. But they failed miserably here. Let's have a toast of sparkling brown water. Bon Appetit.

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There is little question that the state bears significant responsibility for the public health crisis. Snyder apologized in December and Michigan's top environmental regulator, Dan Wyant, resigned after a task force created by Snyder blamed problems on his agency.

The city had switched from Detroit's water system to Flint River water in a cost-cutting move in 2014, while under state financial management.

No they didn't just switch from Detroit's water system to Flint River. The city council approved a move to KWA and signed a new deal with them but they wouldn't be up and running for a couple of years.

Detroit was threatening to cut Flint off. Sour grapes. That's when they had to switch to Flint River. Nevertheless everyone involved from MDEQ, DHHS and the EPA did fucking nothing even though they knew there was lead poisoning almost right from the get go. This is on record.

Wrong as usual!

 

[JQPublic1]

So the Governor of the state, who was trying to save money by switching to the nasty Flint River, is now blaming everyone else. Is he the Governor or just a part time caretaker? This is a typical GOP blame game.

It's like Christie trying too blame everybody for his bridge scandal.

Let's take it a step further. Republicans are often quite sinister. Flint as city engineers who know the condition of Flint's infrastructure including the lead pipes and the acidity and over all quality of the river water. I high school student knows that acidic water can dissolve lead. This is a problem in homes with copper pipes that were soldered with lead.

Republicans seem to have a unnatural hatred for the environment and children. It's hard to believe that Snyder's advisers didn't warn him about this. I suspect that he had a conversation that went something like this:

Expert: Governor, we must warn you that the pipes going to homes and business in Flint are lead.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The water from the already polluted Flint River had a very high Ph.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The acidity of the water will dissolve the lead and cause it to leach lead ions into the the drinking water.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: Lead is a neurotoxin and it can cause irreparable brain damage in human beings.

Governor Snyder: Most of Flint's population is ******* and as a Republican I hate *******. Is there any way we can add more acid to the water?

What a big pile of shit you just crapped out!

No, it isn't. I think he is pretty accurate in his analysis!

 

[JimH52]

So the Governor of the state, who was trying to save money by switching to the nasty Flint River, is now blaming everyone else. Is he the Governor or just a part time caretaker? This is a typical GOP blame game.

It's like Christie trying too blame everybody for his bridge scandal.

Let's take it a step further. Republicans are often quite sinister. Flint as city engineers who know the condition of Flint's infrastructure including the lead pipes and the acidity and over all quality of the river water. I high school student knows that acidic water can dissolve lead. This is a problem in homes with copper pipes that were soldered with lead.

Republicans seem to have a unnatural hatred for the environment and children. It's hard to believe that Snyder's advisers didn't warn him about this. I suspect that he had a conversation that went something like this:

Expert: Governor, we must warn you that the pipes going to homes and business in Flint are lead.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The water from the already polluted Flint River had a very high Ph.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: The acidity of the water will dissolve the lead and cause it to leach lead ions into the the drinking water.

Governor Snyder: Yeah so what?

Expert: Lead is a neurotoxin and it can cause irreparable brain damage in human beings.

Governor Snyder: Most of Flint's population is ******* and as a Republican I hate *******. Is there any way we can add more acid to the water?

What a big pile of shit you just crapped out!

No, it isn't. I think he is pretty accurate in his analysis!

THANK YOU!

 

[Rexx Taylor]

imagine if the sewer system finally crashes later this summer? I wonder who will get the blame?

 

[hadit]

Council members voted 7-1 on March 25, 2013, to switch from Detroit water to the KWA, but never approved using the river as the interim water source for the city of Flint.

You have some pretty bad cut and past skills...

Ds run city of Flint...Ds run the Michigan DEQ...Ds run the EPA...R is governor...as such, liberal logic dictates the R is entirely responsible..

Don't you know? Republicans are mighty, powerful creatures. With one raised eyebrow, they can send democrats scurrying for cover and as long as even one Republican remains in office anywhere in the country, no democrat initiative can ever move forward or succeed. They're just that powerful.

Pure delusional bullshit. If all republicans are like you, I hope for the sake of the country you NEVER have any real authority over Americans. If that happens this country is doomed. Again, everything we eat, drink or breathe will be unregulated and there will be no accountability for the ensuing death toll if Republicans rule.

Oopsie, too late. We're already in authority where it counts, at the local level. Better be careful, there's one right behind you.

 

[hadit]

imagine if the sewer system finally crashes later this summer? I wonder who will get the blame?

I'm going with Karl Rove. They have to get him in there somewhere.

 

[JimH52]

The Emergency Manager had to final call. But after a local doctor discovered the poisoning, the State procrastinated. I guess the Gov and his boys were hoping it would all just go away.

IT DIDN'T! IT REMAINED THIS COLOR!​

 

[gipper]

Council members voted 7-1 on March 25, 2013, to switch from Detroit water to the KWA, but never approved using the river as the interim water source for the city of Flint.

You have some pretty bad cut and past skills...

Ds run city of Flint...Ds run the Michigan DEQ...Ds run the EPA...R is governor...as such, liberal logic dictates the R is entirely responsible..

Don't you know? Republicans are mighty, powerful creatures. With one raised eyebrow, they can send democrats scurrying for cover and as long as even one Republican remains in office anywhere in the country, no democrat initiative can ever move forward or succeed. They're just that powerful.

Pure delusional bullshit. If all republicans are like you, I hope for the sake of the country you NEVER have any real authority over Americans. If that happens this country is doomed. Again, everything we eat, drink or breathe will be unregulated and there will be no accountability for the ensuing death toll if Republicans rule.

That is pure bullshit. To think the Rs are different from Ds, is not thinking at all. To think the Rs are so EVIL and Ds so wonderful, proves you and your kind are DELUSIONAL.