Comments on: Linkiddy doo dah

By: Keera

Keera — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:32:52 +0000

I think any place that could take water for granted under normal circumstances has been short-sighted. Los Angeles did the reverse: Got a water deal way back when that now has the currently growing states of Nevada and Arizona disadvantaged.

By: alice

alice — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:18:57 +0000

Atlanta has had an incredibly short-sighted approach to development. And now they’re trying to redraw their border with Tennessee lately, in a rather sad effort to gain access to the Tennessee River’s water.

By: Keera

Keera — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:20:19 +0000

Las Vegas isn’t mentioned in the TOC but he starts the book off with Atlanta’s water problems. I read the excerpt on amazon.com.

By: alice

alice — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:30:28 +0000

I’ll look forward to it!

By: A Free Man

A Free Man — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:55:55 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot about bottle water lately. I do a monthly science post at an ecoblog and may make this my post for next month.

By: alice

alice — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:27:13 +0000

I looked it up and it sounds interesting. I wonder how many chapters are devoted to Las Vegas…

By: Keera

Keera — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:18:33 +0000

Speaking of water supplies, after hearing about it on Jon Stewart, I want to read the book “Unquenchable”.

By: alice

alice — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:32:11 +0000

I drink filtered tap water when I’m home, but don’t worry about it too much when I’m not — occasionally I’ll hit a water supply that tastes hard or fluoridated, but not very often.

I’m becoming more convinced by the moment that socialized health care is the only doable way to fix the system. But it’s going to be a long and painful process in getting there. Sigh.

Re: Ohio, amen!!!

By: Keera

Keera — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:05:08 +0000

I drink bottled water only when getting a drink from the tap isn’t an option. I have very good water on tap in my home, while my mother, who lives in Nevada, gets bitter-tasting, fluoridated water out of hers. And yes, steel containers are the way to go instead of plastic.

That anonymous hugging looks fun!

Re people voting against nationalized healthcare: I don’t know why it is that, in spite of first-hand experience with lack of health insurance, some people (R) continue to insist that socialized medicine is a bad thing. I think they are R because they just don’t trust gubmint, not because they believe in free markets, state rights, or what have you. BTW, all Norwegians are told to get traveler’s insurance when traveling to the US to make sure they aren’t bankrupted by any hospital bills.

Bill Maher rocks, both with comments about health care and modern TV news.

Re Ohio wanting fathers-to-be to give permission before a woman gets an abortion: Funny how that law doesn’t also demand that the fathers stick around and help pay for the raising of any non-aborted child.