Bella Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Then this might really get you upset: http://www.abc10.com/story/news/investigations/2015/11/04/75112994/ http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-08/officials-secretly-added-cancer-causing-chemicals-city%E2%80%99s-water-supply http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article25119970.html http://fox40.com/2015/07/16/study-shows-rio-linda-water-contains-carcinogen/ Nice work, California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Nice work, California. Sacramento. The California EPA never approved or mandated what the jerk in Sacramento did to the water. A city utility issue. But either way, it looks criminal to me. Thanks for the story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Aluminum chlorohydrate? The stuff in your anti-perspirant? What was the concentration? Warfrin is theraputic at one dose and kill rats at another one. Too much Iron is also deadly, but we can't live without it. My profession was Civil/Environmental Engineering. I have never seen an accurate news media report of an environmental issue. They call dikes and dams, walls. They repeat Earth First! and Greenpeace quotes without checking the facts and sometimes without attribution. The tone of the reports is always hysterical, just like the Sacremento Bee links. Assigning an acronym, '“DBPs” — disinfection byproducts', to a nothing (byproducts) is typical. It is an attempt to add an air of science to a story absent any. Yes, I know someone that had cancer, very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 (edited) Yes, I know someone that had cancer, very well. Me too. And I'm sure many, many others in these forums also, as it seems more prevalent these last decades. Is it too much to ask that the authority tasked with no other duty more sacred than to protect the people, protect the people? You may not have an issue with your local water authority adding stuff to your water without your knowledge, but I sure would. Especially if what they are adding isn't necessarily good for me. Concentrations too small to worry about? Who gave them the right to make that call for me? And my anti-perspirant? I'm not drinking that. Edited November 11, 2015 by Bella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 You did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 You did. By that logic, I also gave permission for high ranking officials to set up private servers to store classified information where it could/probably was, compromised; I'm also culpable for the Nixon tapes. Sue me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Oh look. A litigation fan! If you don't like what you get with your vote, just take it to the courts. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 My vote does not and never has condoned illegal activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Of course not. But the cumulative total of everyone's votes has led to what we are faced with today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 And what are we faced with today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 What do you think? A system gone awry? A national attitude of litigation? A Bart Simpson ethic of I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it can't prove anything? So sue me? Seriously who says that? Sue me? Do you not feel even a little ashamed for posting the phrase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 You are the first to ever say that in my time here on the forum. Sue me. LMFAO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Is it an initiation ritual that new members have to come up with a spiffy new pithy quip to impress the 'oldtimers?' I didn't get that memo. Wait...that one has already been used before too. Dang. I guess I'm destined to disappoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 "Sue me?" People used to say that all the time. Not to mean, "go ahead and take me to court" I think it fell out of use the more people started suing each other for BS reasons. "Sue me" As in, "whadayagonnadoaboutit?" or "I don't really care what you think" or "Too bad so sad" or "yeah, I did/said it.. so what?" or "go ahead and disagree if you like" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Wow, everybody, let it go OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 It's all being done with a wink and a smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Yeah, I come here for fun! So sue me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I'll get my lawyers right on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Is it an initiation ritual that new members have to come up with a spiffy new pithy quip to impress the 'oldtimers?' I didn't get that memo. Wait...that one has already been used before too. Dang. I guess I'm destined to disappoint. Never did know of an initiation ritual on this particular forum. Have seen some new people that did not play well with others. Wait. Seen long time posters that sometimes do not play well with others. Including the guy in the mirror. Can't see winks, grins, giggles or other facial cues that would indicate jest. Makes it easier to offend others when that is not the intent. And yes, I also know too many people with cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Oldtimer has elected to be my first friend. Behind the scenes we are making sure we understand each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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