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Sun Jun-10-07 10:36 AM
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| 16. The "dead zone" in the White House will have to be fixed first. |
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Until then, the federal government will not do anything genuinely productive toward cleaning up our environment .
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| -Despite promises to fix it, the Gulf dead zone is growing. |
Maddy McCall |
Jun-10-07 01:08 AM |
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important story . . . there are also dead zones in the Atlantic . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Jun-10-07 04:00 AM |
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I certainly can empathize--one of the biggest problems |
OHdem10 |
Jun-10-07 04:08 AM |
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Republicans are actually fiscal liberals, not conservatives. |
Lasher |
Jun-10-07 09:23 AM |
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K & R especially for this post nt |
glitch |
Jun-10-07 10:01 AM |
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Well said Lasher. |
Uncle Joe |
Jun-10-07 06:03 PM |
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I recently saw an article about a plastic filled area |
pokercat999 |
Jun-10-07 05:47 AM |
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I saw that too. It was horrifying. |
emmadoggy |
Jun-10-07 09:41 AM |
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Me too. |
Lasher |
Jun-10-07 12:40 PM |
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Kick n/t |
intheflow |
Jun-10-07 07:09 AM |
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More worthless talk....with NO ACTION.... |
jus_the_facts |
Jun-10-07 07:25 AM |
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"same ol' worthless spew from politicians and gov't" |
Massachusetts |
Jun-10-07 07:39 AM |
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Divers begin to clean tires from ocean floor |
okoboji |
Jun-10-07 07:56 AM |
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This was a gift to private landfill operators - untested as to feasability in ocean |
Divernan |
Jun-10-07 11:53 AM |
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They don't even give a hoot about the *people* who live there |
FloridaJudy |
Jun-10-07 08:12 AM |
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follow the money |
riverwalker |
Jun-10-07 08:51 AM |
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It all goes back to ag subsidies, depressingly |
XemaSab |
Jun-10-07 10:16 AM |
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Yuck! |
be inspired |
Jun-10-07 09:19 AM |
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ARRRGGGGHHHH!!! Have those bastards funded ANYTHING besides their |
emmadoggy |
Jun-10-07 09:49 AM |
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The "dead zone" in the White House will have to be fixed first. |
Zorra |
Jun-10-07 10:36 AM |
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We're talking about Bush's brain, right? |
Lord Balto |
Jun-10-07 11:41 AM |
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They call this eutrophication, IIRC. We used to wring our hands |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-10-07 12:24 PM |
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So how is your lawn? |
Botany |
Jun-10-07 01:23 PM |
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I don't do jack to my lawn.... |
okoboji |
Jun-10-07 02:27 PM |
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I am with you Okobohi -- my yard is a sanctuary for dandelions, clover, |
IndyOp |
Jun-10-07 07:24 PM |
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Now see what happens when the Ortho fertilizer interests feel threatened |
BornagainDUer |
Jun-10-07 04:50 PM |
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what is a lawn? |
kineneb |
Jun-10-07 07:58 PM |
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ONe of the most "progressive" regions in the US |
BornagainDUer |
Jun-10-07 04:47 PM |
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If they can't fix something as "simple" as hurricane damage there is no hope |
n2doc |
Jun-10-07 05:13 PM |
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This is not good at all. |
StarryNite |
Jun-10-07 05:18 PM |
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Thanks for the thread Maddy McCall |
Uncle Joe |
Jun-10-07 06:01 PM |
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Let's just pull a magic-wand out of our ass... |
19jet54 |
Jun-10-07 06:06 PM |
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And the ethanol boom is only going to make this worse, for a couple of reasons |
hatrack |
Jun-10-07 06:12 PM |
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Holy hell. Thanks hatrack. I was becoming disillusioned with biofuels - |
IndyOp |
Jun-10-07 07:28 PM |
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Plastic-Ocean |
LibertyorDeath |
Jun-10-07 07:24 PM |
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Okay. I'm stunned. Twice the size of Texas. Decreased fertility, cancer, |
IndyOp |
Jun-10-07 07:38 PM |
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Yes it's a very sobering article |
LibertyorDeath |
Jun-10-07 08:37 PM |
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"I have 2 young children & I fear for their future..." |
emmadoggy |
Jun-10-07 09:24 PM |
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