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mdmc

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Tue Jul-29-08 09:31 PM
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2. Now they want to profit off our thirst?

http://www.reuters.com/article/etfNews/idUSL86692542008...
"The fundamentals for water suggest rising demand and shortage of supply worldwide-creating substantial opportunities for profitable investment," said Mark Mathias, chief executive at DDQ.

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They want to privatize OUR water!!	Dover	Jul-29-08 09:21 PM	#0
Oh that'll be awesome.	napoleon_in_rags	Jul-29-08 09:23 PM	#1
Now they want to profit off our thirst?	mdmc	Jul-29-08 09:31 PM	#2
This is the definition of EVIL....n/t	Dover	Jul-29-08 09:38 PM	#4
They already do:	EOO	Jul-30-08 02:11 AM	#35
Got my own well, thank goodness.	panader0	Jul-29-08 09:37 PM	#3
Well, until they get your legislature to pass a law that limits your use,	Dover	Jul-29-08 09:40 PM	#6
if they ever managed to- i'd add a catch basin to every building we have.	QuestionAll	Jul-29-08 10:15 PM	#16
In Bolivia, even rainwater was privatized.	CrispyQGirl	Jul-30-08 03:57 PM	#42
same here. i used to miss chicago tap-water, until we installed a reverse-osmosis system...	QuestionAll	Jul-29-08 10:14 PM	#13
So, out of curiosity, did you drill the well yourself by hand?	A HERETIC I AM	Jul-29-08 10:39 PM	#25
what difference does all that make anyway..?	QuestionAll	Jul-30-08 07:08 PM	#44
Simply this....	A HERETIC I AM	Jul-30-08 07:21 PM	#45
actually, no...that's not what it's about- it's not just the infrastructure- it's the water itself..	QuestionAll	Jul-30-08 08:38 PM	#48
The first step is to refuse to buy bottled water. Remove a big chunk of the profit. n/m	IntravenousDemilo	Jul-29-08 09:38 PM	#5
YES!	Dover	Jul-29-08 09:41 PM	#7
never have, never will.	QuestionAll	Jul-29-08 10:14 PM	#14
I guess we knew that was coming. nt	cat_girl25	Jul-29-08 09:47 PM	#8
Oh yeah	texastoast	Jul-29-08 10:01 PM	#9
water is going to be the next oil.	alyce douglas	Jul-29-08 10:03 PM	#10
You state that with resignation ...like that's a given, and we're powerless to change it.	Dover	Jul-29-08 10:11 PM	#12
read about what they did in Bolivia, including trying to privatize RAINWATER!	Gabi Hayes	Jul-29-08 10:05 PM	#11
Well as long as there's a profit to be made they'll keep after it.	Dover	Jul-29-08 10:24 PM	#18
For the GOP, everything is a commodity. n/t	ColbertWatcher	Jul-29-08 10:15 PM	#15
Don't kid yourself. It's NOT just the GOP...n/t	Dover	Jul-29-08 10:26 PM	#20
I'm sorry, it is just the GOP. n/t	ColbertWatcher	Jul-30-08 12:42 AM	#31
water and power should BOTH be publicly-owned utilities.	QuestionAll	Jul-29-08 10:23 PM	#17
Wells won't work	aasleka	Jul-29-08 10:24 PM	#19
Even where they do work, they'll likely get heavily regulated by	Dover	Jul-29-08 10:38 PM	#24
Which brand will Jesus buy?	HypnoToad	Jul-29-08 10:27 PM	#21
Rolling water shortages in 3...2...1... n/t	BadgerKid	Jul-29-08 10:34 PM	#22
Yep, and as soon as the speculators get hold of it...$4/gal. as well. n/t	LibInTexas	Jul-29-08 10:36 PM	#23
Fight to keep your area's water PUBLIC. Don't allow it to fall into private hands	Dover	Jul-29-08 10:40 PM	#26
If this is allowed to stand, soon the global supply of breathing air will be privatized. I'll	salguine	Jul-29-08 10:47 PM	#27
I'm perfectly comfortable with the idea of burning water speculators alive.	seawolf	Jul-29-08 11:47 PM	#28
Somehow waterboarding seems more appropriate...	Dover	Jul-30-08 12:02 AM	#29
Are there water riots yet?	lonestarnot	Jul-30-08 12:05 AM	#30
Why not just privatize air and all substances, gases, molecules, atoms, particles, light, sound	bob_weaver	Jul-30-08 12:46 AM	#32
That's what I was thinking--next it'll be privatizing air.	nightrain	Jul-30-08 04:48 AM	#36
So when are they going to start charging us for breathing air?	Fox Mulder	Jul-30-08 12:52 AM	#33
When the air is so polluted everywhere	LiberalPersona	Jul-30-08 07:06 AM	#38
This has been coming for years - water will be the next oil...	Triana	Jul-30-08 01:24 AM	#34
Yep	blogslut	Jul-30-08 05:15 AM	#37
I fully expected Cheney's elk to go after our water supply.	The Backlash Cometh	Jul-30-08 08:28 AM	#39
Cheney's 'elk'?	muriel_volestrangler	Jul-30-08 08:57 AM	#40
I'm absolutely sure, that's what I meant!	The Backlash Cometh	Jul-30-08 09:07 AM	#41
Quite simply, anybody attempting to do this should be immediately executed.	Evoman	Jul-30-08 04:00 PM	#43
This has been coming for a long time and it has to be fought.	Nikki Stone1	Jul-30-08 08:10 PM	#46
And next year, they will privatize the air.	Union Thug	Jul-30-08 08:14 PM	#47

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