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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:40 AM Original message |
I hope the residents of Cairo IL appreciate the sacrifice that Missouri farmers made yesterday |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. That is what happens when you get rid of the natural |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. flooding of fields is nature's way of replenishing the soil - maybe farmers should be thankful eh? n |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If the Corp had blown the South end of the levee, that is exacly what would have happened |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. The question that needs to be asked is... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. perhaps when rivers were not cesspools full of toxins |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. "...tons of silt and sand, rendering the land impossible to farm for years to come." |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. This ain't the nice and gentle rise and fall like the Nile |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. In that case, I'd be happy to take it off their hands, for a reasonable price. nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. You may not even be able to afford a reasonable price |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. the NILE doesn't come in like a tsunami--what part of that is so hard to understand??? |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. You have a great third grade view of how things work. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. the internet is kinda funny that way |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. You assume much about me. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. The word is deduce. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. The flooding after Hurricane Agnes deposited 6"-24" of "sand and silt" up and down... |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Golly. You need to stop. |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. What was the alternative? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Like I originally stated, blow the south end of the levee, |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. moving the town.... |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. I grew up around there... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I wouldn't be so pissed if they had blown the south end of the levee, |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Maybe they should do both |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Umm, these farms weren't built right to the river's edge, there was a big ass levee in the way, |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Until you have been in the Red River Valley in North Dakotas, you don't know what fertile is. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Then you know what kind of farmland we're talking about here, |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Luckily the Red River never floods |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. It does seem like a lot of damage done to save what is essentially a ghost town. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. its terrible - I feel for the farmers - the food that will not be grown |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. The Army Corps of Engineers has a pretty sorry reputation -- most of it, deserved. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. Another effect of this madness is the decrease in revenue this presents, |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. Just give the farmers more subsidies so *some* of them can bitch about liberals .. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Oh yeah, let's condemn people to a destruction because of their politics, |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. LOL. Didn't I just see you in another thread being all "insensitive" about a kid getting killed by.. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Ah, so your mentality is one of tit for tat, |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. His response was justified, yours wasn't. Look in the mirror. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Again, show me any post of mine where I laugh at somebody's misfortune because of their politics |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Why don't YOU show where I laughed at the farmers for their politics. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It's right here, on this thread, for the whole world to see, |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Why don't you copy and paste it. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. What, you can't read it upthread? |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You need to copy and paste it so we all know what YOUR bizarro definition of "condemn" is. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thanks for the reality check. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. If that is your reality, then it is a rather twisted and sad one |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
41. when Missouri.... |
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