Sanders does not go far enough. He needs to check in with Michael
Moore, and support demands that those responsible for this tragic
decision come before a judge and jury.
This is a fine example of how Greed takes over rational thought. No
"right thinking" person would put little children, elderly and
disabled and indeed, every man, woman and child, in harms way by
polluting their public water. This is the wet dream of every
Terrorist. Contaminate an entire cities water system and cause long
term health problems. What a way to bring down an enemy. Without
firing a single shot, without losing a single warrior, a mighty nation
can be beaten into substandard existence. And to think! It was done
to us by America's own Citizens.
Greed, my friends. Greed is our real enemy. Greed must be hunted
down and destroyed before it destroys us all. But Greed is often
disguised, and fools us into thinking we are dealing with normal,
rational people. It is well past time that we change our basic values
and declare open war on Greed. Human Respect, and respect for all
life on our planet should be our driving force. We have been
mesmerized by Greed, believing that our lives would be better if we
had all the gold, bobbles and bangles that are dangled before our
eyes. We have too long listened to the lies fanned by Greed, through
our Masters, the Ruling Class. But at a closer look, this Ruling
Class is being led down the same path to self destruction as are we.
Unless we Citizens of the World find a way of living with our Planet
Earth, instead of raping and plundering her, we will all go down.
It is still not too late. But Greed is relentless and never lets up
the pressure. Religious folk call Greed, Satan. Some folk prefer,
Lust. But whatever name it goes under, Greed is still our number one
enemy.
Carl Jarvis
On 1/17/16, joe harcz Comcast <joeharcz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Another reason to vote for Sanders?
Joe
Sanders: Snyder should resign over Flint water crisis Chad Livengood,
Detroit News Lansing Bureau Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont
Sen. Bernie
Sanders said Saturday that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder should resign over
Flint's lead-contaminated water supply, calling it "one of the worst public
health
crises in the modern history of this country. In an exclusive interview
Saturday with The Detroit News, Sanders said Snyder's multiple apologies for
his
administration allowing Flint water to go untreated for preventing corrosion
of lead-soldered pipes "is just not good enough. "And I think the governor
has got to take the responsibility and say, 'You know what, my
administration was absolutely negligent and a result of that negligence,
many children may
suffer for the rest of their lives and the right thing to do is to resign,'"
Sanders said in a telephone interview from Vermont. State health officials
have confirmed 43 cases of elevated lead levels in the blood of Flint
residents, who complained since April 2014 that the brownish Flint River
smelled
and caused rashes. Lead can cause irreversible brain and developmental
damage in children and infants who ingest it through water or lead-based
paint.
"What we are looking at in Flint is one of the worst public health crises in
the modern history of this country," Sanders said. "We don't know what the
exact outcome will be, but thousands of children have been poisoned. And the
poisoning may have long-term impacts of their health and the future of
their
lives. A spokesman for Snyder said Saturday that the Republican governor is
focused on securing federal aid to assist Flint residents and government
institutions
in the recovering after he declared a state of emergency in Genesee County
on Jan. 4 and deployed the National Guard to Flint this week to assist in
distributing
bottled water and filters. "The best thing for the people of Flint is that
every effort is focused on solving this emergency, getting the aid needed
to
help the residents, and ensuring that clean drinkable water is restored to
the city," Snyder press secretary Dave Murray said Saturday in an email to
The
Detroit News. "Political statements and finger pointing from political
candidates not involved in finding solutions for Flint, only serve to
distract from
solving this crisis. Sanders is a close race in the early voting states of
Iowa and New Hampshire against Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary
Clinton,
who has been sharply critical this week of Snyder's handling of Flint's
water crisis. In October, Snyder secured $6 million in state funding to pay
half
of the cost to switch Flint back to Detroit's Lake Huron water source. The
Flint-based Mott Foundation donated $4 million and Flint had to chip in $2
million
toward the cost. Sanders said the state-appointed emergency manager
money-saving use of Flint River water was shortsighted given the long-term
damage caused
to Flint's water pipeline and residents' health. "It just tells me that we
have a lot of these anti-government folks running administrations all over
this
country who could care less about the well being of our children, whether
it's in education, whether it's in health, whether it's environmentally,"
Sanders
said. "It's just unacceptable. "You don't save money while poisoning our
children, that is is not acceptable. Sanders noted Flint is a majority
African
American city whose residents "don't have a whole lot of money. "It's an
outrage and it's unacceptable and I think the governor has got to accept
this
responsibility and do the right thing, and that is to resign," Sanders told
The News. Snyder has apologized for the state Department of Environmental
Quality's
mistakes in not requiring Flint to add a chemical to the river water that
helps prevent corrosion. "I think the resignation would show that he really
understands
the extent of the crisis that he caused," Sanders said. Snyder has said he
didn't become aware of elevated lead levels in the blood of Flint residents
until Oct. 1, even after his office quietly coordinated in August the
distribution of 1,500 faucet filters that remove lead from water. Sanders
was traveling
Saturday from Vermont to South Carolina for Sunday night's Democratic
presidential debate with Clinton and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
The independent
Vermont senator, who is a democratic-socialist but votes with Democrats in
the U.S. Senate, said he wasn't weighing in on Flint's crisis just because
Clinton
has been all week. "It's not Sen. Clinton ... it's not a question of
compelled, it's a question of understanding that when you have a crisis of
this proportion,
it's absolutely imperative that the governor accept his responsibility, show
the people of Flint and Michigan that he does appreciate the calamity that
he caused and has the courage to the right thing, which is step down,"
Sanders said. clivengood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (517) 371-3660
Twitter.com/ChadLivengood
