Water

[sabra]

Women carry plastic water containers in Baghdad's Sadr City July 31, 2007. Baghdad's residents are miserable in the scorching heat of summer. There is not enough electricity to power air conditioners and taps in large parts of the Iraqi capital have run dry. Picture taken July 31, 2007. To match feature IRAQ/WATER REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)


Children drink water from a broken pipe in Baghdad's Sadr City July 31, 2007. Baghdad's residents are miserable in the scorching heat of summer. There is not enough electricity to power air conditioners and taps in large parts of the Iraqi capital have run dry. Picture taken July 31, 2007. To match feature IRAQ/WATER REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

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Muhammad Abdul Hussein, 35, drinks water from a tanker in the Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. Most of the Iraqi capital has been without water for two days, but the eastern part of the city has seen shortages for about the last week. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)


Sisters Amira, 4, Wafa, 3, and Shaima, 2, cool themselves with a trickle of hose water in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. Most of the Iraqi capital has been without water for two days, but the eastern part of the city has seen shortages for about the last week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)


Muhammad Jaffar Abdullah, 4, sips water in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. Most of the Iraqi capital has been without water for two days, but the eastern part of the city has seen shortages for about the last week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)


A boy drinks water from a hose in a slum neighbourhood in Baghdad's Sadr City July 31, 2007. About 30 poor families make a living by gathering junk at the dumpsite in Sadr City, a vast slum in northeastern Baghdad. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

[EFerrari]

1. Today Baghdad, tomorrow Sacramento.

:(

K&R

[BeHereNow]

2. No worries- The US Embassy has its own water and electrical sources. n/t

BHN

[madokie]

3. When I see pictures like these of the Iraqi children it breaks my heart

that we can't seem to do anything to stop this injustice being foisted upon them by the likes of our pResident

[BeHereNow]

5. You CAN do something-

Don't support corporations with your money.
Granted, it aint gonna stop the madness, but
you'll sleep better at night knowing that when ever possible,
you have avoided supporting the people responsible for it.

BHN

[madokie]

8. I do that already

I'm real conscience of what and where I spend money or give support, but I hear what you're saying and I agree. I see it as it's in our hands now to stop this carnage because our congress critters have already told us they weren't going to.

[BeHereNow]

9. Don't you wish more people would?

So many Americans don't really understand what is
fueling the machine-
Can you imagine what a difference it would make if EVERY ONE
simply STOPPED? Even for one week?

Not gonna happen of course.

BHN

[blues90]

11. And people wonder why they hate us

I have stopped feeding the consumer machine years ago . It is the one way other than impeachment we have . As you said , people for the most part are not going to do this .

They will when the money runs out and we will be is the same conditions as Iraq .

[malaise]

4. Bet there's water in the Green Zone

Anyone know the temperature in Bagdhad in August? One more violation of the Geneva convention. I'd love to hear a Dem speak to this criminal act.

[BeHereNow]

6. Don't hold your breath.

The Dems are complicit in these crimes.
They're not gonna say shit about it.
BHN

[porphyrian]

7. Is this because the lack of electricity has the pumps down?

Let me guess, a Halliburton subsidiary has the contract for that.

[Sequoia]

10. Genocide.

"Nits make lice." William T. Sherman

"The only good Indians I ever saw were dead" Phil Sheridan

"We don't do body counts," Gen. Tommy Franks

Some things never change.