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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:46 PM Original message |
New Mexico governor wants Michigan's water |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. We have to drink somehow |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The get it from Lake Tahoe |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Shit happens, we are where we are. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. We do NOT have the water to spare |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. How much water is in the great lakes... |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Not enough and too much n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Well if you're so sure... |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. As I stated above |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
123. And that's got nothing to due with New Mexico. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #123 |
133. Why do you need to? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. You sure as shootin' can leave NM. |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. My lifestyle is perfectly fine, thanks for asking. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Then tell your governor to put his hand back into HIS OWN pocket. nt |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
105. You live in a place that hasn't got enough water to sustain the people who live there. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #105 |
169. All of our lives are *FUNDAMENTALLY* out of balance with nature. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Then they should take it from the South |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. You do? Both Atlanta and Raleigh are facing imminent shortages |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
115. No, we don't. We have a complete ban on outdoor water use in north GA. |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
131. Who is the "We"? Speak for yourself. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #131 |
171. I'm in North Georgia and part of the "We." |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. They don't have it to spare, that's the whole point |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. And if thats the case, fine. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Well there's not |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Is that all the water you guys have in the north west, just the great lakes? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Northwest? Do you know where the Great Lakes are??? nt |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
84. No I have no clue |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. The Great Lakes are not in the Northwest |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Tell that to the Canadians. It's their water, too. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
110. Why do you think it would stop with NM? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #110 |
120. Did I say I thought it would? |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. I wasn't talking to you. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. OK, nevermind then. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
102. You get the sun, we get the water |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
163. You have got to be shitting me. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. Then move to a place with water. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. Good point - golf courses use excessive amounts of water |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
99. It's not about drinking water |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
104. Do you have a watered lawn? do you play on local golf courses? If you do you... |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #104 |
151. No, I dont play golf. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. you water your lawn? |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. Oh please, spare me the hippie bullshit. nt |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. Seriously, you must be high |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
112. If you grew too big for your water supply, you'd better shrink. nt |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
138. So stop planting golf courses on sand and move back to the Midwest. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
141. so move to where the water is. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
148. How about living somewhere where the water is? |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Richardson wants states to discuss water policy |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Why should they? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Deleted message |
Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. What water issues??? Here in Michigan we have plenty! |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
128. Exactly, with climate change water availability may shift. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #128 |
165. he's not proposing taking great lakes water.....yet. This is how it starts. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
139. He can go to hell. Drain the Great Lakes? Or is the water going to be piped back? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not just 'no', but 'HELL NO!' |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. EXCELLENT POINT |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
58. I'll second that!! |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. That's a great idea |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Boo-Ya! |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
95. Ooh,I like that one |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ought humans to live in desert regions? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Ought they live in Michigan? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That's where the precious liquid stuff of life is--so, yes. They ought. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It ain't liquidy when it's fifty below. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Well, the consequences of having enough fresh water |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. That's what axes are for. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. And getting water from somewhere else is what pipes are for. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. And yet, somehow the adaptable folks from Michigan manage to survive |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Michigan's completely self sufficient? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I'm guessing not H2O. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. No. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Petroleum is drilled, refined, bought and sold by private industry. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
79. My relatives in Michigan, where I grew up, aren't interested in a business contract |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. There is petroleum here as well natural gas for heating in Michigan |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Are you for oil pipelines too? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Uh, generally, yes. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Let me ask what you do to cut back energy (and water) usage |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:16 AM Response to Reply #47 |
166. Take navy showers |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. good, stay the fuck down there, and keep your paws off the great lakes. n/t |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. And matches |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And kettles. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. you mean I dont drink Lake Michigan water in winter? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I mean Michigan sucks. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. uhh, Michigan is just across the lake from me |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Isn't Michigan just across the lake from itself? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. its down the road 3 blocks, take a left, turn right at the mail box |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #66 |
107. Please explain that. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #107 |
124. People have been living in New Mexico for thousands of years too. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:07 AM Response to Reply #124 |
150. And they haven't needed Great Lakes water, so problem solved. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #124 |
153. And they got along fine. Guess they weren't using as much water. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
96. Do you imagine our lakes |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Do you imagine things don't live in New Mexico? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. Did I say that? |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #106 |
116. Don't bother. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #106 |
119. Did I say the entire lake freezes? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. You said"it ain't liquidy",which I assumed |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. The entire lake isn't at -50 below. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
111. Well, duh---who is desperate for WATER here? |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
140. Yes. The Midwest is a normal temperate, wet, fertile climate. Very habitable. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just an idea... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
73. Probably easier to desalinate saline aquifers |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
94. I don't know. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. In Santa Barbara they found it easier to hook up to State water than keep the desal plant running |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #97 |
108. For now. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
117. Water shortages are a major global issue, so the smart.... |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #117 |
127. Exactly what I'm thinking. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sometimes you just have to admit that any further growth must be curtailed, because |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. This same sort of idiocy was spouted a couple of decades ago |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. The water wars may yet result in the break-up of the union. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. sorry no can do |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'd sell water to NM. At $80 dollars/barrel |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
109. Well, that would certainly cure |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
118. The problem is... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #118 |
145. I've got no problem with that. It should go to the highest bidder, just like NM's oil |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. No. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Oh I find that hard to believe. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. I presume that you aren't serious |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Well sure it's got a big moraine. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. But it points to the fact that it's a finite resource n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. It also points to the fact that it's a renewable resource. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. After the next Ice Age? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. No, thanks to precipitation. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Oh, fishing, shipping, commercial recreation, wind farms |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. And this proposal would have a significant impact on those? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Tinkering with natural resources is always a crapshoot |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Yes, the Great Lakes get affected by things. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. I think probably both |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. I only drink whiskey. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. It's not all glacier melt, no. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
70. Great Lakes water |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. Lets do the math. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. What you're missing is the depth of the river. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Mmm, no I'm not. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's so cute to watch people from different states fight each other. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Michigan is actually less cold than some other northern states |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. both your descriptions are incorrect, in my opinion .... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
100. "one's colder than a witch's thorax" |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
134. Indeed. It's too bad they don't play each other in football. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
137. Great Lakes diversion enrages all Great Lakes states. Fuck the Southwest. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. Well, let him walk over to Michigan with a big bucket and a sponge. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
60. Lake Superior was down a foot from last year |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. desert rats, stay away from our Great Lakes water! n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. Sort of like what they've done in California? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
77. What about everyone who wants our (Louisiana) natural gas and oil |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
89. BS hit piece. He did not say that. |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #89 |
143. "States like Wisconsin are awash in water" |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
91. Perhaps now people are realizing the lack of logic of building large cities in the DESERT?!!? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
101. I had a political science teacher |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
103. Maybe the SW should quit wasting water on golf courses and pretty green lawns... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #103 |
113. Agreed. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #113 |
144. I live in a Great Lakes state and I collect rainwater to use in my... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #103 |
114. and lush green sodded lawns & fountains & imported garden plants |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #114 |
130. ROFLMAO!!! What morans!!! |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
126. Well, Richardson certainly has connections to people who.... |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Those aren't the ties you need to worry about. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #129 |
146. Yet, he's pointing out how much "extra" water we have up here... |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #129 |
156. He wants reclamation to be a Cabinet level position |
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Bushwick Bill (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
135. Peak oil and gas will stop this shit. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
136. Fuck him, our lakes. |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #136 |
170. Good thing we don't think the same way about our oil and gas. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
142. All your great lake are belong to us! |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #142 |
147. ...... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Tough... Don't blame us. Blame yourself or God. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
154. Dallas wants Oklahoma's water too |
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loser_user (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
158. State hate people |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
159. here's a bold idea: don't live in the desert if you want water |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
160. Many years ago |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #160 |
167. Many years ago |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
161. Perhaps |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
162. Privatize the Great Lakes...trade water like a commodity...let the free market decide |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
164. if they want water, tell them to go to the golf courses and stand under a sprinkler. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
168. Uh, Bill? |
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