I guess we've hit the "big time". Flint's water crisis is now a lead story on The Daily Mail

[Siwsan]

Misleading headline, aside, blaming the Flint government, it's their headline story, right now:

'This is not a mistake. They did this. They knew': Michael Moore accuses Flint government of knowingly ignoring poisoned water in impoverished, majority-black city

Director Michael Moore was at the front lines of a rally he held in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, where he claimed the government neglected the city's complaints of a contaminated water supply until it turned into a crisis.

Moore claimed Gov. Rick Snyder knew that 'toxins, pollutants and, eventually, lead' was leaching into the water after the city switched sources - exposing thousands of vulnerable children.

About 200 residents joined the protest, some chanting 'Syder's got to go, hey hey, ho ho, water is a human right' and holding up signs with phrases like 'Callous Rick made Flint sick'.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3403661/Michael-Moore-accuses-Flint-government-intentionally-poisoning-city-s-water-supplies.html

[Proserpina]

1. Yup. Michigan is a national disgrace, and it has GOP written all over it

and Rick Snyder won't even be able to run for dog catcher anymore, let alone Senate or White House.

[Siwsan]

2. Well, Rick Snyder is a national disgrace. Michigan is pretty spectacular, IMHO

[Proserpina]

3. I'm partial to the state, myself. But the GOP infests it like bedbugs

pesticide-impervious bedbugs.

[Siwsan]

6. We will see if they can survive the lead

I have to feel a glimmer of hope that this will wake SOME people up. If Democrats would get off of their asses and VOTE, we wouldn't be in this mess, right now.

Flint is a heavily Democratic region, but that might be why Snyder ignored this problem for so long.

[malaise]

8. But he should be in prison

so he won't qualify for those offices

[pipoman]

4. So would that be, 'Lead leads'?

[Siwsan]

5. Unfortunately!

As long as they don't replace our beautiful "Vehicle City" arches with ones labled "Leadville"........

[pipoman]

9. The town of Treece Kansas and Pilcher Oklahoma stole my heart many years ago...

When large amounts of lead in the ground water was found and the years following the residents who are not in a wealthy part of the US anyway were further kicked by no assistance from the Feds or people responsible for the contamination to help them relocate..they just were too unimportant...as of 10 years ago the school kids don't make fire prevention or tornado safety posters, they make 'don't drink the water' posters....sad....

[Xipe Totec]

7. Say that three times with aplomb. nt