Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:22 AM

Human101948 (3,457 posts)

NY TIMES EDITORIAL: Depraved Indifference Toward Flint

The 274 pages of emails released under pressure on Wednesday by Gov. Rick
Snyder of Michigan show a cynical and callous indifference to the plight of the
mostly black, povertystricken residents of Flint, who have gone for more than
a year with poisoned tap water that is unsafe to drink or bathe in. There is little
doubt that an affluent, predominantly white community — say Grosse Pointe
or Bloomfield Hills — would never face such a public health catastrophe, and if
it had, the state government would have rushed in to help.
At every juncture when state officials could have avoided or reduced the
harm in Flint, they ignored public pleas and made every effort to dismiss the truth.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/opinion/depraved-indifference-toward-flint.html?emc=edit_th_20160122&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=70251688&_r=0

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NY TIMES EDITORIAL: Depraved Indifference Toward Flint (Original post)	Human101948	Jan 2016	OP
Indict them all the way to the top. nt	Ilsa	Jan 2016	#1
Sentence them to bread and Flint River water!	Human101948	Jan 2016	#2
yep, or give them a choice between	Ilsa	Jan 2016	#10
Article from Baltimore Sun is good too -	TBF	Jan 2016	#3
While we Michiganders for Progress appreciate your support, you have to realize	Proserpina	Jan 2016	#4
Same thing happening in Wisconsin	HelenWheels	Jan 2016	#6
DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TOWARD THE 99%...	Herman4747	Jan 2016	#5
Democrat Andy Dillon got named official decider...	Octafish	Jan 2016	#7
Grief! We know which side Dillion is on.	Duppers	Jan 2016	#12
+1000	smirkymonkey	Jan 2016	#14
Wow. Just wow. nt	laundry_queen	Jan 2016	#13
Do we even have a fuctioning Justice Dept. anymore?	raindaddy	Jan 2016	#8
Its disgusting	angrychair	Jan 2016	#9
class action or RICO lawsuit against the Republican Party or CRIMINAL investigation	librechik	Jan 2016	#11

Response to Human101948 (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:40 AM

Ilsa (61,211 posts)

1. Indict them all the way to the top. nt

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Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:41 AM

Human101948 (3,457 posts)

2. Sentence them to bread and Flint River water!

Fill them full of lead!

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Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:36 PM

Ilsa (61,211 posts)

10. yep, or give them a choice between

100% Mountain Dew or Flint River Water 24/7. They can choose between toxins or kidney stones while hyped up on caffeine and sugar.

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Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:41 AM

TBF (31,869 posts)

3. Article from Baltimore Sun is good too -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/102410921

I'm really annoyed with these people. This would never happen in Grosse Point.

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Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:53 AM

Proserpina (2,352 posts)

4. While we Michiganders for Progress appreciate your support, you have to realize

that most of the state approves of Governor Snyder and couldn't care less about the great cities that drove Michigan's economy for 100 years, let alone the poor people that still struggle to live in them.

The soul of the Great State of Michigan has been gnawed by Koch-roaches and other vermin. The state that was pivotal in the Underground Railroad has turned its back upon the children of slaves. Or immigrants. Or of the wrong religious beliefs.

We need to Occupy Michigan and take it over. Nothing less will do the trick. You cannot shame the shameless.

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Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:40 AM

HelenWheels (2,284 posts)

6. Same thing happening in Wisconsin

And it is financed by the Koch brothers, may they rot in hell

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Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:09 AM

Herman4747 (1,825 posts)

5. DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TOWARD THE 99%...

...thanks, New York Times.

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Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:51 AM

Octafish (55,745 posts)

7. Democrat Andy Dillon got named official decider...

After failing to win the Democratic nomination to oppose Snyder in the gubernatorial campaign of 2010, he was invited to serve as State Treasurer.

The memos Snyder released say Dillon was the official who made the call to OK the switch to Flint River water.

Dillon said he thought Flint wouldn't be using the water to drink. Honest.

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/01/former_michigan_state_treasure.html

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Sat Jan 23, 2016, 01:36 AM

Duppers (26,635 posts)