So I guess Carly is planning another failed run at the Presidency

[thewayne]

"There's a man-made lack of water in California... It is liberal environmentalists who have brought us this tragedy...A classic case of liberals being willing to sacrifice other people's lives and livelihoods at the altar of their ideology."
—former HP CEO and possible GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, on the drought

'Sacrificing other people's lives'? Clearly the water shortage had nothing to do with no rain, lots of fire, and lots of almond production? And I'm sure semiconductor manufacturing doesn't use any water.

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[cp.livejournal.com]

And you didn't even mention fracking, or water bottling. That's the thing here in FL--we're told how precious our water is and how we need to conserve it, yet companies like Nestle have no trouble getting permits to bottle and sell millions of gallons. It's all fine as long as it's for profit.

[silveradept]

Of course not. Exploitation is what God intended for the planet, so anybody that tries to stop that plan is thwarting the Second Coming.

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

If liberal environmentalists have that kind of enormous power, why are they wasting time causing a drought in a single state instead of taking over the world?

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Don't get me started on fracking. I saw a Vice episode talking about the drought in Texas and herds of cattle dying off. I am amused by both Texas and Oklahoma having problems with earthquakes from it.

My wife and I don't buy bottled water as a rule, we have reusable bottles that you can run through the dishwasher. When we do buy bottled water, at the movie theater or on the road, we reuse the bottle for bedside drinking until the bottle starts stinking and then it becomes a poodle toy.

We have a double-filter system: one filter on the kitchen faucet plus a filter, and it produces very good water. Unfortunately at work we have RO, which wastes a lot.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Sadly, not too far off-base. It'd be nice if they'd make that the party line so the rest of the country and world could see how insane they are.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good one! You know, a world taken over by liberals could make an interesting setting for a short story fighting with conservative rebels. But I don't know that it'd be worth more than a short story.

[silveradept]

And we'd then see how many of their followers believe the same, or at least are willing to put up with that.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

I should try dredging it up - I do recall some quite prominent "conservative" likening their bunch to the rebels in Star Wars. Unfortunately, it made about as much sense as you'd expect. =:) Rather a pity - a film along those lines would be the ultimate MST3K fodder.