Why don't republicans care if there are high levels of toxins in tap water?
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It lowers the cost of treating the water for its businesses and business owners.
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Menifee huh?  Lovely area (snicker) Maybe all the meth fumes are getting to your head. Wow, I wish republicans were not so closed minded. Good looking out for the GOP my friend...show the world your true colors....idiot
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republicans are only worried about making money. to make money, they like to use up all the earth's resources and etc. they will do anything to get money
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Sorry man, I don't have a clue what you are talking about.  I am a Republican and have nothing to do with any of the junk you just mentioned.
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Starting a fake war for oil fields, and pipelines to allow people to die. If you ignore them like George Bush did New Orleans then it can't be your fault. The Republican swan song is "Starve em they will work harder".
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Yes, it's not a serious toxin, but crooked politicians love to posture about how much they care about protecting you -- so -- it will probably stay illegal.\n\nAnd the public likes to be coddled -- a dangerous sign and weakness in the body politic.
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Nah.... Just that utter and total Disgust overrides the fear factor.\n\nToo many scandals too much red ink and a Katrina foreign policy\nare too much to put up with.
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Because conservatives live and breathe and promote fear.  It helps them rattle vulnerable people into supporting their oppressive policies.  Don't forget the "terror alert" gauge that pretty much got retired after the 2004 elections, the boogeyman Osama that Bush seems to revive every so often, and the Patiot Act.  \n\n"BE VERY AFRAID AND VOTE FOR THE GOP!!"  \n\n(This was the gist of a political ad released just before the November elections....fat lot of good it did them, too....)
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Republicans are big believers in the market.  Governmental regulation is to be avoided at all costs, and the more regulation eats into the bottom line the more likely it will be decried as being too "burdensome" to industry. \n\nMarket forces, however, do not favor kindness to the environment in American-style capitalism, which is focused narrowly on short-term profits over long-term viability.  \n\nWe all want a nice, clean environment, but the truth is we all secretly hope the other guy is going to be the one paying for it.  Given a choice between a shiny new SUV and the latest electric car, Americans choose the SUV.  And we will continue to do so until the electric car is at least as good and as cheap.  Americans aren't getting fatter by the year because we don't know that Twinkies aren't as good for us as celery sticks, but because we want the damn Twinkies and decide we'll pay the price later, if at all.\n \nEnvironmental regulations are like your Mom's rules-- you know they are there for your own good, but you would probably not follow them if you didn't have to.  Republicans by and large think we'll do fine without all the rules.  People are nice and do the right thing usually, right?  Then again, Democrats aren't exactly charging to battle waving a Green banner these days either are they?  They've copped to the fact that most people really want the Twinkie, and they don't like being told they can't have it or have to pay more to get it.  While individual Dems may be green, the party as a whole is rather apathetic over the issues unless they can find one like drilling in ANWR that is guaranteed to get good press.\n\nAll that being said, there are certainly extremists within the environmental movement who do not seem to be able to come to grips with the fact that we cannot exist on this planet without making some environmental impacts. These folks are as damaging to the cause of environmentalism as anything occupying a chair in the Capitol.  The image of environmentalists as whacked out tree-hugging eco-terrorists who want everyone to subsist on tofu and rainwater doesn't help real environmental issues  gain much traction in our esteemed legislature.
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That is why I only trust on tap water from home with a system that would remove most or allchemicals and metals in the water. Others have bacteria and metals that make you become poisoned, damage your nerves or make you ill.
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THere are a lot more important issues than the abortion issue.  That was the platform that got the republican supporters in an uproar to the extent that they couldn't see the real damage being done to this country.  It's just a smoke screen, no matter who uses it and which side their on in the issue.  Abortion isn't going to matter is GWB starts WWIII, we'll all be dead.
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Pelosi clean things up? While we're laughing, chew on this statement from the queen of flip-flop:\n\n"As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am keenly aware that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is an issue of grave importance to all nations. Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998.\n\nIronic, huh?
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It's cost effective is likely the main reason, besides the significant public health concern. \n\nWhen chlorine treatment was introduced in the early 1900's diseases like typhoid, cholera, and dysentery were commonly carried in drinking water and chlorination effectively eliminated them. BUT:\nI quote:\n"... the July [1992]  issue of the American Journal of Public Health, researchers found that people who regularly drink tap water containing high levels of chlorinated hydrocarbons have a greater risk of developing bladder and rectal cancers than people who drink unchlorinated water.  The study estimates that about 9% of all bladder and 18% of all rectal cancer cases are associated with long-term consumption of these hydrocarbons.  This amounts to over 20,000 new cases each year!"\n\nEuropean water treatment has largely shifted to ozone and filtration, and they have found it works. Plus the chlorine residuals are about 10 times less than in US water. \n\nYour question is timely for me because my public water company just sent me a letter announcing that the drinking water was above regulatory limits for trihalomethanes-and this is caused by chlorination. Dibromochloromethane is associated with cancer risk of one per million at 0.6 micrograms per liter. That's about the same as 6 parts per billion. Not terrible odds at 1 per million, but I don't like that ppb since the smallest I can measure in the lab is probably about 3 parts per billion. In other words, it’s barely measurable.\n\nAnything like water that one consumes in large quantities daily for year after year deserves some attention. I am often the first to dismiss the latest crazy report about something else that will kill me, but with water it is statistically different. I see no choice but to filter drinking water. What else can you do?  \n\nFluoride? Well, you probably get a fair amount in your toothpaste. It’s normally kept around 1 ppm in drinking water so I doubt it is really that much of a problem. I suspect that using fluoride cuts down on the amount of chlorine needed so it may not always add to costs of treatment.
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No, you are not the only one.  I thought that it was horrible that our government would allow that to happen. Perhaps because of the stake Bush has in oil...?\nTaking advantage of a national crisis like that is disgusting to me, and completely morally wrong.  But who is to blame? I say the government- they need to monitor and control gas prices better.\n\nIn response to the other answer, bottled water is an option for people.  People do not need bottled water to get to and from their jobs so that they can make money to feed their families.
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Just tell me one thing republicans aren't afraid of... and that's the thing we all should be fearing!
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Because it doesn't fit the republican whacko agenda,that's why.
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Some people really need those checks, too many do not. We need to enforce the fraud laws that are on the books.   We republicans would work anyway because we love it it completes us as Human beings.   We are always willing to help out just not the lazy ba$tards who abuse it!\n\nEDIT   The Duck was several miles offshore in the war on terror Still a Hero But all that time swabbing in the sun must have burned him out some  Do not worry Duck It will all come back to you soon\nin the ducks words "Ok, I did buy into that "I support troops, but not the War" BUT: I was in the war. Granted not on the ground. But Us Navy. Not any more I have seen the light per say."