Comments on: Good and Evil in the Great Lakes Clean Water Debate http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/good-and-evil-in-the-great-lakes-clean-water-debate Great Lakes Restoration Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:42:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tiffany Danitz Pache http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/good-and-evil-in-the-great-lakes-clean-water-debate/comment-page-1#comment-2782 Tiffany Danitz Pache Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:10:36 +0000 http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=2274#comment-2782 There are significant exemptions, but that is how the sausage is made in Congress. It would be nice if we could make people understand the consequences of these exemptions but the farms, ranches and miners have a lot of influence in Congress. So much so, that some of our Great Lakes lawmakers who have been fantastic advocates in the past are shying away and not supporting this legislation.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2782','Tiffany Danitz Pache'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2782','Tiffany Danitz Pache','There are significant exemptions, but that is how the sausage is made in Congress. It would be nice if we could make people understand the consequences of these exemptions but the farms, ranches and miners have a lot of influence in Congress. So much so, that some of our Great Lakes lawmakers who have been fantastic advocates in the past are shying away and not supporting this legislation.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> There are significant exemptions, but that is how the sausage is made in Congress. It would be nice if we could make people understand the consequences of these exemptions but the farms, ranches and miners have a lot of influence in Congress. So much so, that some of our Great Lakes lawmakers who have been fantastic advocates in the past are shying away and not supporting this legislation.
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]]> By: Tiffany Danitz Pache http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/good-and-evil-in-the-great-lakes-clean-water-debate/comment-page-1#comment-2781 Tiffany Danitz Pache Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:08:51 +0000 http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=2274#comment-2781 We can only hope more Americans will see your point, Julie. It is so important that we keep our water safe. The Great Lakes are the largest system of surface fresh water in the world! There may be a time in the future when a lot more people are in need of fresh water and we need our lawmakers to keep this in mind.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2781','Tiffany Danitz Pache'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2781','Tiffany Danitz Pache','We can only hope more Americans will see your point, Julie. It is so important that we keep our water safe. The Great Lakes are the largest system of surface fresh water in the world! There may be a time in the future when a lot more people are in need of fresh water and we need our lawmakers to keep this in mind.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> We can only hope more Americans will see your point, Julie. It is so important that we keep our water safe. The Great Lakes are the largest system of surface fresh water in the world! There may be a time in the future when a lot more people are in need of fresh water and we need our lawmakers to keep this in mind.
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]]> By: Tiffany Danitz Pache http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/good-and-evil-in-the-great-lakes-clean-water-debate/comment-page-1#comment-2780 Tiffany Danitz Pache Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:06:38 +0000 http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=2274#comment-2780 Great point. The Mississippi is just one of the many tributaries to the Great Lakes that needs to be protected under the Clean Water Act. Thanks for sharing your musings.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2780','Tiffany Danitz Pache'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2780','Tiffany Danitz Pache','Great point. The Mississippi is just one of the many tributaries to the Great Lakes that needs to be protected under the Clean Water Act. Thanks for sharing your musings.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Great point. The Mississippi is just one of the many tributaries to the Great Lakes that needs to be protected under the Clean Water Act. Thanks for sharing your musings.
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]]> By: Karen Buck http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/good-and-evil-in-the-great-lakes-clean-water-debate/comment-page-1#comment-2689 Karen Buck Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:08:57 +0000 http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=2274#comment-2689 This should cover all water ways. I appears that the opponents are exempting all the polluters. How can people forget the recalls of spinach and tomatoes after polluted water irrigation ditches from cattle ranches? People got sick. Why should they be exempt from keeping our water ways clean? All water drains down hill, maybe it should drain to the Capitol Hill. Let's have Erin Brockovich fill the Congress water glasses. Have people forgotten dead Lake Erie? We need corporate responsibility, then profits. We can blame shareholders for demanding the impossible. Does that include you and me?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2689','Karen Buck'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2689','Karen Buck','This should cover all water ways. I appears that the opponents are exempting all the polluters. How can people forget the recalls of spinach and tomatoes after polluted water irrigation ditches from cattle ranches? People got sick. Why should they be exempt from keeping our water ways clean? All water drains down hill, maybe it should drain to the Capitol Hill. Let\'s have Erin Brockovich fill the Congress water glasses. Have people forgotten dead Lake Erie? \r\nWe need corporate responsibility, then profits. We can blame shareholders for demanding the impossible. Does that include you and me?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This should cover all water ways. I appears that the opponents are exempting all the polluters. How can people forget the recalls of spinach and tomatoes after polluted water irrigation ditches from cattle ranches? People got sick. Why should they be exempt from keeping our water ways clean? All water drains down hill, maybe it should drain to the Capitol Hill. Let’s have Erin Brockovich fill the Congress water glasses. Have people forgotten dead Lake Erie?
We need corporate responsibility, then profits. We can blame shareholders for demanding the impossible. Does that include you and me?
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]]> By: Julie Peck http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/good-and-evil-in-the-great-lakes-clean-water-debate/comment-page-1#comment-2663 Julie Peck Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:32:25 +0000 http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=2274#comment-2663 Although I am not knowledgeable in the ways of the Senate and how the majority of the country's economics works I would think that a Nation that stands for Freedom, Liberty, and Rights for all men would be able to offer safe drinking water. People in West Virginia are having to avoid their tap water because it causes skin damage and diseases. What human being would refuse to give other humans safe drinking water. For that matter, we pay for this safety, we all pay taxes and have water bills. Why is it that I pay hundreds a month for water if it is not going to be clean? This is insulting to the American people and beyond that it makes Americans look like fools. How can we be proud to be American if we cannot help our own people survive? No matter the hardships we are going through we should first take care of our people and then look to the rest of the world. We refer to many countries as developing and third-world countries but we have thousands of people suffering from the same problems: poverty, starvation, homelessness, and now unhealthy drinking water. Any Senator who believes he is helping his constituents by not passing this particular bill to protect every American, does not deserve to be a Senator nor an American.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2663','Julie Peck'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2663','Julie Peck','Although I am not knowledgeable in the ways of the Senate and how the majority of the country\'s economics works I would think that a Nation that stands for Freedom, Liberty, and Rights for all men would be able to offer safe drinking water. People in West Virginia are having to avoid their tap water because it causes skin damage and diseases. What human being would refuse to give other humans safe drinking water. For that matter, we pay for this safety, we all pay taxes and have water bills. Why is it that I pay hundreds a month for water if it is not going to be clean?\r\n\r\nThis is insulting to the American people and beyond that it makes Americans look like fools. How can we be proud to be American if we cannot help our own people survive? No matter the hardships we are going through we should first take care of our people and then look to the rest of the world. We refer to many countries as developing and third-world countries but we have thousands of people suffering from the same problems: poverty, starvation, homelessness, and now unhealthy drinking water. Any Senator who believes he is helping his constituents by not passing this particular bill to protect every American, does not deserve to be a Senator nor an American.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Although I am not knowledgeable in the ways of the Senate and how the majority of the country’s economics works I would think that a Nation that stands for Freedom, Liberty, and Rights for all men would be able to offer safe drinking water. People in West Virginia are having to avoid their tap water because it causes skin damage and diseases. What human being would refuse to give other humans safe drinking water. For that matter, we pay for this safety, we all pay taxes and have water bills. Why is it that I pay hundreds a month for water if it is not going to be clean?

This is insulting to the American people and beyond that it makes Americans look like fools. How can we be proud to be American if we cannot help our own people survive? No matter the hardships we are going through we should first take care of our people and then look to the rest of the world. We refer to many countries as developing and third-world countries but we have thousands of people suffering from the same problems: poverty, starvation, homelessness, and now unhealthy drinking water. Any Senator who believes he is helping his constituents by not passing this particular bill to protect every American, does not deserve to be a Senator nor an American.

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]]> By: Sharon Scotellaro http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/good-and-evil-in-the-great-lakes-clean-water-debate/comment-page-1#comment-2604 Sharon Scotellaro Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:26:21 +0000 http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=2274#comment-2604 Just drove over the Mississippi River going to and from Iowa from my home in Illinois. I was amazed by this river's magntude and beauty. Please do whatever it takes to preserve this wonderful natural resource and keep it's waters safe and clean!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2604','Sharon Scotellaro'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2604','Sharon Scotellaro','Just drove over the Mississippi River going to and from Iowa from my home in Illinois. \r\nI was amazed by this river\'s magntude and beauty. \r\nPlease do whatever it takes to preserve this wonderful natural resource and keep it\'s waters safe and clean!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Just drove over the Mississippi River going to and from Iowa from my home in Illinois.
I was amazed by this river’s magntude and beauty.
Please do whatever it takes to preserve this wonderful natural resource and keep it’s waters safe and clean!
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]]> By: Into the Illinois River: 4 million pounds of toxic waste | The Rock River Times http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/good-and-evil-in-the-great-lakes-clean-water-debate/comment-page-1#comment-2523 Into the Illinois River: 4 million pounds of toxic waste | The Rock River Times Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:51:54 +0000 http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=2274#comment-2523 [...] 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html 2. http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/06... [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2523','Into the Illinois River: 4 million pounds of toxic waste | The Rock River Times'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2523','Into the Illinois River: 4 million pounds of toxic waste | The Rock River Times','[...] 1. http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/13\/us\/13water.html 2. http:\/\/www.healthylakes.org\/great-lakes-congressional-watch\/congressional-winners-and-losers\/2009\/06... [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html 2. http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/06… [...]
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