In a time of chimpanzees, I was a penguin.
The religious right is motivated by the suspicion that someone, somewhere,
is having fun -- and that this must be stopped.
Nobody would ever be vicious enough to do something like that, you say? Well, Detroit has already started on that project. As have a number of other cities in similar dire straits, where water main breaks occur every day and it's only a matter of time before they quit fixing the water main breaks anywhere other than in the neighborhoods where rich people live or work. Because, after all, who needs those pesky poor people around anyhow? They're so... uncouth.
-- Badtux the Snarky Penguin
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Cf: water empire".
ReplyDeleteDetroit really is on its way to being a ghost town. I'm waiting for some disaster to befall the place and clear out the city for good.
ReplyDeleteUgly-bags-of-mostly-water, as ST (the original) told us once, years ago. Yup, the water wars are coming.
ReplyDeleteProblem is, if you have two loaves of bread and your neighbour has none, and you don't share ... they will descend upon you with torches and pitchforks sooner or later.