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Title: Tea Party Town Runs Out of Water, Prays for Help
Source:
Benzinga
URL Source: http://www.benzinga.com/news/11/08/ ... ns-out-of-water-prays-for-help
Published: Aug 9, 2011
Author: Benzinga
Post Date: 2011-08-09 17:06:35 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4663
Comments: 8
Dear Tea Party: This is why you have to collect taxes and spend money on infrastructure. The north Texas town of Kemp ran out of water this week, leaving its 1,133 residents without drinking water. "Right now our water towers have no water in them at all," said Kemp Mayor Donald Kile. "According to the weather forecast we got no relief coming. We're believing and we're praying for rain." Aah yes, prayer — the last refuge of the truly desperate. Perhaps these Texans could try something the rest of the civilized world does, and raise tax revenues to pay for infrastructure improvements. Why? Their infrastructure dates back to the 1930s. Most of the water system's 30 miles of pipes haven't been updated in decades. It was these old, shoddy pipes that led directly to the water shortage and shutdown in Kemp. The heat wave that has gripped the southern United States for a month now taxed the system, and the pipes, which should have been updated recently but were not, burst. In the past three weeks, there have been fourteen separate water main breaks in Kemp. "It's sad to say, but it's poor planning," said Kile, who was elected mayor recently. "When they put that water treatment plant in, they should have implemented something then... it just wasn't ever done." One resident had her own take on the water shutoff, and some words for...god only knows who. "You tell them this old woman is hot down here — and not just because of the heat!" she yelled. "It's 107 degrees in my blood, because you people... down there won't get off your duff and fix this stuff!" Mayor Kile is certainly trying. The city is currently spending $350,000 to replace 4,000 feet of pipe. That's hardly going to make a dent in the problem today, and there may not be funding available for more repairs just yet. The city is represented in Congress by a Tea Party favorite, House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling. Meanwhile, Kemp's residents are without water in the middle of a non-stop, 100-degree-plus heat wave. While they wait and wonder when they'll be able to drink again, Kemp's residents have had plenty of time to reflect on what they learned by the circumstances. Or will they? The town ran out of water last year, too. They spent three days with the water shut off as officials, once again, prayed for help. Clearly, that worked...since the water problems returned this year. Maybe they should sacrifice a virgin next summer. The entire debacle is a nice reminder of why it behooves the United States to spend money — even borrowed money — updating and rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure. Who knows...maybe by this time next year, parts of Texas will have the same level of civilization as the third world!
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Wrong again. 73 million Americans (24%) received water services from a privately owned water utility or a municipal utility operating under a public-private partnership. My water supply comes from a private cooperative. Private water supplies are common in the U.S., U.K. France, Spain, and in about 40 other countries. If government bureaucrats can't keep the water flowing, then they need to be privatized.
PG&E was negligent in maintaining their infrastructure resulting in loss of property and life; should their business be transfered to the public sector?
"...all of the equations in neoclassical economics are rubbish. The differential equations describe nothing. Economics is not about mathematics, it is about the human being." Sandeep Jaitly
You idiots blame the tea-party - I blame Obama. Who knows what effect his lowering of the sea levels is having on the planet - and we KNOW he hates Texas.
Sound more like god hates Texas...
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
I guess everybody hates Texas. Obama, the tea party, and now God. Maybe they should just seceed.
And the article conveniently forgets to explain why "MOST" of those breaks have occured..... The ground shifts down there quite a bit, especially in hot weather..... Why do you think there are very few houses in Texas that have basements, unstable ground!!!!
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Now quit introducing FACTS into Baghdad Brians' propaganda! You'll *miss* the message of "Socialism = good, Tea Party = BAAAAAAAAAHHHD."
It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow slogans from 1984: War is peace. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [so] logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... THEIR God... is the STATE.
I thought the part you quoted explained it pretty well: "... the pipes, which should have been updated recently but were not, burst" Whenever that idiot Eric takes your side you know you're in trouble.
-------------------------------------Dear Tea Party: This is why you have to collect taxes and spend money on infrastructure.
This small group of terrorists [Tea Party members] have made it impossible to spend any money. -- Mike Doyle (D-PA)
#2. To: jwpegler, Brian S (#1)
If government bureaucrats can't keep the water flowing, then they need to be privatized.
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
Dear Tea Party: This is why you have to collect taxes and spend money on infrastructure.
#4. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#3)
and we KNOW he hates Texas.
#5. To: Brian S (#4)
#6. To: Brian S (#0)
It was these old, shoddy pipes that led directly to the water shortage and shutdown in Kemp. The heat wave that has gripped the southern United States for a month now taxed the system, and the pipes, which should have been updated recently but were not, burst. In the past three weeks, there have been fourteen separate water main breaks in Kemp.
#7. To: CZ82 (#6)
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
#8. To: CZ82 (#6)
And the article conveniently forgets to explain why "MOST" of those breaks have occured.....
Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?
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