Freedom Industry

[morningfog]

By Aaron Bady

Gary Southern has had a long day. Freedom means this matters. Gary Southern is thirsty. Freedom means he has water. Human beings need water, constantly, always, and desperately. Without water, people die. Without water to wash in, people become dirty hillbillies, whose water can be poisoned. Freedom means you can tell nine counties in West Virginia not to use their water for a while, not if they want to not drink and wash in poison.

Freedom means Gary Southern is “not in the business of producing drinking water.”

What happens when you tell 100,000 people to choose not to use their water supply? Freedom means that it’s their fault when a lot of them choose to use their water. Freedom means choice.

Maybe the number will choose to be as high as 300,000. Maybe higher.

Freedom means that the Elk runs into the Kanawha, and the Kanawha runs into the Ohio, and the Ohio runs into the Mississippi.

Freedom means that anyone can choose to live downstream. Freedom means that everyone must choose to live downstream.

The West Virginia American Water Company has advised residents of nine state counties not to drink or bathe in their running water. “I can’t tell you that the water is unsafe, but I also can’t tell you it’s safe.” Freedom means no one can tell you whether or not to drink the water. Freedom means you can choose.

more: http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/zunguzungu/freedom-industries/

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Freedom Industry....Freedom Works....

= Freedom from ethics, I guess - only in bizarro world. Freedom is just another word...for right wing scum it seems, these days.

[2naSalit]

2. That's because

they define freedom as their rights being honored regardless of whether they usurp the rights of others. In the general definition that most of us - with an IQ that can be found on the positive side of 0 on a number line - have agreed to within our social contract states that our rights end where those of others begin. So those of us who "get it" regarding "freedom" have allowed those who don't understand the social contract to take advantage of the "ignorance by choice" defense and we are left to pay the price.

I'm getting pretty sick of it, myself.

[El_Johns]

3. I was wondering about that name. The Kochs funded FreedomWorks & it seems some other

"Freedom"-y orgs.

It flashed through my mind that maybe they're silent partners in this enterprise, as when I looked for info on the owners/CEOs they seemed to come from somewhat dubious backgrounds.

I wondered where they got their capital & why this whole thing seemed so shady -- like the "girlfriend" of one of the execs acting as spokesperson.

[pacalo]

4. The video I saw with Gary Southern drinking bottled water throughout a televised interview

showed how stunningly lacking he is in common sense & judgment.

to Adenoid_Hynkel's thread about the video. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017168857