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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:38 PM Original message |
McCain: "We Arizonans hate California because they've stolen our water." |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. What water? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Sieze the east bank of the Colo. river |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. i feel a sam kinison joke coming |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. LOL! Great minds think alike. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
79. Oddly enough, Kinnison died within sight of the Colorado River, in AZ. n/t |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Usually, when Arizona and California start talking "stealing water" |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. If you live in California you could start the process. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
89. I live in Arizona for this week, |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. John McCain can kiss my Californian ass ! |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. I'll respect Ahnuld a slight bit more if/when he does. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. What you said! |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. They've both been stealing it from WA & Oregon for a hundred years. What a jerkbag. n/t |
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Umbral (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't know to what this references, but if there is any water missing from the area... |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Time to trot out the "Old Man Shouts at Cloud" headline from the Simpsons |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. This one? |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Yes! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Dear Senator McCain, |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. P.S. Senator, |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. At least people are not fleeing Arizona |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. California has a 1% population growth rate. Arizona has a 1.5% growth rate. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. California may lose a congress seat in this census due to loss of population |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Your data is old. Mine's through July 2009. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. You are comparing different things |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Did he really say that? At the health care reform meeting? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes he did. Flibbin' idiot. |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Omg, what an odd thing to blurt out at a health care meeting. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
77. It was a really odd moment, to be sure n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bring it on, 'Zona! |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. SoCal steals it from NorCal |
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Lebam in LA (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Don't forget Palm Desert |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. SoCal steals from everyone. |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. McCain can say good bye to any CA supporters... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. Ok, just in general |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #52 |
85. He's still speaking in front of a national audience... -nt |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Anyone interested in the history of water in the SouthWest should read "Cadillac Desert"... |
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mvccd1000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
83. Great read. Anyone in any of the Colorado River states should have this knowledge. nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. What a fool. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Both? |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Uh, no, rich old white people building golf courses in the desert stole your water. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Uhh, just for your info |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. "Bacteria from reclaimed water in sprinklers can travel more than 1000 feet in the air" |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. You were making a case about water use in AZ |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Yes, you're saving water by spraying dirty shit water everywhere. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Maybe it's time you came up with a more current study then 1997 |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. At least I posted studies, unlike you. Here are some more recent ones. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I like your studies |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:30 AM Response to Reply #54 |
80. Only because you are speaking total nonsense. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:12 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I guess if you can't read, you'd think it was nonsense |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #45 |
86. Did you forget that SoCal is a desert as well? -nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think if we allowed a natural flow of the Colorado River it ends up in Mexico |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. You could say that about any river in the country |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
70. Oddly enough |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. And we Californians hate Senator McCain because he's a senile, lying old sack of shit. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Funny, Us Arizonans hate him for the exact same reason. nt |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. And that's a point on which Arizona and California can build better relations! n/t |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. that's not unique to California |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. He has no problem with the Palo Verde nuke feeding California at our |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. We're hated? |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. Pardon me here but |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Golf course water |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Umm, we use reclaimed water |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #35 |
87. Maybe you should move to CA |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. I thought it was Nevada that was doing most of the stealing, you know Hoover dam, |
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Alias Dictus Tyrant (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
65. Nevada only gets 2% of the water from Colorado river basin. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. How much water *could* Arizonans possibly need to soak their dentures before The Snow Bird Special? |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. How much are you wasting on places like Waveland, John? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. Right, all those golf courses and lawns in Phoenix have nothing to do with it. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. They use reclaimed water |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
43. Wow. Why is it alright for these assholes to say they "hate" America, when |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
67. Actually, Arkansas has been the brunt of many jokes |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #43 |
84. They like to slam New England an awful lot. But then the other coast gets it occasionally too. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. The history is fairly complicated. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. hmmm.... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. This is about southern California. n/t |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. yeah, I thought that was a serious breach ... |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. Uh, McCain... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. As far as the law is concerned |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
59. DEYTOOKRWATER!!!! |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
60. Yeah, Phoenix et. al. had SO much water to steal... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Well, it's got nothing to do with healthcare |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Too many folks living in a desert. I read about the Nevada SC not allowing |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
63. Actually, they're all stealing water from the Navajo. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
64. Hayduke lives! |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
68. McCain was making a point about Tort reform |
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Grand Taurean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
72. SoCal gets most of their water from NorCal. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. He is past his prime |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:50 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Actually... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
75. And they're stealing our coastline |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
88. You mean the water that they stole from Colorado? |
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