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Warren Stupidity
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Wed Nov-02-11 07:53 AM Original message |
We have a second world power infrastructure. |
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WCGreen
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Wed Nov-02-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. The History Channel has a great two houir show called... |
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magic59
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Fri Nov-04-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Better infrastructure? Only if the 99% can take back their country. |
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hobbit709
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Wed Nov-02-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. In some places it's Third World status. |
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Warren Stupidity
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Wed Nov-02-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. it is enraging |
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luckyleftyme2
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Wed Nov-02-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. your right about that |
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bvar22
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Wed Nov-02-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Currently happening in Rural Arkansas |
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Laluchacontinua
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. I agree. One of my friends told me that where he grew up in Ohio, toilets still drained directly in |
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Brickbat
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. When we were moving several years ago, we looked at a house that drained its gray water out a pipe |
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Laluchacontinua
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It's unbelievable how backward we are in some ways. Even draining into an open pit would be better. |
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Brickbat
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I forgot to say this was way out in the woods. So it wasn't like it was in the city or anything. |
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Laluchacontinua
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It's a nice house, so you can overlook graywater in the river? Because it's in the back of beyond? |
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Brickbat
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Fri Nov-04-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. What river? |
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kristopher
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Gray water isn't good to dump in waterways, but it isn't sewerage. |
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Brickbat
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Fri Nov-04-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Yeah, the bad stuff comes mainly from the soap you use. |
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kristopher
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. That's illegal no matter where you are in the US. Clean Water Act. |
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Brickbat
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Fri Nov-04-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. . |
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luckyleftyme2
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Wed Nov-02-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. oh my |
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Warren Stupidity
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Wed Nov-02-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I feel like I should reply but I have no idea what you said. |
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luckyleftyme2
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Wed Nov-02-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. there is a simple reason for that |
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Warren Stupidity
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Wed Nov-02-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. which party did I plug? |
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formercia
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Wed Nov-02-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. I remember talking with a Western Electric Plant Manager in 1970 |
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Ship of Fools
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Wed Nov-02-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. I hardly know the ins & outs of the power grid, |
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dotymed
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Thu Nov-03-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. I can relate. The old power lines around my home "kick" out a |
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kristopher
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Thu Nov-03-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. The problem is the system is too centralized. |
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LiberalEsto
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Wed Nov-02-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. Stay warm, WS! |
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suffragette
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Wed Nov-02-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, and work on the infrastructure to take advantage of advances |
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snot
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Wed Nov-02-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. Just to chime in re- how great the regulated phone system was. |
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LiberalEsto
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Wed Nov-02-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. or break in on a long call for an emergency nt |
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PETRUS
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Wed Nov-02-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. In the "Lakes Region" myself. |
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Warren Stupidity
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Wed Nov-02-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Which is another example of the reverse socialism of the Kleptocracy. |
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PETRUS
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Wed Nov-02-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I like your analysis. nt |
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Laluchacontinua
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. +1. you said it better than i did. |
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Tesha
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Wed Nov-02-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. You sound just like Mr. Tesha! |
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ljm2002
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Wed Nov-02-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wow. |
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Puget Progressive
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Thu Nov-03-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. Very good points, Warren, that can be applied |
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reggie the dog
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. the fact that the usa does not have health care for all |
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proverbialwisdom
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Thu Nov-03-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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KG
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. in this country now, making war is more important. than anything... |
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Laluchacontinua
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was astonished to see how many people lost power in a single storm, & over how wide an area. |
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Flatulo
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Care to bet that the utilities have cut their workforces to the bone, and then some? |
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Laluchacontinua
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I believe it. I see the meter readers driving their own vehicles now & wearing civvies. |
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chrisa
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Thu Nov-03-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. A crew from Alabama restored our power. |
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swilton
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hi Warren |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. This is the logic of "free trade" and globalism: a race to the bottom. |
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chrisa
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Thu Nov-03-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. Back from 6th day w/o power - almost froze to death |
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Nye Bevan
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Thu Nov-03-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. I was shocked at the frequent outages when I moved here. |
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Warren Stupidity
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Fri Nov-04-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. "It would cost a fortune" ... not over the long term, it would save money. |
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izquierdista
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. My own experience |
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midnight
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Fri Nov-04-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
44. Great post.... |
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midnight armadillo
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Fri Nov-04-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
47. Bring on municipal power! |
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PATRICK
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Sat Nov-05-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
51. Another issue on the same line |
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Tipring
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Sat Nov-05-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. Warrens issue |
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