[balch3]

Environmental whackos running amuck on our military bases. Somebody needs to send this to Rush. He’d have some choice words about this.

[359Henrie]

Sorry sparky, but both of my Marine cousins contracted cancer before they were 30. 4 year hitch there. This article has my attention.

[Fitzcarraldo]

The story is that ABC dry cleaners in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was dumping waste fluids into the ground and the plume flowed toward the ocean, contaminating the wells in Tarawa Terrace, one of the housing areas.

I lived in Tarawa Terrace in the late fifties and mid sixties while my Dad was in the Marines.

I don't have any ill effects that I'm aware of, but have had trouble locating any classmates lately.

Here is a link to a website managed by the daughters of the principal of the elementary school I attended at Tarawa Terrace:

http://www.watersurvivors.com/default.asp

[ReignOfError]

Environmental whackos running amuck on our military bases. Somebody needs to send this to Rush. He’d have some choice words about this.

Sure. It's not as if the Marines deserve the same level of protection as any other citizen. I mean, it was long enough ago that most of 'em aren't even Marines any more. Toss 'em aside.

To me, and especially on Veterans' Day, "support the troops" means supporting the serviceman. If his leaders, uniformed or civilian, failed him, they should be held to account.

We're talking about our sons and daughters, sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers who willingly place themselves in harm's way for our sake. Giving them an essential like water that is not up to the standard we expect for the rest of us is a betrayal.

[Dubya]

Did your wife and children drink any of this water?