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Obama to California 'Water, Its Not a Right its a Privilege' [Not a Quote from Obama]
big goverment ^ | Jan 25th 2010 | John Loudon

Posted on 02/20/2010 7:04:23 PM PST by blueyon

On the list of insane public policy moves we have come to expect from the current administration, Cap and Tax, Obamacare and Union Card Check, a fourth has garnered relatively little attention, although the implications for all Americans may be among the most far-reaching. The recurring theme is centralized control.

On Monday, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will host a rare Congressional “Field Hearing“. A Congressional delegation will venture out of the beltway and actually devote time to a problem in our country. Better yet, they will be listening to real citizens. Sort of.

At issue is what residents are calling a government-made drought in the Central and San Joaquin Valleys of California. Legal and environmental regulations in the Endangered Species Act has resulted in the diversion of 200 billion gallons of water from the agricultural heartland of California into the Ocean. According to California farmer Rose Corona,

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; corruption; environmentalists; envirowackos; farmers; government; lping; obama; rights; water; watercontrol; waternazi
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To: blueyon

Communists have often starved their opponents.


21 posted on 02/20/2010 7:16:30 PM PST by MtnClimber (Be a Patriot, contribute to Free Republic today!)
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To: blueyon

In California water equals food. So Obama is saying that food is not a right but a privilege.


22 posted on 02/20/2010 7:17:55 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: blueyon

Actually, since water is even more a “green house gas” than CO2, then water is a pollutant. Must be regulated and controlled, no?


23 posted on 02/20/2010 7:19:30 PM PST by C210N (A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: blueyon

Hannity did a special on this a while ago. It is really dreadful. Fertile lands are turning into dust bowls as a result of the insane environmentalist ruling of an idiot judge, who ordered turning off the water, because it inconvenienced some tiny fish. If it was so bad for the fish, how did it survive all these years?!


24 posted on 02/20/2010 7:20:09 PM PST by SmartInsight
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To: blueyon

One way or another, the “Progressives” seek population decline. Either through abortion/infanticide, sacrificing those they deem not worthy of life saving/extending health services, political and economic machinations leading to further employment loss and subsequent deaths due to same, starvation and dehydration.

The lunatics will have their long sought purge of humanity from Mother Gaea by any methods and means available.


25 posted on 02/20/2010 7:20:17 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: blueyon
Miles and miles of these throughout central California:

It's like Pharoah telling the slaves to make brick without straw.

26 posted on 02/20/2010 7:20:36 PM PST by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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To: MtnClimber

So true.

It worked for Stalin....and the 0bamaoists seek to repeat history.


27 posted on 02/20/2010 7:21:18 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: blueyon

So, elective surgery that kills children is a RIGHT but Water that is necessary for survival is a ‘privledge’?!?!

OY Vey!


28 posted on 02/20/2010 7:22:19 PM PST by reaganaut (- "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

Great minds think alike!


29 posted on 02/20/2010 7:22:44 PM PST by reaganaut (- "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: csmusaret

Obama’s constitution must begin with “We the critters”.
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No. His version starts with “I.............”


30 posted on 02/20/2010 7:23:59 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: mrreaganaut

Idiocy ping.


31 posted on 02/20/2010 7:25:05 PM PST by reaganaut (- "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: blueyon

This clearly imperial and not just forgetting where the power comes from but an outright rejection of the principles of power in the US.

The more times they say that this or that is not a right it is a privilege the more I resent them. They don’t just assert that the fruits of our labor and our nation are now theirs to allocate...THEY BELIEVE IT! If they stay very much longer they will have to be removed.


32 posted on 02/20/2010 7:27:25 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Half of the population is below average)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


33 posted on 02/20/2010 7:27:53 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: blueyon
I was in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 1964. Fidel Castro did the same thing to us that Obama is doing to S. California.


34 posted on 02/20/2010 7:30:04 PM PST by gitmo (FR vs DTU: n4mage vs DUmage)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

“I the Government”


35 posted on 02/20/2010 7:30:49 PM PST by Calif Conservative ( rwr and gwb backer)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

Slight modification:

It begins with, “I won.”

After that it goes something like this, “I won, therefore I am in control of even the air you breathe, the water you drink, the food you eat, the shelter over your head, your wealth and your health.”


36 posted on 02/20/2010 7:30:58 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Half of the population is below average)
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To: reaganaut

Yes they do! :) Of course, idiots think alike too. ;)


37 posted on 02/20/2010 7:31:52 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Psalms 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: blueyon
I can't find anywhere in this article where nObama made this statement. If it was said I want to hammer my local Rep etc. Anyone out there have this statement. I can't find it on any web search. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
38 posted on 02/20/2010 7:31:55 PM PST by repubpub
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To: SmartInsight

No that this matters but the fish isn’t even native to the area.


39 posted on 02/20/2010 7:33:55 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Psalms 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: blueyon

The death panel extends its grasp to water.


40 posted on 02/20/2010 7:35:51 PM PST by Raycpa
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