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Detroit activists call for UN help as city shuts off water for thousands
AlJezeera ^
| June 22, 2014 12:51PM ET
| by Peter Moskowitz @ptrmsk
Posted on 06/22/2014 6:32:43 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59
...just ask the Haitians how well having the UN anywhere near drinking water sources worked out...
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posted on
06/22/2014 9:26:30 PM PDT
by
castlebrew
(Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
To: Dallas59
Not as simple as many here contend. Average monthly bills are huge by comparison to ours, and the dept sounds pretty corrupt to me. They have old leaking pipes which they cannot afford to repair. It's a city in trouble in many ways.
According to some sites people who have paid their bill in full cannot get water turned back on, and many were not given any notice about the shutoff.
Hope it is all ok soon. Love to Detroit.
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posted on
06/22/2014 10:25:23 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: cripplecreek
No. I love your comeback kid.
63
posted on
06/22/2014 10:26:14 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: berdie
keep the faith. Detroit will be back.
In our lifetime.
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posted on
06/22/2014 10:27:45 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: terycarl
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posted on
06/22/2014 11:31:21 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Dallas59
If Detroit declares a universal hatred for Israel and kills a few Jews the UN will give them billions.
To: Dallas59; Chode
Ah, a Chebbie with the BSR package.
(Big Stupid Rims)
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posted on
06/23/2014 12:06:50 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: Dallas59
Just go to the Mickey D's and get your drank.
To: Dallas59
Detroit has too much of some things...not enough of others, such as residents who pay their water bills.
Revenue wise, that's actually not a problem since they sell their water to all the surrounding suburbs too......
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posted on
06/23/2014 3:35:12 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(By now, everyone should know that you shoot a zombie in the head. Don't try to reason with them...)
To: ChildOfThe60s
“Detroit is a microcosm of what this country will be like if present path remains unchanged. Which is looking more likely, not less.”
Definitely; already happening in NJ. Public-sector unions bankrupting taxpayers, forcing companies and workers to flee to greener (and warmer) pastures.
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posted on
06/23/2014 3:54:11 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Mears
“The U.N.?
Weird”
Not at all; these aren’t assimilated Americans, and the local government is “allowing this to happen”.
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posted on
06/23/2014 3:56:54 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Dallas59
——Meera Karunananthan, an international campaigner with the Blue Planet Project. “The U.S. has international obligations in terms of peoples right to water, and this is a blatant violation of that right.——
Lake Michigan can’t that far away....millions of people draw their drinking water from lakes and rivers....for FREE...
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posted on
06/23/2014 4:08:04 AM PDT
by
Popman
("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
To: uglybiker
yup, money for EVERYTHING, except the necessities...
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posted on
06/23/2014 4:41:39 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: MarMema
I just wish conservatives would grasp the importance of gaining control of the Detroit border crossing. Its the second busiest freight crossing on the continent which means LOTS of money. Its only marginally behind Laredo in the amount of freight crossing the border.
While conservatives stand around and giggle at Detroit like children, democrats stuff huge sums of money in their pockets.
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posted on
06/23/2014 5:02:04 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Dallas59
It is a heck of a sad day when I see an aljazeera article on FR....
With regards to the subject of the article, just stick it to the whiteys in the burbs!
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:49:21 AM PDT
by
CSM
(Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
To: Antihero101607
South Detroit is Windsor, Ontario, Canada, by the way.
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posted on
06/23/2014 10:32:44 AM PDT
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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