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Scary Statistic: 70% of China's Waterways are Polluted !
Boxun News ^ | 11/23/05 | vanity

Posted on 11/23/2005 4:17:45 PM PST by genefromjersey

An official Chinese report confirms the Communist nation has managed to foul 70% of its waterways with its "work now-clean up later" policy ; and that this pollution endangers the national food supply.

We in the West are inclined to shrug; but consider this: a well-armed,highly militaristic nation, that has been expanding its operations into OUR sphere of influence is potentially a danger to us.

Factor in the possibility of large-scale famine in China, and potential danger escalates to a startling degree !


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; communists; danger; foodsupply; pollution; rivers
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To: fhayek
In Pee-king, perhaps?

ROFLOL!!

41 posted on 11/23/2005 5:24:44 PM PST by Osage Orange (A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -M. Twain)
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To: RaceBannon
These people do NOT drink their own tap water!!

It was the same way in Turkey when my ship made liberty calls there during Desert Storm. The rule was, "if it didn't come out of a bottle or can, don't drink it!" A few guys drank the water anyway, and wound up in sickbay with dysentery - nasty, nasty stuff.

42 posted on 11/23/2005 5:25:03 PM PST by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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To: LasVegasMac

As I recall that was authored by Seymore Butts!!!


43 posted on 11/23/2005 5:33:11 PM PST by Leavemealone
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To: genefromjersey

Send Bobby Kennedy, Jr. He can fix it. And, after all, they sent us the bird flu, we can at least send them the bir brain.


44 posted on 11/23/2005 5:34:26 PM PST by RouxStir (Peaceful Muslim?.....The Ultimate Oxymoron.)
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To: genefromjersey

I worked in the Yunnan Province of China for 6 months in 1976 - 1977. Our guest house was located right on the Yangtze River. The heads on the boats plying the river were just holes in the ship's fantail and dumped straight into the river. The villages along the river drew their drinking and irrigation water from the river and there were no sanitary works to clean the water. The only purification was to boil the water. Houses in the nearby village had no running water, no electricity, no sewer, no glass for the window and dirt floors in the single room. To answer nature's call, you walked to the honey pots situated among the houses and stuck your bare bum over the edge. It was like a trip back in time about 2,000 years.


45 posted on 11/23/2005 5:34:32 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: LasVegasMac
I. C. Butts?

Don't forget the other chinese classic: Blood on the High Hurdle by Won Hung Lo.

46 posted on 11/23/2005 5:36:45 PM PST by Ben Ficklin
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To: pipecorp

>where do three billion people pee?<

Into the wind, it seems.


47 posted on 11/23/2005 5:40:17 PM PST by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
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To: genefromjersey

And "poof" goes the myth of the Socialist Workers' Paradise.

We will soon see in China why I don't worry more about the environment. Without clean fresh water to drink and enough healthy food, humans don't survive long. And once the human population drops, their impact on the environment is reduced.

Amazing that the Romans knew the importance of safe water supplies (messing with an aqueduct carried the death penalty) and sanitation. In some parts of the world, we're still 3000 years behind the times.


48 posted on 11/23/2005 5:41:03 PM PST by Ostlandr ("Billions down the drain, and we ain't plugged it yet." - Federal Government motto)
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To: LasVegasMac

I.Seymore Butts


49 posted on 11/23/2005 5:41:55 PM PST by pipecorp (Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslims have already started. 1800 replies and not a single post!)
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To: Eddie01

Check these google links to Chinese famines.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=RNWE%2CRNWE%3A2005-47%2CRNWE%3Aen&q=Chinese+famines


50 posted on 11/23/2005 5:55:09 PM PST by Exit148 (Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
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To: genefromjersey

When you look at the waterways, you will believe the extent of the pollution. One time I saw a body floating down the Yangzi. The Chinese on the boat never batted an eyelash.


51 posted on 11/23/2005 6:12:28 PM PST by Exit148 (Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
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To: genefromjersey

An improvement! It used to be about 99%!


52 posted on 11/23/2005 6:15:47 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: RaceBannon

Taking a shower there it smells pretty funky. Gotta wonder about the residue ....


53 posted on 11/23/2005 6:17:16 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: hinckley buzzard

They are into the locust mentality. Destroy then move on. Watch out world!


54 posted on 11/23/2005 6:19:50 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: LasVegasMac

Some dude named Seymour! :-)


55 posted on 11/23/2005 6:21:36 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: Cagey
GreenPeace will be there tomorrow.

Green Peace has no interest until they can extort, drive tax dollars or campaign for democrats

56 posted on 11/23/2005 6:23:37 PM PST by alrea
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To: genefromjersey

It's OK- they can just buy some "Kyoto Credits" and all will be forgiven.


57 posted on 11/23/2005 6:40:59 PM PST by fat city ("The nation that controls magnetism controls the world.")
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To: LasVegasMac

Never heard of under the bleachers. But I remember a book called "Spot on the wall'...I believe that was also written by Whoo Flung Pooh??


58 posted on 11/23/2005 6:42:06 PM PST by Fawn (Try not---do or do not. ~~ Yoda)
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To: hinckley buzzard
And the other 30% are drying up. Outlaw regimes like Red China are the hardest on the environment of any states on earth, and always will be. China has several Achille's heels, and this is one of them

The common human ailment demonstrated here is that the power elite lead to their personal interests.

In the European-American sphere we have wealthy elitists guiding civilization to adopt a society that embraces socialism under the guidance of financial aristocracy.

The Asian counterpart is to follow a similar model under the guidance of brute rule.

The Islamic crescent from Africa to Indonesian uses Theocracy and thugs to order a society.

In all the models, wealth flows to the rulers. The West justs offers a bigger carrot and a smaller stick to the common folk.

59 posted on 11/23/2005 7:40:43 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (Some say what's good for others, the others make the goods; it's the meddlers against the peddlers)
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To: Jeff Head; TigerLikesRooster; Tailgunner Joe; CodeRouge; Arthalion; expatguy; DTogo

ping


60 posted on 11/23/2005 9:33:32 PM PST by Wiz
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