Word has it that they were rioting in Cosco over water... Too bad I wasn't there because i probably could have got a few free shots in. You know a stinging left hook to the side of another person's head... The kind of person that would riot over water in Cosco.
Makes you wonder what might happen when the big earthquake hits and Richmond goes into the Ocean, North and West Van have a few subdivisions shift a few thousand feet down...
Hopefully the roads wont be too wrecked... Wouldn't want to miss my favorite part of the day... Reading the front page of the local papers. "How could this Happen!" or "Speed skating dome in the Ocean... No time to rebuild before the Olympics", or, Hundreds Riot for food and water.
not that I want this to happen, but it just seems that our species has just become so useless, it becomes irritating.
As I have said to a few who have made mad dashes to get water... You can always boil it... You still have electricity. And the response "but it tastes gross"... But it will keep you alive if that's what you are panicking about. One of the nameless persons supported the invasion of Iraq years ago on the principle that "Saddam" was a dictator and the world needed the Oil in good hands. Now those people have it rough... Years of no good water, no electricity, and a good chance of getting shot if you go out to find water... I guess not much economy in a land where there is nothing but broken buildings and depleted uranium vapor.
Well I guess I'll just go down and take a shit in my toilet that is filled with fine drinking water, that happens to be a bit cloudy, and then see what's in the frigde, maybe I'll call up somebody on the telephone and complain about something.
Give your head a shake people of Vancouver.
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I can merely parrot the words of this morning's radio call-in person and ask, "Where has Gordon Campbell been during all this?"
Riding the construction boom to the bank... just like last time when he built those leaky shitholes.
They have "rain-screen" warranties now, so no worries
Where's Gordon Campbell? He is listening to a delegation from the Drainem-Dry Water Company, who are explaining that a private model would better serve the citizens of British Columbia. For a small fee of $20 per month, citizens would buy all their water, but it would be guaranteed to be safe at all times as a result of private sector efficiencies and technologies that would be introduced once the Province hands over legal rights to 80% of B.C.'s fresh water supply.
Of course, the $20.00 fee would be 'reviewed' periodically by an independent 'public water board,' made up of individuals appointed by the party in power, based purely on their expertise in natural resource management.
"It's time to move forward, and discard outmoded public ownership models," said Premier Carol Taylor in the 2013 election, still looking good at age 116, and seeking a campaign issue after the post-Olympic slowdown of 2010-2012.
"We're entering a new era of hope and propsperity for the province of British Columbia."
Brilliant. Gotta get your stuff on the Tyee, ACM.
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