Couple of things
- Wow. What do you do about this? Arguably, being a Nazi is a bad thing and, arguably, if Eric Henss worked in some capacity where he tortured prisoners in a concentration camp that's a very, very bad thing. But, then again, he's denying the charges and, more to the point, he's 85 years old, says all of those things were horrible and immoral, has spent his life trying to put the war out of his mind and, apparently, has lived a peaceful and normal existence since then. Is that worth deporting?
- Helen Person also called him 'a mighty fine chap' and then tipped him a nickel for helping her with her groceries.
- I'm not entirely sure what the point of this editorial is. Of course it's wise for local governments to have thorough water management plans which are available to the public and take into account the dire situation we are in as of now, but it's also kinda silly to criticize the Athens-Clarke County government when they actually have said plan. One, I suppose, could argue that the 'next step' could be made more public, but at the same time they did spell out what options for priority use there would be.
- Related to that, aside from simply making stuff up, Chris Butts misses the point altogether. By ignoring the fact that we only had 45 days of water left, and that the severity of drought had advanced so rapidly, any type of plan that had been previously laid out would be rather useless, wouldn't it? Also, as this story lays out, there are no other viable and immediate options for Athens-Clarke County to draw water, so his point that 'hey, just get it from some place else' makes absolutely no sense and isn't grounded in the reality of the matter.
- Of course, for outdoor use of water, easing the state restrictions on gray water use would really help. Since the batch of guys up there are so eager to run everything out of Atlanta anyway, how about a little help on that end fellas?
- Blake's a little tongue-in-cheek about it, but in all seriousness, old-fashioned hand-shaking and personal interaction is the best way to win votes. Not only does it show that a candidate has the intention of getting out there and meeting folks, it also helps the voter associate the name with a person, which is everything in an election.
- Again I say ... who would have thought at the beginning of this long, spectacular spiral downward, that we'd all be backing K-Fed on this thing?
- Helen Person also called him 'a mighty fine chap' and then tipped him a nickel for helping her with her groceries.
- I'm not entirely sure what the point of this editorial is. Of course it's wise for local governments to have thorough water management plans which are available to the public and take into account the dire situation we are in as of now, but it's also kinda silly to criticize the Athens-Clarke County government when they actually have said plan. One, I suppose, could argue that the 'next step' could be made more public, but at the same time they did spell out what options for priority use there would be.
- Related to that, aside from simply making stuff up, Chris Butts misses the point altogether. By ignoring the fact that we only had 45 days of water left, and that the severity of drought had advanced so rapidly, any type of plan that had been previously laid out would be rather useless, wouldn't it? Also, as this story lays out, there are no other viable and immediate options for Athens-Clarke County to draw water, so his point that 'hey, just get it from some place else' makes absolutely no sense and isn't grounded in the reality of the matter.
- Of course, for outdoor use of water, easing the state restrictions on gray water use would really help. Since the batch of guys up there are so eager to run everything out of Atlanta anyway, how about a little help on that end fellas?
- Blake's a little tongue-in-cheek about it, but in all seriousness, old-fashioned hand-shaking and personal interaction is the best way to win votes. Not only does it show that a candidate has the intention of getting out there and meeting folks, it also helps the voter associate the name with a person, which is everything in an election.
- Again I say ... who would have thought at the beginning of this long, spectacular spiral downward, that we'd all be backing K-Fed on this thing?
posted by Jmac at 6:38 AM
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Being a Nazi is only "arguably" bad...?
Arguably - Susceptible to being supported by convincing or persuasive argument.
And I would think the Nazis' record of, you know, striving for world domination and ethnic and religious genocide is a convincing enough argument to say they were yes, indeed, quite bad.
I was all about the deportation until I read today's AJC article. What he did was horrifying, but he was only 19 at the time. I'm not saying there's a statute of limitations on this kind of stuff, but it's a very tough call, especially given that the story isn't clear. I just can't completely crucify a 19-year-old who followed orders under the threat of death.
Well, if we're going to let those Junior Eichman off the hook because the statute of limitations has expired, I suppose it's time to shut down that Moore's Ford group.
Arguably. :)
okay, I just watched Manager Reddish outline phase F of the drought restrictions, and almost fell asleep several times. But I was disturbed to hear David Lynn mention that he doesn't think we can talk about water w/out talking about charging larger consumers more for it, basically. Does that mean that whatever Reddish was on and on and on about didn't address the biggest users paying more?
And what was Ms.Hoard going on about how great the hotels are doing at conserving for? I know she's a little defensive that her committee on water use had to stop at phase E, or something, but I want to know why the chicken plants and other industries that consume big wa wa aren't already paying bigger prices than we are... that would comfort me a great deal while I watch my yardful of perennials and natives and trees just wither up, along w/the little stream that runs thru it, barely.
Does anyone have a copy of what Reddish and staff put together this afternoon in 4 hours (and worked all weekend on too,apparently), or did anyone make it thru his presentation w/some sense of the details of what he said?
Maybe Blake was there for it, but I doubt it, this was around 11pm.
I heard the part where he said we'd be out of water Dec. 21... Arguably a more interesting topic than the old Nazi, lol.
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