The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation deputy director Sherwin Smith is warning citizens to think before they start raising concerns about water quality because they could be charged with making terroristic threats. Smith told Maury County resident that unfounded complaints could be considered an “act of terrorism” and turned over the the police and the FBI. The meeting followed complaints about water quality in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee where children have become ill drinking the water. That left residents with the sense that they were being given a Sophie’s Choice by the TDEC: live with sick children or face a possible charge of being a terrorist.
Smith warned residents “you need to make sure that when you make water quality complaints you have a basis, because federally, if there’s no water quality issues, that can be considered under homeland security an act of terrorism.” One audience member seemed to be in disbelief and asked “Can you say that again, please?” Smtih then repeated the warning.
The residents know something about terror. Joycelene Johns, 68, says that she has had no choice but to drink the cloudy, odd-tasting water for years. She added “I’ll drink it. but I pray before the first sip.”
The comments reflect a fear that the war on terror, like Saturn, inevitably devours its own. Criticism of the government is now viewed as a potentially terrorist act in our new society. The TDEC appears to be paraphrasing Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: “The fault, dear Joycelene, is not in our water, But in ourselves.”
Of course, the worse thing is if Johns is arrested and water-boarded with the same contaminated water. The least they could do is use some bottled water so not to add insult to injury.
Source: Tennessee
Yes, I can afford going out of state. I just want to know which is more pleasant to live in.
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Great site you have here but I was curious about if you knew of any discussion boards
that cover the same topics discussed here?
I’d really love to be a part of group where I can get feedback from other knowledgeable people that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!
Everyone should have a sample of water tested and send the results to the NSA so it can be classified and then leaked to the press.
its a public water supply so fire them and hire someone among you that will do the job better and respectfully and put them in prison and force feed them the same water till they get out.
Seems to me forcing people to drink poison is an act of terror. So instead of complaining, these people should just call up the Dept. of Homeland Security and file charges against their water company of terrorism.
Agustin Goba
I agree with you they should call Homeland Security and file charges with them against the water company. Or if they might direct them to where to sign the complaint.
Go for it, it couldn’t hurt.
“I told you to get ready for the hunt! Take another turd bath!”
Thanks for making me snort coffee, Bron, although I fall on the fisherman side of the whole hunter/gatherer thing. 😀