The environmental problems in China continue to grow worse as the regime spurs industry to keep up production numbers in an economic downturn. We have recently seen environmentalists attacked for criticizing Communist officials for the dismal condition of rivers in China. Now, one city that uses a polluted river for drinking water woke up to find more than 900 dead pigs floating down their river. Chinese officials insist that it is not a case of dumping but curiously say that they have no idea how it happened or where the animals came from.
The pigs were pulled from a Shanghai river used as a water source for city residents. Pictures of the river are equally shocking in the realization that this disgusting river is used for drinking water, even without the presence of almost 1000 rotting pigs.
Officials say the water quality has not been affected and if you cannot believe the Communist regime on environmental problem, who can you believe?
Source: Independent
rafflaw: “Are we sure that the pigs didn’t die from drinking the water
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LOL You’re into some seriously Pete territory now. 🙂
I wonder if their river water can be lit on fire?
Gene,
The pigs are multiplying like rabbits!
Welcome back ID.
NBC is now reporting the number at over 2,800 dead pigs.
http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/11/17266070-more-than-2800-dead-pigs-found-in-chinese-river?lite
Officials say the water quality has not been affected and if you cannot believe the Communist regime on environmental problem, who can you believe?
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This is an accurate statement because the water is already at the bottom of the unsafe level.
Good to see you on the mend idealist.
id707,
Get and stay well. Go easy on the nurses. 😉
!D707,
Been there, done that and you’re a tough enough Old Buzzard to pull yourself through. All my best wishes.
Mike
Thanks, people. I ain’t back yet. Got more maturing to do. Just couldn’t resist the urge to say hello with Makana’s help.
The procedure is scheduled for 21 March. Spring is sprung then, but I am no longer young. Happens to us all.
I am hoping to return.
Capitalism run amok no enviromental laws protecting the enviroment. On the other hand I think the U.S. has gone to far the other way
Yeah Idealist707, I was asking about you a short while back.
Welcome back …
Well… I think Dallas just made the news for something similar….
ID…. Hope the health keeps with you…
ID707,
It’s good to have you back. I was worried about you and I hope the procedure went well.
This is obviously a case of Pig Mass Suicide. It’s those pigs and no one else who are responsible. Nothing to see here…….move along.
ID,
Great song. I would love to hear Leonard Cohen sing it too! The bidding of the many, not the few is a great line!
Are we sure that the pigs didn’t die from drinking the water??
“Almost 1000 Dead Pigs Pulled From Polluted Chinese River”
Sounds like a good line in a poem or lyric in a song about the need to repair our police departments.
I didn’t think I lived under a rock, … but I never heard of this guy till now.
In early November 2011, Makana wrote/recorded and shot a video for a protest song in the style of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan called “We Are The Many”. The song expresses the sentiment of the current Occupy movement through a succinct, penetrating socioeconomic commentary on corporate corruption in banking and governance.
Makana performed for the Obamas at the Whitehouse in 2009 and they invited him to perform at the APEC summit in Honolulu on November 12, 2011. Makana accepted the invitation, and decided to perform his song “We Are The Many” at the APEC dinner, where the Obamas and 20 world leaders were present. Following the performance many of the major news outlets picked up the story, resulting in features on CNN, Democracy Now!, Sean Hannity, ABC, BBC, WIRED, etc. For 2 days Makana’s performance at APEC was the No. 1 news story on Yahoo News. All of this resulted in over half a million views of the various videos of his performance and music video, with Rolling Stone magazine (Dec 2011) calling his song “The Occupy Anthem”.
ID707, bookmarked and shared it already. Thanks.
No Sweet & Pungent Pork for a while……….
If it stops sometime, patience. It will continue after some seconds.
We are the many not the few…….