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
Ok… Now that you’ve made another personal attack…. And should feel real good about it….go fishing…. Really, relax…take a break….
Your blatant hypocrisy grow tedious and yet despite having your contradictions, inconsistency and poor logic pointed out by more than one party at this point, you persist as if telling the same lies both to others and to yourself will somehow make them become true.
Magical thinking strikes again. And to think, it has served you so well.
I know you’re something alright.
But it’s nowhere in the same ZIP Code as correct.
Sadly…. Sadly… Sadly…. Now go fishing…nothing to see here… The shows over…. You know I’m correct but you can’t get yourself to admit it…. And yes, I thanked mike…. Keep up your fine display of flagrantly throwing the rules of the blog up when they solely benefit you….
Really? When I get admonished for doing something, I get email. I don’t have any email to that effect.
nick isn’t in moderation and the only person I see starting crap here is you.
Even Bron isn’t stirring the pot today.
Hmmmm.
And endless string of ad hominem, which even when Mike addresses it, you refuse to acknowledge.
It’s sadly transparent.
Really Gene,
You should go fishing…. Really…. You quit picking on Nick and quit putting him in moderation…. So nothing came about that…. Should I remind you when hat happened….oh yeah…. The professor said something….
Yes I did Mike …. And thank you…
AY,
It’s all in the archives, which obviously people thinking Nick the victim never read in the first place. I’ve fully, in great detail, explained my problems with Nick including quotations from his as citations, but some never bothered to read them and like yourself find him a charmer because he kisses their behinds. I imagine like Nick, some people have difficulty in both writing and reading more than one paragraph, so in dealing with him I limited myself to it. It was never a “rule” but the Nick seems to lack reading comprehension skills when it suits him.
Damn it.
Now all I can think about is pecan pie.
Curse you, Bron! (shakes fist in air in mock anger)
What violation Gene….I didn’t use any other names… Paranoid are you….
Gene and Bron,
I am not supposed to eat pecan pie either. Life can be cruel indeed.
Darren:
The Aynish are not opposed to phones, cars, sex, money, fun, booze, cigars, etc. Plus any body can join. And we treat women as equals and are fundamentally opposed to racism, fiat money and anyone who disagrees with us. 🙂
Bron,
Sounds wonderful. But as I can no longer eat pecan anything, that may the cruelest and most meaniest thing said to me today. I miss pecan pie. I’ve had it with maple syrup before but not with whiskey. I bet that plays well off each other.
Gene H:
I make a mean pecan pie with maple syrup and whiskey.
Darren,
The Aynish are not known for their tasty jams, jellies and pies.
Again, you mistake yourself for having a say in how this place is run. You made your complaints. Nothing came of them. Perhaps that should teach you something.
Aynish. Oh, I thought y’all meant Amish.
Well it seems you think that your opinion matters to me, AY. The truth is, it doesn’t, nor does it inform my judgement, although you seem to think it should. If you have a problem with me reserving the right to make my own judgements? That is entirely your problem. Speaking of problems . . .
Wow. I won’t even mention the anonymity violation you just committed to JT because of your lack of self-control in pursing your vendetta. I could – and probably should – do something about it. You capping off a string of ad hominem arguments with that?
You really don’t know when to shut up, do you?
And Gene, obviously…. I don’t really care what you think about me….I care how you treat others on this blog with threats ….. That I do care about…. That’s why I call you the blog bully…. Simple logic…try it…
Well Mike,
You tried to help…. Seems Gene can’t help himself…. And if you will check Sept 08′ you might find Gene threatening to leave if Patty C was not banned….granted he did defend me at the time… I wasn’t going to bring it up…. Just sayin…
“And if you will check Sept 08′ you might find Gene threatening to leave if Patty C was not banned….granted he did defend me at the time”
Yes he did AY and if I remember it correctly you wanted action against her as well. Your argument against Gene on this thread so far is to just call him a bully and then call him a bully again. Yet you certainly didn’t mind in the Patty C., instance and if you remember she was given many warnings ban which she refused to heed. Incidentally she wasn’t banned because Gene threatened to leave, JT doesn’t operate like that. Do you really think that if I threatened to leave if JT didn’t ban someone that he would ban them to appease me? You’ve been here too long to think that he would.
Remember again AY that you also wanted something done about another regular and appealed to me directly offline. Had I acted then would you have called me a bully? The beauty of all this it that the entire interaction that occurs in the blog remains. I have made countless long comments, with supporting material to back up my arguments, they’re there for the reading with the search function. I stand by my statements and defy anyone to show me how they were bullying in the context they were made. I think Gene feels the same. AY as a lawyer you know that if you want to argue your case you need evidence. Show me the money.
Or not.
Mike S:
I havent stirred the pot for a long time.
And I agree with you, follow the rules.
If you think I care about Tony C and you calling me one of the Aynish, I did at first, but now I think it is funny. I am Aynish to a point.
Embrace your Aynish. 🙂