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On 6/2/2012 12:18 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:48:44 -0400, wrote:

I suppose in your mind polluting our waterways is okay?

It seems to be when it is the DC government doing it.

I was amazed that 50 years after the feds decided to clean up the
river that it is still so bad. I really believed they were making
measurable progress but from what I am reading, sadly, that is not
true.

We have a river down the street that was a nasty hole when I was a kid.
You literally held your nose as you drove across it, it was so brown you
couldn't see 12 inches to the bottom, and it was littered with garbage
and floating debris. Now it's "cleaned up" and a "trophy trout stream"
according to the State snerk. I checked it out once a couple years ago
and yeah, it doesn't smell any more, but my dog wouldn't drink it and I
certainly wouldn't eat any fish out of it. I see a lot of folks from the
city down there and they seem happy fishing, still don't see anybody
wading in, at least it's better than when I grew up there..

What river is that? I'd like to see the data.