Mecca stinks, and the locals agree!
Mecca California, that is.
A "propane like" smell caused a panic reaction at a local school causing paramedics to respond.
It was determined the source was a landfill that receives and treats contaminated soil.
Naturally, the government was more than ready to swoop in and nail someone to a cross for this heinous deed.
They did not get far though.
You see, the site is operating on Tribal land and not subject to the administrative laws that can ruin your company in the time it take a bureaucrat to fill out a form D226.
The regulators still managed to shut down operations and prevent more contaminated soil from being received but the smell, while diminished, is still there.
It is important to note that tests of the surrounding area show no 'significant' levels of toxins in the soil or air.
So I guess the headaches, asthma attacks, nosebleeds and other symptoms are psychosomatic.
So, in one story we learn that Mecca stinks, Indian sovereignty is easily abused, and people get sick merely because something stinks.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Fishermen to protest Obama at Martha's Vineyard
Obama can't swim in the water at the multi-million dollar estate in Martha's Vineyard where his family is vacationing, but he can watch fishermen protest Jane Lubchenco, his appointee to NOAA.
As head of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Lubchenco has done everything possible to cut the number of permits for commercial fishing despite increases in fishing stocks.
Her enforcers have been branded as "vindictive" by the US Commerce Department's inspector general and her new model for fisheries converts the system into a commodities market that favors large producers and drives out small boats.
So, while driving the individual fishermen out of business and aiding the formation of "greedy," "uncaring" corporate abusers, the Obama administration is "helping the little guy?"
As head of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Lubchenco has done everything possible to cut the number of permits for commercial fishing despite increases in fishing stocks.
Her enforcers have been branded as "vindictive" by the US Commerce Department's inspector general and her new model for fisheries converts the system into a commodities market that favors large producers and drives out small boats.
So, while driving the individual fishermen out of business and aiding the formation of "greedy," "uncaring" corporate abusers, the Obama administration is "helping the little guy?"
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Lubchenco,
NOAA,
Obama,
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