Henry Payne for February 11, 2016

…or bombed some small defenceless country on the other side of the world in support of al Qaeda, like in Serbia, Iraq, Libya or (almost) Syria. Right, Killary?

On this topic the right reminds me of an old medical TV show with a slightly altered title: “Ben Crazy”.

Since Snyder refuses to testify before congress, his e mails should be subpoenaed to see what he is hiding.

If you look at the timeline of the Flint Water, Snyder and the state covered it up for almost a year. State workers in Flint were given bottled water back in January 2015, while the state government kept telling the residents of Flint the water was safe to drink and use.

Excellent prediction. And, coming from a rogue time traveler, here’s one equally good:.In the campaigns for 2024, after the terms of President Cruz end (Trump had lost mainly because he insisted on streaking the Republican Convention, and “it” wasn’t yhuuuge), Michelle Obama will run for president with the help of her husband, continuing the Clinton tradition. She will of course run against Heidi Cruz, since a Constitutional Amendment will by then require wives of presidents to run for the office..But both will lose out to Caitlyn Jenner..The above is for reference only. Please do not invest in the stock market accordingly. It won’t exist in 2024, anyway..And if you see any ancient friezes with my missing laptop, please disregard them. Windows XXXIII kept crashing.

Cute how the talking points of a manufactured “scandal” are transferred to a real domestic scandal. Keep the lie alive!

Nothing like adding a few Hominems to the argument about Flint, eh, Henry Boy? I’ve learned to expect that kind of juvenile response from the rightie posters here…but from a cartoonist is a new one on meAnd how do you feel about your pwecious lil’ Michigan Repubs putting the passage of an anti-sodomy law ahead of dealing with the Flint Water crisis?

Ahhh, the Payne we know and love pushing GOP Propaganda! Snyder used an old tried and true GOP tactic; just ignore it and it will go away!

Snyder had his chance to testify before Congress and chose not to. Perhaps they should subpoena him and promise him eleven hours all to himself. Then he could be just like Hillary.

Home, home on derange.

If you go to Fiendly’s home page

https://www.facebook.com/biswapriya.purkayastha/ I’m sure you’ll find the alternative somewhere.

Does Payne get his inspiration from Karl Rove?

Even better – Guv shouldn’t have done anything wrong – like Hillary. Michigan city using lead-contaminated tap water since 2014, this is unconscionable but all we can expect from the right are partisan attacks. If the kids in a rich suburb of Detroit had been drinking contaminated water and being bathed in it, there would’ve been action. But keep bringing up a non-issue trying to make something stick.

Your effort to deflect attention away from Snyder by waving the Hilary flag is flat and lame. Let’s deal with each issue one at a time. Don’t try to confuse things and change the subject. The fact of the matter is Snyder is clearly guilty of abuse of the public trust, public endangerment and so much more. They boy needs to spend hard time in Jackson.

Flint is one of those economically hard-hit Midwestern cities, left in a constant state of crisis or quandary. From a distance, those fights can seem philosophically engaging: the stuff of good dinner party conversation and debate for people in the know, who also happen to live elsewhere. But on the ground in Flint, this has required sad and even terrible choices, all types of cutbacks and then a state declaration that none of this was enough.Snyder used a state law to appoint an emergency manager, a process that began in 2011. And along with the emergency manager came a board to whom the manager could appeal to override decisions made by Flint’s non-partisan, elected city council. In short, Flint has spent years under emergency manager control, a person whose primary charge appears to have been cutting costs.That same emergency manager, Darnell Earley, has denied that he is responsible for the current crisis. He says the Flint City Council voted to make use of the cheaper water supply from the river as part of a larger plan to join that new regional water system. He says he privately objected to using Flint River water, but local reporters did not find a mention of switching the city’s water supply to the Flint River in the related council resolution.And when The Fix spoke briefly with Flint Ward 2 Councilwoman Jacqueline Poplar Wednesday, she could not have been more emphatic. The city council never voted to approve the shift in the city’s water supply. Never, she said. And with that Poplar advised The Fix Earley is now the emergency manager of Detroit Public Schools and wished us goodnight.Whoever is responsible, this was the reasoning for the water-source change: It seemed Flint could save $8.5 million over the course of the next few years if did two things. It would join a new regional water system under construction. That system’s 2016 fees were expected to come in at about $3.5 million less than those Flint would have paid for water from Detroit. In the interim, the city would turn to the local Flint River for a short-term water supply. That was supposed to save another $5 million.Now, it’s important to note here that when the switch decision was made, abandoned refrigerators and auto parts were not at all hard to find in and around the Flint River’s banks. It had a reputation for being polluted. Still, the somebody with the the authority to make the decision moved right ahead. And when the water from the Flint River started flowing into Flint homes, it carried with it components so corrosive they are suspected to have leached metals from the water system’s pipes.This, folks, is democracy co-opted by corporate concerns and functions — attention to cost savings before any and all things. It also has to be said that whatever dollars were saved with the switch are probably gone now.The state of Michigan has already pledged $12 million to deal with Flint’s water crisis and $1 million just to help supply the town with bottled water and lead filters for homes. Flint itself had to commit $2 million to the work of reconnecting to a safer water source out of Detroit. Distribution of information and bottled water are essential, but not free. And somewhere, in some back room, lawyers for the city, state and probably some Flint residents have to be talking over the entire situation while logging billable hours.Then, there is the almost immeasurable human toll.Lead is toxic to the brain, particularly for young developing minds. People who have been exposed to unsafe levels of lead have serious difficulty controlling impulses, retaining information and learning in school or holding thought-intensive jobs. Lead can cause miscarriages, stillbirths and premature arrivals. It can damage the ability of the body to take in the nutrients needed for cell development and the growth of strong teeth and bones. The damage lead does to the body — specifically the brain — is irreversible. And we are talking about a community where 8 percent of the population — nearly 8,000 kids — are under age 5.That’s a combination that will create all manner of private and public expenditures, too. It can, and probably already has, altered the course of lives.:The Washington Post..Dennis, cannot find anything that backs up your claims, not even right wing sources.