tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post2897370765768158291..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: WI water grab accelerates, permanent privatization on horizonJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-77900976130644254782017-04-28T17:08:38.149-05:002017-04-28T17:08:38.149-05:00Instead of "conservatives" - - bottom-...Instead of "conservatives" - - bottom-line rightist ideologues, donors James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-72529203174773806942017-04-28T16:59:29.867-05:002017-04-28T16:59:29.867-05:00I found Mr. Skolnick's observation compelling,...I found Mr. Skolnick's observation compelling, and note I put a line through conservatives and rewrote the description. Thanks to you both.James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-11784229848700692682017-04-28T15:45:07.775-05:002017-04-28T15:45:07.775-05:00I have to agree with Mr. Skolnick conservatives is...I have to agree with Mr. Skolnick conservatives is not the appropriate name to use. I do not understand where the people of Wisconsin are? My Dad if he were here today would be outraged, as am I. He taught me to love all of Wisconsin. At every chance he would put me and my Mom in the car and we would explore every county, nook and cranny. Waterfall, park, hiking trail, lake, pond or stream. We explored hills, rock formations, prairies, marshes, forests, farmland, valleys, shorelines. And in those trips, everyone of them, he taught me the importance of the WATER! Thank you Dad! I keep faith, and hope the people of Wisconsin will wake UP! and see that the water you taught me about is for the life of all things. That we must do what we can to protect it and keep it clean. It should not be used and abused by those who see only to profit from it by spoiling it. How can anyone in good consciousness agree with the terms and use of our states water that's being proposed? I have no name for this, but I bet my Dad would, I am simply ashamed by those who have the power to protect the Water, but do nothing. I pray in the 11th hour they WAKE UP!Sheila Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14891852356043780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-56094368348931791972017-04-27T22:58:53.219-05:002017-04-27T22:58:53.219-05:00James, please don't refer these folks as "...James, please don't refer these folks as "conservatives" any more. Exactly what are they conserving and exactly what status quo are they curating? More accurate descriptors are "regressives", "reactionaries", corporate statists, or even tbe F word. As for the politicians who they hire, "apparatchiks" are a term that captures these people who lack imagination, critical thinking skills, empathy or a soul. Conservatives is far too innocuous a term.Joshua Skolnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429086776789822611noreply@blogger.com