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Sunday, June 23, 2013

WATER UPDATES - HOPE & LIES

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The article below is from the KOAT (Albuquerque) website.


APD seeks water donations for Magdalena

Thousands of water bottles donated thus far

UPDATED 7:04 PM MDT Jun 19, 2013


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —As the village of Magdalena’s water shortage nears its second week, Albuquerque police and residents have decided to step up and help out.

The Albuquerque Police Department is asking residents to stop by the Prisoner Transport Center and drop off bottles of water, which have become the only source of cooking and drinking for so many in Magdalena.
 
There will be a mobile command unit available at the Coors Boulevard and Ellison Drive NW Walmart to take donations Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a donation site at the Walmart located at Wyoming Boulevard and Academy Road NE on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“We just want to be a good neighbor here in New Mexico,” said Briane Dennison, APD Chaplain Commander. “Go down there and bless them with water… we’re looking to take two 25 ft. trailers full of donated water down to them.”
 
APD’s Operation Hope team also organized donations for Moore, Oklahoma after a tornado struck.
Using money from the Chaplain Unit Fund, APD has purchased two pallets of water. Since, Albuquerque residents have donated thousands of water bottles.
“It really shows the heart behind the badge,” said Dennison.
 
The deadline to drop off water donations is Friday at 8 a.m. If you’d like to donate money to the APD Chaplain Unit Fund, call 505-768-2131.

Read more: http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/apd-seeks-water-donations-for-magdalena/-/9153728/20633084/-/14kqlwm/-/index.html#ixzz2X2uSPSKR
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Below, Governor Susana Martinez talks about Magdalena's
 water problems with a KOB reporter.
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The new Augustin Plains Ranch LLC website, titled
"sanaugustinwater.com" - is a pathetic attempt to further
their PR campaign for the project.  It's filled with nonsense,
and outright lies.  Here's the photo and text
from their homepage:
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The proposed Augustin Plains Ranch water pipeline project, much like the San Juan Chama River Project before it, has tremendous potential to supply New Mexico’s middle Rio Grande Valley with an abundance of water for centuries to come.
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The demand for water in our state already surpasses its availability, and the situation is becoming even more dire due to extreme drought. That is why the project’s supporters and sponsors are committed to developing this much-needed resource on behalf of all New Mexicans. This state-of-the-art, eco-friendly project will be unique, producing its own power for operation through hydropower and solar energy. But more importantly, the project will create a new, sustainable and abundant source of water independent of compacts with other states.
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This will be accomplished by replenishing a massive, underground aquifer in western New Mexico with rainwater that is currently lost to evaporation. The project will provide water to New Mexicans where it is needed most, and will also improve river habitat and water quality in the Rio Grande. With support from local, state, and federal agencies as well as New Mexico’s local communities, this project can begin delivering this desperately needed water within five years.

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Well, golly.  Here we are talking about the
Middle Rio Grande Valley, and we have a nice photo
of the Organ Mountains, FAR to the south of the Middle
Rio Grande Valley, down next to Las Cruces,
in the MESILLA VALLEY.
Here's a map of what is, for most political and historical
purposes and definitions, the Middle Rio Grande Valley,
published by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.
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Well, you can see what kind of ignorant fools we're
dealing with.  They can't even illustrate their text correctly.
That picture is NOT from the area we're talking about.
It's about a hundred miles south.
"Well, it does't matter.  Not in the slightest."
Oh yes it does, our little moron.  Our little PR pimp.
This kind of BS is blatantly illegal.
It's misleading.  It's bad advertising practice.
A photo is the product in action, one might say.
You're talkin' Middle Rio Grande Valley,
and showin' Mesilla Valley.
It's false advertising.
Someone needs to report you guys to the
Attorney General's Office.  Maybe I will.
Misleading people on WATER right now ought
to be a hanging offense.
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There might be a method to their madness. 
They'll have that used-car salesman disguised as an attorney
from Las Cruces that serves in the State Legislature,
 Joseph Cervantes, crawling into bed with them,
 thinking he'll get some of the water moved south,
to Las Cruces and the Mesilla Valley.
That would be absolutely wonderful
for the gospel of "growth" that Cervantes
preaches in the public pulpits on behalf of the
 "best interests" of southern New Mexico.
"Best interests" as defined by developers, agri-business, 
bankers, hustlers, and ignorant politicians.
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Oh, I see what's going on here now.
You guys are clever.
But you're still breaking the law.
Misrepresentation may be common at your office,
but it doesn't fly too well if you get caught.
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Small-town PR flacks.
Ignorant.  Amateurish.  Fraudulent.
Must be that bunch over at The Waite Company at work.
It's amazing.  You'd think the foreigners would get
someone worth a shit.  Hell, they've got the money. 
 Or are they just too damned 'TIGHT' -
 still have the first buck they ever made. 
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You know the type.
The Scotch and the Jews have both had to suffer
racial stereotyping because of this very trait
among some bad apples in their population -
the cheap ones, the slow-to-pay, the greedy,
 no charity (except when it's public),
 no soul. 
 Cash is the sole/soul denominator.
The worst.  The pigs.
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Anyhow, it's all as bland as can be and
loaded with misinformation.  We'll take each
page and dissect it on the blog over time.
  It's neat that I can just copy it, (and I have),
page by page, and we can all examine it, together,
and take a careful look at what they're
 claiming - dissect the data.
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They never put a copyright on the site.
It's unbelievably stupid.  It's a commercial site.
I don't copyright because I want my material
spread to the four directions.
Not to copyright the company message seems strange at best,
or incredibly dim-witted on the other end.
What, was the company attorney on a bender?
Who are these dismal failures?
And who pays them?
The masters seem as stupid as the slaves,
and vice-versa.
 Why does the San Augustin Plains water issue
draw such secretive,
 fraudulent, worthless, un-American, anti-American,
shysters to the table?
Who also refuse to pay for a good PR outfit.
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What's wrong with these people?
Too much good food and wine?
Too much EUROTRASH life?
(A cop told me that EUROTRASH is a new term
 in law enforcement
 for all the scam artists from EUROPA that
enter the American scene for operations of all types.
A new twist on white trash - this defines it geographically,
trash from the Old Country -
EUROTRASH.)
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Anyway, here's an example of show-and-tell
with their site.
Para # 2 on their website homepage states:
The demand for water in our state already surpasses its availability, and the situation is becoming even more dire due to extreme drought. That is why the project’s supporters and sponsors are committed to developing this much-needed resource on behalf of all New Mexicans. This state-of-the-art, eco-friendly project will be unique, producing its own power for operation through hydropower and solar energy. But more importantly, the project will create a new, sustainable and abundant source of water independent of compacts with other states.
Eco-friendly?  Nonsense.
Read our post about this point -
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The LLC has been on this "green" and "eco-friendly"
campaign as of the last six months or so - they keep
coming up with new sales ideas.  This one's a lie.
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Paragraph #3 states:
This will be accomplished by replenishing a massive, underground aquifer in western New Mexico with rainwater that is currently lost to evaporation. The project will provide water to New Mexicans where it is needed most, and will also improve river habitat and water quality in the Rio Grande. With support from local, state, and federal agencies as well as New Mexico’s local communities, this project can begin delivering this desperately needed water within five years.
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Water
Water, water, water!

Water is essential for all life—
--plant, animal and human life.

Water is clear
Water is colourless
Water is tasteless
Water is transparent
Water pours on Earth as rain.

Water covers about 3/4of the Earth's surface
Water bodies are ocean, sea, lake, river
Water can be had from wells by digging the Earth
Water naturally occurs as mineral water as at spa.

Water is in liquid form
Water is in solid form (ice)
Water is in gaseous form (water vapour)
Water is as snow and snowflakes.

Water is secreted from the body-
-as urine, tears, perspiration, and saliva.

Water is a chemical compound
Water is composed of two elements
Water molecule contains—
-one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms.
Water boils at 212 degrees F or 100 degrees C
Water freezes at 32 degrees F o 0 degrees C.

Water, water, water!


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I'll get back to this when I have time.
Right now I need to water the roses and sunflowers
with Hop Canyon aqua. 
Thanks to Tom and Brandon!
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

THE BIG, BIG PICTURE

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WHO OWNS THE EARTH'S WATER?
by
Paul Donahue
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Water promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th century:
  the precious commodity that determines the wealth of nations. Fortune magazine, May 2000
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Imagine for a moment what life will be like in the corporate-controlled world of the future. A handful of huge, powerful corporations will be responsible for all the societal services now handled by local, state and national governments - schools, police, prisons, military, mail, elections, social security, and so on. Even more importantly, corporations will control those things essential to human survival, namely food and water. If they can figure out a way to commodify the air we breathe, they surely will attempt to exert their control over the planet’s oxygen, as well. Services once provided by government agencies, accountable to voters, will be provided by corporations, accountable only to stockholders. With our governments in the sway of the corporations, our minimal democracy having eroded even further, and ultimate authority ceded to corporate- run international trade organizations, we will have lost the power to control the things

 most important to our survival.
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Is this some remote and unlikely futuristic scenario? I wish it was, but a corporate-owned and controlled planet is closer than you might think - much closer - and unless we wake up soon and start taking back the reins, it will become a reality. One of the most important struggles being waged around the world against corporate control is over who owns our water. Water is essential to all life on the planet, from microbes to humans. If ever there was a natural resource that should remain part of the commons, this is it..
On a world scale, freshwater is scarce and becoming scarcer, with demand growing greater each year as the human population of our planet continues to swell. The rate of global water consumption is currently doubling every 20 years. With more than one billion human inhabitants of the Earth already lacking access to safe drinking water, and that number growing daily, the scenario for the future is already very frightening. The World Health Organization predicts that 48 nations will face severe water shortages by 2025, and the World Bank has predicted that by the year 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population will

run short of fresh drinking water.
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As fresh drinking water becomes more and more scarce, the world can expect violent conflicts over water to become more commonplace, destabilizing entire regions of the world. Hotspots where water reserves are dwindling include the Middle East, northern China, Mexico, California and almost two dozen countries in Africa. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a ready example of a water war already in progress, but the situation in the Middle East and around the globe will undoubtedly grow worse in the years ahead. If you think the current oil wars are bad, wait until the
 water wars really kick in.
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Making a bad situation even worse, much worse, we have entered the brave new world of water privatization, where huge, predatory, multinational corporations are gradually gaining control over our once publicly-owned water supplies. With growing scarcity, the market value of water will undoubtedly rise. It is with good reason that Fortune magazine has dubbed water the oil of the 21st century. According to Fortune, the annual profits of the water industry now amount to about 40 percent of those of the oil sector,
 and are close to $1 trillion.
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International “free” trade agreements have given a tremendous boost to water privatization. The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), established by and for large multinational corporations, promote deregulation and privatization of goods and services, including water. As a result of these trade agreements, it is now difficult for a nation to control exports of its water beyond its borders, or to prevent foreign corporations from establishing water operations inside the country. As an example, under NAFTA’s rules, Canada may be forced to allow the bulk export of water to the United States. Already, a California company is suing the Canadian government for $10.5 billion because the province of British Columbia banned the commercial export of bulk water.
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The international water cartel also receives a tremendous amount of help from international lending institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Working hand-in-hand with the water giants, these lending institutions are both actively pushing water privatization, forcing developing countries to abandon their public water systems and contract with the corporations to provide water to their citizens. The World Bank has recently changed its policy from pressuring countries to privatize their water systems, to making water sector loans contingent on privatization. With the water systems in many developing countries in desperate need of repair, the countries have little choice but to accept the terms dictated.
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The challenge ahead of us is formidable. The corporations involved in water privatization are extremely powerful, with strong allies in government. In the words of Maude Barlow, author of Blue Gold, The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water, “It’s important to remember that it’s a very small, incestuous circle - these water companies, the World Water Council, the World Bank,

 the World Trade Organization, the IMF.
There’s a lot of money to be made from the commodification of water, and these people know
 that whoever controls water is going to be
 both very rich and very powerful.”
The momentum for privatization is considerable.
If we are to protect our public water resources and prevent
 the nightmare scenario of for-profit corporations meting out costly water to a thirsty world,
 the time to act is now.
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STOP THE WATER GRAB!
Public water activists argue that,
 because water is a necessity of life,
 no individual or corporation should have
the right to possess ownership and place
a value on the resource.
 In short, water is for life, not for profit.
Advocate and author Vandana Shiva
resolutely states, “Water is a commons because
 it is the basis of all life. Water rights are
 natural rights and thus usufructuary rights,
  meaning that water can be used,
 but not owned.”
Ashley Powdar
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