I thought about that movie, too. There’s a guy in the movie who talks about how he had a mental breakdown one day listening to the Beach Boys, do you remember that guy? His name is Ben Hamper, and he wrote an amazing book called Rivethead about growing up in Flint, his mental/ substance abuse issues, and how the auto…

Please get your “They” right. The horrible Michigan governor used his power to circumvent local elections and put in place croney “Emergency Managers,” who had complete say over the city’s actions and infrastructure. The mayor of Flint’s only power is the bully pulpit. And that woman has been singing it loud and…

The Flint town council has zero ability to do anything. The state declared that it had to take over running Flint. The state made the decisions about the water. The town council was told to go away and mind their own business. It really wasn’t their fault.

I keep hearing that Democrats spend more and Republicans spend less. It ain’t true: Democrats just happen to spend more efficiently, and for the safety of the people.

It was never about the source of the water, it was about failure to add anti-corrosion agents when they switched sources, thus leading to corrosion of the lead pipes.

Actually, the main reason she was elected was because she was pushing to find out the truth about the state of the water. She’s spent her entire time in office trying to fix this — and being ignored.

Can Flint as a town sue the mayor and his cronies for damages?

Even if Snyder goes down in flames (if that actually happens), the philosophy he espouses is still prevalent in other states. When will Congress and state legislatures realize that cutting budgets have consequences? That at some point you’re done cutting fat, and you’re destroying muscle and bone?

don’t you mean wombmen?

offering state employees bottled water since 2015. ?????

Nah - you’re right. She’s a hero.

I love football, but have a harder and harder time just vegging out and watching it like a big dumb baby than I used to the more and more this information comes out. You watch a guy like Antonio Brown go ragdoll from a helmet hit, and it’s hard to ignore the CTE elephant in the room.

Do use protection. There's gonna be a whole lot of accidental children in 9 months.

White people who compare mild to moderate situations/annoyances to MLK’s struggle are the fucking worst.

Are you not entertained?!

The whole fucking point of saying Black Lives Matter is the implication that we live in a country where it is ALREADY FUCKING ASSUMED THAT WHITE LIVES MATTER. All of them. By default and without any sort of “proper” behavior or hard work or anything at all. (Oh yeah, and that black lives are clearly not afforded the…

Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean pretty much started my sexual awakening.

Yep - texted my almost-70-year-old dad after reading this thread. I’d have called him, but he’s 2 hours ahead and he’s probably fallen asleep fully clothed, surrounded by the week’s newspapers and coupons.