Water, Water Everywhere Quote of the Day

"...this is the second time in a year in which environmental damage has deprived an American city of its drinking water for a substantial period of time; we recall that Huntington, West Virginia was boiling and bottling thanks to the efforts of Freedom Industries. We have had wars for gold. We have had wars for oil. We next will have wars for water, provided, of course, that there's any left that's fit to drink." -- Esquire.com's Charles P. Pierce, noting in his piece that a warming Lake Erie among other climate factors caused some 500,000 people to go without drinking water in the greater Toledo, OH area.  (The ban on the water was lifted earlier today).  Read the whole article for an idea of how a combination of right-wing inspired deregulation and climate change denial has led to this point in our stewardship -- or lack of it -- of the environment.