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Lonestarblue

(13,674 posts)
19. People seem to have all the money needed to fight fake culture wars but none to fix actual problems.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 05:50 AM
Jun 27

I'm so tired of a country where over a third or more people believe that it is more important to push to turn the US government into one ruled by their extremist interpretation of the Bible than to actually work to make sure we have affordable healthcare accessible by all citizens, healthy food and water untainted by chemicals and old infrastructure, affordable housing, and safe public infrastructure. All those Republicans who want to force women to have babies vote for Republicans who then give protections to the big corporations to poison the food those babies eat. The Guardian recently reported a study in Seattle that found serious concentrations of chemicals in breast milk--chemicals like preservatives that affect brain and physical development in babies and children. Such chemicals are far more likely to cause autism than vaccines and should be researched, but our research dollars are being used instead to prove that vaccines are the cause simply because a few people refuse to believe dozens of studies showing no correlation.

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Damn.......... Lovie777 Jun 26 #1
It's amazing how many construction materials were made from asbestos! 70sEraVet Jun 26 #2
Just in a certain type of cement pipe gab13by13 Jun 26 #3
When I was in the Navy, I worked on the boilers on the ships. 70sEraVet Jun 26 #5
You're very lucky - TBF Jun 26 #11
Sorry about your Dad TBF 70sEraVet Jun 26 #12
A friend of mine popsdenver Jun 26 #13
Oh my goodness - TBF Jun 26 #14
Veteran's organizations (VFW, American Legion and DAV) have excellent Reps 70sEraVet Jun 27 #21
Sorry about your friend, popsdenver. 70sEraVet Jun 27 #20
thx Era Vet popsdenver Jun 27 #24
I sailed on two of those ships. I didn't work in the boiler room but I had a friend that GoodRaisin Jun 27 #18
A friend of mine once put a damper on a discussion about education RVN VET71 Jun 27 #22
Like everything else BeneteauBum Jun 26 #4
And it costs human lives to do nothing. Shows us what they think of the value of life.... erronis Jun 26 #6
Ahhh, but if your Trump, or anyone in congress covered by insurance infullview Jun 26 #7
The biggest danger is from inhaling asbestos SCantiGOP Jun 26 #8
Your friend could contact the state's department of environmental protection Wicked Blue Jun 26 #9
Our water has such a chemical taste to it we no longer drink it or give it to our cats. Fla Dem Jun 26 #10
We're pretty lucky PJMcK Jun 26 #15
Interesting article from the BBC canetoad Jun 26 #16
"Full of Asbestos" BidenRocks Jun 27 #17
People seem to have all the money needed to fight fake culture wars but none to fix actual problems. Lonestarblue Jun 27 #19
Our water comes off the NYC Aqueduct Historic NY Jun 27 #23
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