Thu
Feb 7 2008
04:42 pm
Call to arms...
By: Justin

Enlist in the militia before its too late...fight off them scoundrels in GA trying to take our land!

"The only way you'll get my water is if its dripping through my cold dead hands"

Two Georgia legislators want Tennessee to share water from its river with Atlanta.

Republican Senator David Shafer of Duluth and Republican Representative Harry Geisinger of Roswell say they will introduce legislation that would in effect move Georgia's northwest boundary a mile north. That would mean a section of the Tennessee River would flow into Georgia.

More info here... (link...)

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R. Neal's picture

Water wars escalate into

Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 5:09pm.

Water wars escalate into border wars!

captainkona's picture

:)

Submitted by captainkona on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 6:47pm.

My rifle's clean. Let's meet 'em at the border and extend Tennessee to right around Marietta.
Then we'll sell water to Atlanta and they'll learn to like it.


"The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open."

rocketsquirrel's picture

share? share? as in give?

Submitted by rocketsquirrel on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 5:51pm.

share? share? as in give? are you kidding me?

Will they "share" their natural resources with Florida? the gate revenue from Hartsfield Airport? Will they "share" the Braves?

Can we get Campfield or someone to introduce legislation moving the state border one mile south of Atlanta? Naah, Atlanta doesn't have that much to offer. Forget it.

bizgrrl's picture

Will they "share" their

Submitted by bizgrrl on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 6:18pm.

Will they "share" their natural resources with Florida?

Exactly!

Florida's looking into an offshore desalination system.

Nelle's picture

I'd consider giving Georgia our water

Submitted by Nelle on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 9:48pm.

if they'd also take our Campfield.

Pam Strickland's picture

That's a good one. I agree.

Submitted by Pam Strickland on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 10:21pm.

That's a good one. I agree. pgs
Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut

KC's picture

Water wars escalate into

Submitted by KC on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 6:20pm.

Water wars escalate into border wars!

Unfortunately, in the future that may be true in other parts of the world like the Middle East. (link...)

captainkona's picture

lol

Submitted by captainkona on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 6:34pm.

Figures this episode of intellectual perdition arose from the vast and decaying wasteland we know as the Republican Mind.

Now let's see...
If I'm not mistaken, Georgia has some coastline somewhere between South Carolina and Florida.

So, I have only two questions for these legislative geniuses:

1)What part of "drought across the South"

and...

2)Desalinization Plants

...don't you understand?


"The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open."

Rachel's picture

Georgia might not has as big

Submitted by Rachel on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 7:40pm.

Georgia might not has as big a water problem is Atlanta didn't sprawl all the way to Chattanooga. Which it didn't need to do.

Anonymously Nine's picture

This is a strange

Submitted by Anonymously Nine (not verified) on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 7:14pm.

This is a strange convergence. I agree.

KC's picture

Will they "share" the

Submitted by KC on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 9:16pm.

Will they "share" the Braves?

Do we want them to share the Braves?

Pam Strickland's picture

I have friends and family

Submitted by Pam Strickland on Thu, 2008/02/07 - 10:22pm.

I have friends and family who already think they do, but I personally don't think we want or need them. pgs

Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut

gonzone's picture

The correct response

Submitted by gonzone on Fri, 2008/02/08 - 9:43am.

The only correct response from Tennessee has to be:
"Take a hike, but not in our Smokies."

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

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