No Really - Kucinich said something smart!

The UFO seeing, aluminum foil hat wearing, "gay black gang banger", who has declared himself the only true women in the presidential primaries -US Rep. Dennis Kookcinich - may have finally said something smart!

As chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Domestic Policy Subcommittee leading a hearing on the ethics bottled water, Boy Blunder Kookcinich has expressed reservations about the bottled water manufacturers effect on the environment and ground water.

Remembering he is from the Cleveland area and not the planet of Mondorphia, Kookcinich was worried about the potential negative effect these water pirates would and/or could have on Lake Erie....

From the PD --

"Groundwater has largely been regarded as a resource that can be extracted by anyone who owns the land above an aquifer or spring," Kucinich said. "The common law was formulated before modern science understood the connections between groundwater and surface water and before the advent of large-scale mechanized pumping. As a result, it provides little protection for conservation." More....

I can't believe I am saying this - I agree with him! (God help me!)

As much as I am a Wal-Mart shopper - I have a problem allowing a private company to profit on something that can be considered "owned by the public". Under my thinking - as lakes, rivers, etc... being "owned by the public" I look at them as being under the custodial care of the state.

One option worth considering is - If these bottling companies wanted to purchase the "rights" from the state to pump public water for resale at a profit, that may be something to discuss. By selling these rights the state can control the pumping and set yearly limits as needed.

The money from this purchase can then be reinvested back into the water source from which they pumped. Quite possibly this money can be reinvested into protecting the watersheds and aquifers supplying these water sources. For the Great Lake state's this money can be used to combat invasive species, which is a VERY BIG problem!

As I believe Lake Erie is the key to revitalize Cuyahoga County, protecting Lake Erie and all the Great Lakes for that matter, is the important issue.

I will leave the toxin's from the plastic bottles and filling of the land fill issue's for someone else.