[Edited to add: The following, or at least the relation of the following to actual conditions on this board, is intended to be taken in a humorous vein. No implication that Snay has ACTUALLY suffered led-induced brain damage is intended.]
Yes, we finally know the reason for Baltimoreans, why they think the way they think, and their implausible rivalry with the clearly superior Pittsburgh.
Plus, this may shed some light, at last, on Snay's thought procceses and inexplicable deer carnage.
quote: BALTIMORE (AP) � Water fountains have been ordered shut in all city schools more than a decade after they were discovered to be dispensing lead-tainted water.
[ March 10, 2003, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: First of Two ]
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
A little low, isn't it? Not on the so-called "deer carnage", but on Snay's thought processes? And what does the article you posted have to do with Baltimore?
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
CRAP! Posted the wrong link! Fixed.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Too bad I've never attended a school in Baltimore.
Also, the reason people don't like Pittsburgh, is that it (and the state it is located in) are a festering sore of coal-mining wounds left to rot and detract from the beauty that is Maryland.
(I say this in a kidding sense, since much of my mom's family lives in the Scranton area, which, in all honesty, is pretty ugly -- the "scenic vista" driving in is a car junkyard).
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: (I say this in a kidding sense, since much of my mom's family lives in the Scranton area, which, in all honesty, is pretty ugly -- the "scenic vista" driving in is a car junkyard).
You mean that one along the Northeast Extension, don't you Snay? I've driven past that damn sight at least once a year for my entire life (on the way to visit my father's family in Syracuse, New York).
Though I don't think that can hold a candle to the ridiculously high (and ugly) bridge in Clark's Summit, or that wonderful landfill they've built a few miles to the south...
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Well, thank goodness you've got a Republican administration - they'll put a stop to this in no time! 8)
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poet: Well, thank goodness you've got a Republican administration - they'll put a stop to this in no time! 8)
Good point.. which political party controls the Baltimore School Board?
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Baltimore's mayor is a Democrat, but the governor of the state is a Republican. And he's the one who controls the budget.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Yes, but he's been governor how long and the problem has existed how long?
The article seems to imply that the school board is responsible for shutting off hazardous water fountains, not the state.
And if "the budget" comes from the state... do the locals still pay a school tax as part of their local income tax, like most folks?
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Oh, for heaaven's sake, here we go again. . . You do know I was joking, right? Surely even Rob would concede that the Republicans are perhaps not viewed as the party of the environment?
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
The way Republicans are viewed and the way Republicans are in reality are frequently two different things.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Yes. I know. I just have this bizarre image of Bush surrounded by cartoon woodland creatures a la Snow White.
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
Pittsburgh has Mario Lemieux. Baltimore does not have Mario Lemieux.
Advantage? Quebec.
Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :
"The way Republicans are viewed and the way Republicans are in reality are frequently two different things."