The Joy of Discovery
Judging by my windshield, the insides of cicadas are white and gooey.

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Leaded Or Unleaded?
When most people hear the words "Washington DC," they immediately think of the nation's government, and picture a city populated by boneheaded bureaucrats who sit around making decisions independent of any concept of the real world.

And, well, yeah, okay, that's true.

But it's also a city of real, live people just like you and me. And aside from the President and the Congress and all the other federal bigwigs, there's a local city government that responds to the needs of the local citizenry.

And unfortunately, that local city government is also populated by boneheaded bureaucrats....

For several months now, the city has been trying to come to solve the problem of severe lead contamination of the drinking water. This problem has actually existed for the better part of two years now, but it was only recently that the general public learned about it.

There has been a lot of fingerpointing back and forth between the Mayor's office, the City Council, and various agencies responsible for the safety of what comes out of DC's faucets. No one has been able to figure out what's been going on. The only real solution any one had come up with was to run your water for 5-7 minutes before drinking it.

Well, so much for water conservation.... And don't even think about the effect this would have on your water bills!

But now comes word that the source of the lead may, in fact, be the water meters themselves!!

And these people want to be a state?!?!



P.S.
Credit goes to Coptalk for the Gasbuddy button to your left.

Now if only I could find a similar feed giving the current status of the cicada invasion.....