Now that makes me wanna fuckin' SHRED!!!

What I saw were some fairly well thought out arguments against the mayors tirade on bottled water.

Of course, it was well thought out - so that's probably why ECB didn't recognize it.

What will you drink when the predicted earthquake breaks the water mains, and levels the pumping stations? You do realize that sealed bottled water is close enough to sterile to be used for irrigating wounds? Not sure I'd want to try that with a cup of water from a broken pipe. (Works pretty good for flushing pepper spray out of your eyes too.)

Our tap water is fine, and I'm happy we have such good local water. But there are some good arguments for having the bottled stuff around as well.

Perhaps Smith is concerned that Mayor McCheese keeps trotting out "global solutions" to problems like bottled water, human trafficing, concealed weapons permits, and the Kyoto Accords, and yet he can't seem to come up with a plan for the Viaduct. Nor can he even keep up with the potholes.

All of those are real problems that need to be addressed, but perhaps at State, Federal or international level, rather than by His Humoungousness.

Some of us are starting to think that every time people start looking too closely at his administration, he runs up another cause du jour to distract attention from his failure to address his core responsibilities.

well, all of seattle is at a lower level than the cedar river watershed, so although you may not be able to water you lawn, you shithead, you won't die from thirst. thank you, nature.

Yes, store some water in case of emergencies. Get it from your tap now and put it in bottles or barrels or jugs or whatever. Don't go buy a new 20oz plastic bottle every day. What's so hard about this to understand?

You know all those arguments against the bag tax because it's really plastic bottles and caps that are the big pollution problem? Well here's a start at addressing that, too.

@6 -- You're either a genius or an idiot. You're more right than you have a right to be.

Personally, I plan on drinking all the French champaign and single-malts I'm going to "requisition" from the liquor store up the street.

I'll be saving the water (30 gallon rain barrel, 5 gallon RV tank & several stored gallons) for the cats, for cooking, and for bathing.