Georgia trying to steal our land/water

#52
#52
chidave said:
I will be watching this closely, and once the militia is called up will gladly return from Charlotte to the homeland to defend against this naked aggression.
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I'll come home too, I'll park some destroyers off their coast and start bombing them back into the stone age.
 
#58
#58
:hi: Sorry...someone came into my office when I was in the middle of posting that.
 
#60
#60
Guys, I emailed the Governor about this issue, and he actually responded rather quickly, and with much satisfaction from me.

First, here is my email to him:

Governor Bredeson,

My name is Kevin and I am a resident of the City of Chattanooga in the great state of Tennessee. I recently came across an article referencing the state of Georgia's effort to redraw our state line for their benefit.

Ga. lawmakers want to redraw border for some of Tennessee's water

Governor, I plead with you to make 100% sure this does not happen. The State of Georgia has never had any concern with the well being of the people of Tennessee, our economy, or our schools. They have thrived for years off our citizens coming into their state to purchase gas and lottery tickets for years and years, yet have offered no kind of repayment to Tennessee.

Sir, this change would negatively affect many proud Tennesseeans that live close to the border. I personally would never, ever be a resident of an ungrateful state such as Georgia. Moving this border would force myself and many other citizens into a situation where we had to drastically change our lives unnecessarily. Georgia has gas stations and grocery stores filled with bottled water, that if it's that bad, they could take control of and use. Invading the sovereignty of our state is completely unnecessary.

I truly appreciate your time, Sir. I appreciate your efforts to keep this the greatest state in our Nation, and not allow other states who have leeched money off us for years decide they want our natural resources now and change the borders of our state at their will.

Respectfully,

Kevin

Now, here is his response:

Dear Kevin:

Thank you for your message about the claims of some officials within
the State of Georgia on water from the Tennessee River and a
meritless proposal that would actually change the border. I appreciate
hearing from you.

You can be assured of my intention to protect the interests of the
State of Tennessee, to safeguard our natural resources, and to
maintain the integrity of our border-and I will do all of those things
with the utmost vigor. I am confident, however, that the particular
approach which concerns you will not prove to be a serious threat to
our state's sovereign rights.

We have specific laws governing any movement of water out of a
Tennessee watershed, and we always have met our obligations under
the law. I would have a major problem with any effort to make
wholesale transfers out of our watersheds, and you can be sure that I
will not allow our resources to be degraded.

I am grateful for your support for my stand on these issues.
Warmest regards,
Phil Bredesen
 
#65
#65
GoVols817 said:
They have thrived for years off our citizens coming into their state to purchase gas and lottery tickets for years and years, yet have offered no kind of repayment to Tennessee.
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You think Georgia should offer to repay the state of Tennessee? Was somebody holding a gun to people's heads making them buy lottery tickets and cheaper gas?
 
#66
#66
oklavol said:
The long term solution to this seems to me, would be build nuclear power plants using this heat for desalination of ocean water, providing both electricity and water for the future.

Desalination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Instead of robbing land and disrupting navigation on the Tennessee River, maybe they should consider building desalination plants along the Atlantic coast. Eye sores? Oh well...

Desalination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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:crazy:
 
#70
#70
Rasputin_Vol said:
:crazy:
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my bad, i didnt see you already posted that. it seems they could build water treatment plants next to the existing nuclear plants on the savannah river and purify the river water for drinking water with the same process..
 
#71
#71
oklavol said:
my bad, i didnt see you already posted that. it seems they could build water treatment plants next to the existing nuclear plants on the savannah river and purify the river water for drinking water.
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You need water to lower the temperature of discharge water coming from the nuke plants. The EPA monitors water temps. If you don't have enough water to cool the discharge from the plants, the nuke plants would have to decrease power output.

Only reasonable place to place the nuke plants are near Savannah or near Jeckle Island. :eek:lol:
 
#72
#72
TVOLS said:
Yes but look at the condition of the roads compared to other southern states.
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I always thought that was more a reflection of not receiving a lot of snow and not putting as much salt on the roads as other states do.
 
#73
#73
GAVol said:
You think Georgia should offer to repay the state of Tennessee? Was somebody holding a gun to people's heads making them buy lottery tickets and cheaper gas?
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No, not at all. The point was that Georgia, in their time of need, somehow thinks the State of Tennessee should stop what we are doing and come to their aid, when their problem is partly self-inflicted.

Well, when we didn't have a lottery, and our schools were the laughingstock of the country and saw no relief in sight, Georgia never said, "Hey guys, in your time of need, since so many of your residents contribute to our economy, we'll send some money your way".

I don't want anything from Georgia, the point of that excerpt was that there have been times Georgia could've stepped up, even though they didn't "have" to, but they didn't. So now, I'd rather every citizen of that state die of dehydration than for our State to have to give one single ounce of water more than we normally do.
 
#74
#74
We'll stay hydrated one way or the other. Thanks for sending those morons over the line to play Cash 3 though.
 
#75
#75
oklavol said:
my bad, i didnt see you already posted that. it seems they could build water treatment plants next to the existing nuclear plants on the savannah river and purify the river water for drinking water with the same process..
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I thought that your point was that the nuclear plants were responsible for the pollution of the river...
 
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