Whoops! no sooner do i calm down and gain a little perspective (see previous entry), than i start rummaging around in political blogs and catch up on The Slacktivist. The Slack lives in Delaware, as do i. i think he lives in the northern part of the state, i live in the southernmost of the three counties. bear in mind how small this state is, okay? a few days ago he referenced a couple of articles from The Wilmington News Journal, which have freaked me out royally. a little background for those of you who don't really even know where DE is: the Delaware River runs along the coast of this state and empties into the Atlantic down here past the Delmarva Peninsula. another thing to bear in mind about the DE River is that the DNREC has previously asked the EPA to declare it "impaired" because of signs of "chronic toxic pollutants." the beaches of southern Delaware are called the Summer Capitol, because they are where DC residents go for relief from the heat and humidity of their town. upriver from all this beach-resort-vacation-home expensive real estate there's a place called Delaware City, and just looking at it you know it's an outpost of Hell. smoking chimneys, flashing lights, chemical plants, waste treatment plants, environmental disaster in one of the loveliest areas of wetlands and coastal plains you've ever seen.
so now comes a plan to ship a lot of something you've probably never heard of, Liquid VX, to a waste treatment plant in Delaware City to supposedly be rendered harmless. okay, what IS Liquid VX? "...it ranks among the military's most lethal chemical weapons, with a fraction of a drop on the skin likely to be fatal." Ohio has already vetoed letting this stuff be treated in their state, out of fear for the safety of its citizens. why were we looking for WMD in Iraq? read this and realize where the WMD we should be fearing really are. Indiana, on their way to Delaware.
(Continued below in Part 2)
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