Going Green Vs. drugs (a satire)

[tim-from-pa]

Growing concern from "Green" people fear that pharmaceuticals dumped into our (toilet) waters from hospitals and even private citizens is starting to contaminate the waters and the creatures that live there. Of course the EPA will do more study because the laws are still limited regarding pharmaceutical waste. No doubt, the EPA will buckle under pressure to create laws that make it a danger to dump drugs.

I could imagine a conversation with the EPA going something like this:

Me: Good day, Sir. I understand that it's illegal to flush my pills down the toilet now.
EPA: Yes it is. You could be fined or even go to jail.
Me: Well, why?
EPA: It harms the environment and wildlife such as the fish. We have studies to prove it.
Me: Oh. Well, as long as the fish is alive, even if it's sick from the medicines I could still eat it, or drink the water, right?
EPA: No sir. The water is contaminated, and so is the fish. It is a danger to consume them.
Me: But wait a minute. That screwball Nancy Pelosi mandates we all have medical insurance. The doctor I have wants to cram a certain drug down my throat even though I do not want it, and the insurance company warned they will drop me if I do not comply, which means I'll go to jail for not taking a certain drug. They assure me the drug is safe. Yet, Nancy says she's also a green person. So tell me, why is it dangerous to consume drugs indirectly by fish or water when they are forcing me to take concentrated amounts of the same thing and that's supposedly safe? So, which is it now?
EPA: Sorry. I'm the EPA. I can't answer for some other aging hippie contradictory bipolar person. Ahem, I mean, agency.
Me: Thanks. I'll have my neighbor flush the pills I did not want to take, then I can eat the fish and honestly claim to the insurance company that I am still taking my medicine. Glad we cleared all this up. I guess it does not contradict after all and is perfectly reasonable.

Link to such an article here >>> http://blog.nola.com/ponchatoulatimes/2009/05/drinking_water_contamination.html

 

[jasoncran]

:biglol :biglol :biglol

 

[Nick]

:biglol When I read the title of this thread, I thought this was about becoming a moderator! :rolling.


But back to topic, that's pretty crazy! :crazy

 

[tim-from-pa]

Glad y'all liked my little "skit" with the EPA. I just wanted to humorously show the doubletalk that goes on in this administration, but we already know that. Actually, the focus I wanted to bring about is about the healthcare even though I used environmental subject here as well.

In reality, if I had to side with either of the two confused parties in my portrayal, I would go "green". I am not for UN mandates and other nonsense about going green, but if everyone really wanted to watch the environment, then shouldn't we go green with our bodies as well by watching what goes in?

However, although I extrapolated a tad regarding mandating drugs, with forced healthcare such a concept is only one step away (and maybe even limiting or banning natural remedies because perhaps there's no money to be made in supplements). You get the idea; it's not practicing what the greens preach and is an obvious contradiction--- coming from the same political thought out there.

I think I hit the (parenthetical) nail on the head. The only reason I can see this opposing philosophy side-by-side is because money and power is the bottom line. They may state to the effect; we are green when it gives us power and wealth, and we'll "cram our erroneous medical philosophy down everyone's throat" when it serves us, makes everyone compliant, and makes money and to heck with the contradictions---- why, that'll be explained away like it's perfectly reasonable.

 

[Ema]

good topic.