re: #539 Anymouse

My brother-in-law reports my sister-in-law was in a car wreck yesterday. She was uninjured: Her Hyundai was T-boned by a giant pick-up truck. Apparently, the only damage was to the passenger side door.

(I posted to a dead thread.)

My senator Deb Fischer repeating the same propaganda about the Clean Water Act that the GOP has been parroting for decades: Clean water regulations are an undue burden on farmers and ranches (who they don’t really give a hoot about).

starherald.com (full monty of pig excrement at the link)

But for too long, faraway bureaucrats in Washington have believed, and behaved, as if they know better than Nebraskans when it comes to keeping water clean. In May 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers issued a final rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States” or WOTUS for all Clean Water Act programs.

Washington’s harmful rule greatly expands the scope of federally protected waters, far beyond the original intent of Congress. This heavy-handed regulation would affect all Nebraskans, our families, communities, and small businesses. One of the more cumbersome provisions redefines “navigable waterways” to include run-off streams and ditches that are dry most of the year.

Nebraskans know this definition would be laughable if it didn’t also pose serious economic harm to so many Nebraskan families. If your property has a low spot that fills up after a heavy rain, you could be subject to severe restrictions on the use of your own land as well as expensive fines.