Posted on 11/19/2004 3:01:59 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Democratic lawmakers want President Bush to ask Canada to stop shipping trash to Michigan when he meets with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin later this month.
U-S Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow and Representative John Dingell have sent a letter today to Bush expressing their concern.
Dana Perino is a spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. She says the White House has received the letter and will consider it.
An average of 415 truckloads of trash enter Michigan from Canada each day. Democrats have been asking the E-P-A to enforce a 1992 treaty that requires Canada to notify the United States of shipments of trash.
Under the treaty, the United States can decline the shipments for environmental and other reasons.
Yeah. And re-direct the shipments to Carolyn Parrish's yard.
Did Michigan vote for Bush? These are the same Dem morons that trashed the President and now want his help!
They're shipping Carolyn Parrish to Michigan?
Lets trade them, we take their trash, they take our liberals.
Isn't that just typical of the arrogance of so many democrats. They'll stab you in the back, lie about you, call you all manner of horrible names, say that you are one of the lowest of the low -- and then demand that you do favors for them!!
How French can you get?
I say we swap the afore mentioned individuals for whatever Canada wants to send in.
I don't see any downside to that proposal.
Exactly. In fact, here's my speculation on how this would end up: Any move by the Federal government to restrict these trash shipments would be met by a stiff challenge from both the Canadian authorities and the operators of the Michigan disposal facilities -- on the grounds that trash is a valuable commodity whose cross-border shipment should be protected under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Hmmmmmm????
Piss on Michigan enviro weenie liberals by ignoring this question, or raise the issue and use Michigan enviro weenie liberals to piss on Canadian enviro weenie liberals?
No brainer.
Go for it, George! Run with the fair and immenently reasonable environmental demands of the progressive representatives of the Peoples Republic of Michiganistan.
Suggest that this violates the Kyoto treaty. It'll take them weeks to figure out that one!
Would be a good swap...even nuclear trash.
Sounds like an even swap...
Let's not forgot the other side of this argument. At current landfill charges of anywhere from $25 to $50 per ton (sometimes even higher), the total volume of imported garbage to Michigan represents upwards of $100 million or more going into the state's economy.
Very well stated! That's what popped in my mind the minute I read this!
LOL!!! That's good!
The only thing that confuses me here is the economics. Canada is the second-large nation on earth with a population one tenth of the United States. How could it possibly be cheaper for them to ship their trash to Michigan than set aside just a few of their 3.9 million square miles for landfills?
Canada must have insane environmental regulations or something.
Exactly is right. That's why I called them posers--stupid democrats. The fact is, trash is an extremely valuable commodity in some parts of the world. I wouldn't think so in Michigan but that is their business.
You probably nailed it. I'll bet it's next to impossible to build or even expand a landfill in Canada these days, and the landfills near where this trash is coming from are probably full.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.