tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post7594686878876820962..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Tuesday Olio: I'm Not In The Office At This Time EditionJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-46459735559402968962013-02-21T06:52:43.577-05:002013-02-21T06:52:43.577-05:00I'm not sure anything is any more laughable th...I'm not sure anything is any more laughable than Rove's own contribution to the utter insanification of the GOP, namely George W. Bush, a man as unqualified as any ever elected to the Presidency. Rove owns this cauldron of bubbling shit. Terry Southern must be having a great laugh. 11Fiddlin Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083633111240927563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-55531021887727006312013-02-20T18:31:36.541-05:002013-02-20T18:31:36.541-05:00You're thinking of John Snow, and the PTB did ...You're thinking of John Snow, and the PTB did believe him, for a bit, removing the pump handle in question. After the epidemic subsided, they replaced it, though, and continued to ignore his theory that it was fecal contamination of the water supply that was the cause of cholera outbreaks.<br /><br />"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"brucejnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-70386315183971799702013-02-20T17:29:51.132-05:002013-02-20T17:29:51.132-05:00For thousands of years people drank wine, beer, al...For thousands of years people drank wine, beer, ale and even whiskey because water wasn't safe. <br /><br />THEN a doctor came along in Victorian times and warned the government against allowing folk to use contaminated water from a (London) city well. <br /><br />They didn't believe him, he was ignored, and "teh common people" continued to die (typhus? cholera?).<br />Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.com