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		<title>Lake Lanier Court Case Decision Disappoints Atlanta</title>
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			<title>bama water drinker says:</title>
			<link>http://www.lakelanier.com/20090722848/news/lake-lanier-court-case-decision-disappoints-atlanta/#comment-700</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm studying this blunder in my environmental science class. It's interesting to read everyone's point of view (praise thee mighty internet). I happen to live in Alabama, and, unsurprisingly, have never heard of this debate (c'mon american idol has been on for like 10 years now, no chance this made it past AI, at least in Birmingham)...but i digress. It's interesting that BOB mentions the higher value of human life compared to "marine wildlife" and "power plants." My recent study of biodiversity, food chains/webs, and the interconnectedn ess has been a much more in depth look at ideas that I used to consider common sense. You know, "DUH" that when we pour pollution into a river, it kills fish, we can't eat them anymore = bad for everyone. Well, unfortunately for those of us (human race, you know, brotherhood, mankind the whole shabang) that REFUSE to EDUCATE themselves and only rely on the BS we call "news," things like MARINE LIFE play a vital role in the ecosystem of the earth. Not to mention that power plants are here to provide energy for our superconsumer lifestyles. I think BOB sounds like a concerned citizen, but honestly, I found it humorously pathetic at his childish expression, "Lake Lanier is Atlanta's water supply and they're trying to take it away." Well, BOB, you bring up an interesting point. You make it sound like Atlanta has it's little water supply over at Lake Lanier and that it's just safe and sound. Well, you're forgetting to include the fact that Atlanta's population is HUGE and growing all the time. Yes, lanier is in GA, and Atlanta should be entitled to some of it, but ATL has been increasing its use of Lanier for drinking water, and just a 1% increase of its current metro population of about 5.25 million people amounts to alot more than a few bottles of water. Thats A LOT of water. If there were no regulation, Atlanta would just take as much as it could, physically, and SOONER THAN LATER, there won't be any water left at Lake Lanier. BOB, OPEN YOUR EYES. I live in Birmingham, very close to you I'm guessing. DO YOU REMEMBER THE DROUGHT THE LAST FEW YEARS? IT'S ONLY GETTING STARTED. Haphazard use of the world's resources has already started to throw off the very basic weather systems of the earth (IT USUALLY DOESN'T SNOW IN ALABAMA IN FEBRUARY, let alone 3 times). Last week it was 80 and today it's 25. We're screwing up our planet seriously, and what we need is not to just say ok you can have all the water you want. NO THATS NOT THE ANSWER. We need to sit down, maybe for months, years, and realize that we're in this together. We dont' start assessing these problems, OUR KIDS are the ones that won't have any drinking water. Talk about leaving a legacy. We need to talk about all of this together, and realize that actions taken by one person, or a group of people, are most definitely going to affect others, if not everyone. BOB, places like ATLANTA are key to the economic success of our country, but we MUST take environmental effects into account, or else we are evolutionarily retarded. We exercise maximum Darwinian fitness when watching over ourselves and our families, encouraging not only passing on of genes, but excellent environments for our genes to live, grow, and fluorish. PEACE BROTHERS AND SISTERS LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDS, HATE KNOWS NO LOVE]]></description>
			<dc:creator>bama water drinker</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:46:46 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Heather says:</title>
			<link>http://www.lakelanier.com/20090722848/news/lake-lanier-court-case-decision-disappoints-atlanta/#comment-668</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lake Lanier is in Georgia so why in the heck is Alabama fussing to get water from another state for their little power plant stuff they can use their own water in their state not Georgia's and I understand Flordia's complaint and their is enough water to go down for the wildlife. So you guy's need to back off.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:01:30 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>BOB says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I can't beleive that some people think power plants and marine life is more important than human life. Lake Lanier is Atlanta's water supply and they're trying to take it away. That's just pathetic.!!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>BOB</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:29:17 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Lake man says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[God rains down on the great state of Georgia. Georgians can set out buckets and barrels on their properties and capture all they want. Now, can Florida and Alabama claim that water as theirs? Its only that the water that flows into Lanier, and is contained within "Federal Lands", can it be claimed as "joint property". That said, why can't New York or Minnesota claim the water in Lake Lanier. Its just as much New York's and Minnesota's water as it is Alabama's and Florida's. That said, Georgia then, has a claim to ANY WATER in the USA that is empounded by or paid for by the USA federal government, right? Georgia not only has a Congressional Deed locating its northern boarder in the Tennessee River, The Tennessee River is federally owned and managed by the TVA. That gives Georgia, and all the other states in USA, the rights to the water in the Tennessee River, right? Georgia, Purdue, go up there and draw some "federal water" for the great state of Georgia. Done.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lake man</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:48:43 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Alice says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am currently in a debate group. Our standpoint is the Georgia Public. Now Steve, I understand the needs for Florida, but whats more imp.? Snails, Mollusks, ext. or us???? What would you say we should use against our opponents?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Alice</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:23:08 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Steve says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In fact that Tennessee / Georgia dispute was back in the headlines this week: http://www.lakelanier.com/blogs/camak-stone-missing-from-georgia-tennessee-border/]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:30:29 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Lake man says:</title>
			<link>http://www.lakelanier.com/20090722848/news/lake-lanier-court-case-decision-disappoints-atlanta/#comment-268</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lots of facts on line. Just Google "Tennessee Georgia boarder dispute"]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lake man</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:44:56 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>SocialStudiesStudent says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thx for the interesting facts, sure to help out with my social studies debate project!(Im for GA!) I fhtere's any other facts you can tell me, id surely appreciate it!:-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>SocialStudiesStudent</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:26:16 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Lake man says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Steve, A bit more info into this boarder issue. Congress set the line on the 35th parallel. Then, using the deed, a surveyor flagged the line and put it on paper. Tennessee quickly accepted the survey, and the line, as depicted. Georgia disputed the survey, and the flagged line, at that time. Georgia has revisited and re affirmed their dispute of this survey and line set every several years since then. It is all in historical records. The survey is wrong. Everybody knows that. That does not change the congressional deed. Georgia is NOT "taking" land or water, that isn't already theirs. Just as Mangnuson drew his decision from the original "congressional" documents for Lanier. A judge will look at the original "congressional" documents (the Congressional Deed) for the property line location; the 35th parallel. The survey, having been proven to be inaccurate, holds no water!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lake man</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:18:26 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Steve says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I suspect the chances of Georgia taking Tennessee land or water are 0.0001% or thereabouts unfortunately. GA relinquishing an old claim over TN land doesn't equal them allowing us access to take Tennessee River water. I fear we're left with a hodge-podge of solutions and our politicians aren't smart enough to make them work.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:13:34 --500</pubDate>
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