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The 15 most toxic places to live

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anonymous
hogorina@att.net 10/13/2010 22:15 PM

The national news media suffer along with all professions regarding meaningful and explicit information. Collectively, professions and mob-like
passions have been in arrest since 1933. This is when Red Russia was recognized by the so-called liberalization of the New Deal gang in the halls of Congress, of whom so suddenly revealed their contemporary coat of Joseph’s many colored coat;the powers that be have ham hamstrung freedom of the printing press, and higher education. In essence this.... More

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hogorina@att.net 10/13/2010 22:16 PM

The national news media suffer along with all professions regarding meaningful and explicit information. Collectively, professions and mob-like
passions have been in arrest since 1933. This is when Red Russia was recognized by the so-called liberalization of the New Deal gang in the halls of Congress, of whom so suddenly revealed their contemporary coat of Joseph’s many colored coat;the powers that be have ham hamstrung freedom of the printing press, and higher education. In essence this.... More

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hogorina 10/04/2010 08:29 AM

Is it to be muted on MMN because preconsumptions are counter to herd flow?

Hogorina

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hogorina 10/02/2010 13:09 PM

As a man, hating everyone equally, even myself, cannot be a racist. But hogs are people to me, so they are not every one,
but do remind us that swine are more approacable than a run-of-the mill herd!

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Hogorina 09/26/2010 22:31 PM

DID LUCIFER CREATE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS
The utmost concern as to creation, other than mankind, poses many questions. Where in the world did humanoids come from?. Too, Our creator named us as mankind--one from another. One must admit that politicians and thieves are in the same boat. But who let them on board, and to eventually land on the shores of America? We read in Holy writ, that there are children of Satan running around the earth. If it be so, many have bedded.... More

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LoveCitarum 09/03/2010 02:53 AM

It is pathetic and to see the sick river as the picture shown above. Complain and bad words will not solve anything, but adding more fuel for hatred. There is effort to start to give more attention to the Citarum. (came accross Citarum.org, but the English version is limited). The Government of Indonesia with support of several donor initiate Citarum Roadmap for a strategic plan of priority projects and activities to improve water resources management and restore the environment in the river.... More

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Haekal Adzani 09/02/2010 10:52 AM

This is the fact, the government doesn't give much attention to this river which had been pathetic for years and years. It's the modernization that creates this river basin to turn out like this. The modernization wave which couldn't be managed very well and not balanced due to the inability of the government to control it.
My hometown is very very near this river basin, and if you'd take a look, there are so much more river in West Java, widely in Indonesia which has the similar condition.... More

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unindonesia 09/01/2010 07:20 AM

you can walk on it

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Anonymous 08/31/2010 17:12 PM

this is why we NEED gay people! to keep population levels down! True story, no lol's about it. Seriously...

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bc 08/31/2010 15:00 PM

There is not much we can do for these people if they themselves and their government won't. To put it buntly, they have been screwed for the past 100 years! Under-educated by their own rulers, under-paid by the tightly controlled world economic system, which squeezes developing countries by the balls. The moral of this sad, sad story... Make sure it doesn't happen in your back yard. Fight for your rights with any means neccessary! If you don't... mankind will eat you alive.

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lynn 08/31/2010 16:40 PM

I have friends from Indonesia living here in FL...their house is so nasty. I went to the house once and would never again....

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Dan 08/31/2010 16:10 PM

HAHAHAHHA!!! Your actually 100% right LOL our President and government r soon gonna screw us so many blacks love him just because hes black. And im not racist either but so many people believe him or believed him that this country is gonna go strait down the freakin tube with his lies under his beutifully read speeches that everyone believes.... You wanted change you definetely got the right person in charge...

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I'm not a racist either! 08/31/2010 17:42 PM

Too bad you're not President because your writing and grammar are exceptional. You're just like our former President Bush...you can't spell, can't write, and I bet you can't read well either....I bet you were a "C" student in school too. It's spelled BEAUTIFULLY not "beutifully".

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hogorina@att.net 10/04/2010 21:06 PM

ONE OF WHOM PRESUPPOSES THAT THEY ARN'T RACIST STANDS TALL. BUT, MENTIONING THE NAMES BUSH. CLINTON, ROOSEVELT; IS REALLY SEARCHING THE NATIONAL LIFE LINE IN PROWLING THE POLITICAL ARENA.
HOPE YOUR JIBES WERE NOT AIMED IN MY DIRECTION!

Hogorina---twitter ( hogorita )

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Kurt 08/31/2010 14:55 PM

We don't deserve this planet.

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John Moon 08/18/2010 05:34 AM

Citarum river looks sadly...

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connie 08/01/2010 11:46 AM

This is ridiculous, very unsanitary, where are the government to prevent this disease transformation, this is going to be a global problem in the future, if nobody to take responsibility for this river polluted situation.

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Heba 05/01/2010 22:53 PM

talk about TRASH!!!!

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susie 08/14/2010 16:22 PM

Pretty soon..........SOYLENT GREEN!!

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Our Future 08/31/2010 19:40 PM

Soylet green is people..It's people.

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victor 04/20/2010 04:14 AM

Most of these pictures are sad.Only the farmers raising their livestock seem useful if managed properly.I guess we need to look more closely at the high levels of trash and pollution we generate and come up with a global solution.
We can only hope.

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bexx 04/17/2010 16:35 PM

"why arent we doing things to stop this" - the picture of the indian river:

it would look alot better if they themselves werent emptying their own ******* rubbish into it, how about that? who do you think ******* made it look that way? they did.

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vik 08/31/2010 17:14 PM

That river is NOT IN INDIA !!!!

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susie 08/14/2010 16:16 PM

The problem is they come to usa and do the same things....I worked at a big named bank with mostly people from these counties and the women would stand up and pee all over the tolite seat and the topper is they never washed their hands and guess where they all are working now........your hospitals as RN's.

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jillian 09/03/2010 01:48 AM

how do you know the women would stand up pee?

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people are winners 08/31/2010 15:15 PM

It must be sad to clean up after them. If not you, then your ignorant, drop-out kids will!

Asswipe!

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weezul 04/06/2010 14:30 PM

"This picture, and the one from the river in India, just take my breath away. How can this be allowed? Why can't we stop this? What can we do to make things right - to find balance?"

1. It's about money. Corporations don't care. People might, but we generally get caught up in our own day to day survival.
2. Too many people means we are exceeding the world's capacity to accommodate us.
3. The solution? You already said it. Balance. We need to stop breeding! Earth population =.... More

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soylent green 09/03/2010 20:07 PM

Your question is ludacris, get off your high horse and start worrying about your own backyard before criticizing others. The only reason our rivers don't look like this is because our government does a better job of hiding our trillions of tonnes of garbage from our roadways!!! do you drink from plastic bottles? do you buy overpackaged goods from China? what have you done lately to effectuate change aside from putting your newspaper in a little blue bin? Are you driving an electric car?.... More

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Khairool Baikeree 03/22/2010 23:43 PM

Unbelievable.

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MissT 03/19/2010 20:06 PM

That's a RIVER???

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BOB HARRIS 03/02/2010 13:06 PM

linfen is a sad example of what china has become

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THE SirLOL/ WhiteChief 01/23/2010 11:07 AM

@ALL THE COMPLAINERS: If your not doing anything to change it, then shut up.
@THE ANTI COMPLAINERS: Your just as bad, if your not doing something, then shut up.

If you are doing something, report it so others can get involved.

GENERAL: I am an AMERICAN and love the earth more than the IDIOTS in it. I Have seen the world, like unto that china smog picture, and worse in visions and dreams. Anything not good for the enviroment should be, without question, annihilated, including.... More

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Kodi 02/09/2010 13:29 PM

You call the people of the world idiots yet you can not type your native language. You claim to have knowledge and visions and to have seen the world...doubtful, sounds more like you take a lot of hallucinogenic drugs. You failed to make one single point in your "Conditions" that has anything to do with this article or any topic at all for that matter. You are the person that makes Americans look stupid.

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Kirsten 01/23/2010 10:27 AM

This picture, and the one from the river in India, just take my breath away. How can this be allowed? Why can't we stop this? What can we do to make things right - to find balance?

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jak 11/30/2009 11:54 AM

ohh... if i went here on vacation not that it would really be much of a vacation, i probably would try to walk across the river.. that wouldn't be good. but then again, the trash could hold me up.

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CaptainTrek 01/11/2010 01:49 AM

The trash is just floating on the surface, mate...

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Mr Natural 11/16/2009 20:58 PM

What river?

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rsv james 11/12/2009 12:26 PM

I wonder how long it took for all of this too happen. Especially the earth picture. I can't imagine!

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Citarum River, Indonesia

The Citarum has been called the world's most polluted river. Around 5 million people live in the river's basin, and most of them rely on its flow for their water supply.
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