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Chance of Rain blog on western water: “There was never any incest”

Posted by: Maven on February 24, 2010 at 8:41 am

From Emily Green at the Chance of Rain blog:

““Evil is elemental … It’s in the air, it’s in the sunshine, it’s in the water.” – So goes a line from New York Times film critic AO Scott in a “video pick” for Chinatown.*

Ah, cineastes. If they ever came out of their screening rooms, they would know that evil is elemental, it’s in the air, it’s in the sunshine, it’s in the water in real life. You don’t need to rent it.

While Scott’s paean was aimed more at Roman Polanski and less at water, it was well-timed. Evil has never been thicker in the world of Western water.

Today, over in Nevada, Governor Jim Gibbons indicated that he would help a thinly veiled attempt by Las Vegas to retroactively legalize a Great Basin water grab that dwarfs Mulholland’s exploits in the Eastern Sierra by dint of the sheer damage that it could wreak over tens of thousands of square miles. What does the future of the Pacific flyway or the last of the intact cold deserts in the world matter when tourists can enjoy chlorine-tinted replicas of Venetian canals without leaving the US? Or Californian tax refugees can find warmth and cheap homes? … “

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February 24, 2010 · Filed Under General Water Issues

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