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Hmmm. The situation is starting to look a little bit like South America. I heard a rumor that one country did not allow citizens (until the revolt) to collect rainwater off their own roof without paying for it.
"In Bolivia, the government responded to protests against an agreement which went so far as to privatize rainwater in the province of Cochabamba with brute force and a martial lockdown." See 3rd paragraph (
http://www.50years.org/cms/ejn/story/85 ). All the water rights were bought up by a multi-national corporation. Well I guess they are all multi-national nowadays. In some cases, huge, greedy stockholder unions with crooked union leaders, even if they politely call themselves a corporation
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It has been said that the new
oil will be water, water rights that is... "water is the
oil of the 21 century", 2nd paragraph (
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/general/ ). There is a corporate rush to lock in.
Before we know it, we'll be privatizing the air we breathe. Oh, yeah, corporate "carbon credits".
Next, private corporate armies to enforce it all. Oh, yeah, Blackwater.
"Still wet behind the ears, son? That'll be an extra 25 cents, please... NOW." 
Pure privatization is somewhat losing its allure with me. Governments suck. Like Jamo says, "We're doomed!".
Well ...it would be OK if I owned it all. Bein' the man and all.
Kinda like that first private take-over of the public berry patch back in the caveman days.
Roscoe, where's your caveman pic?
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