Toxic Cleanup Insanity

This is what $50,000 looks like.

I said it before and I'll say it again: "environmentalism" and so-called "Global Warming" is a religion unto itself; hence, my typifying the Religious Left. It deals not so much in facts, unless they are -- ahem -- "inconVEnient" facts (sorry, Church Lady). It instead deals in faith.

I wrote about CFLs here and here. And here. I wrote about the first CFL mercury bulb break here -- which resulted in a $2,000 bill -- a pittance now, apparently.

All that I surmised about the insane Religious Left has surfaced once again:

A two-ounce (yes, you read that correctly; two ounces) mercury spill on a surface street has resulted in a $50,000 cleanup bill in Twin Falls, Idaho:

Local, state and federal agencies likely spent more than $50,000 to respond to and clean up a small mercury spill two months ago in Twin Falls, officials said this week.

The mercury, just about two teaspoons’ worth, was found the week of Sept. 15 in a parking lot outside an apartment complex at 359 and 341 Pheasant Road W. Investigators later determined it came from several thermometers intentionally broken by kids, and one family had to be temporarily evacuated from a contaminated apartment.

A number of public entities responded to the incident, including the Twin Falls Fire Department, Idaho Department of Environ-mental Quality and South CentralPublic Health District, and submitted reimbursement requests to the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security.

On Wednesday, response costs for state and local agencies were still being tallied. But they’re expected to come in between $25,000 and $30,000, said BHS spokesman Lt. Col. Tim Marsano.

In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spent about $26,000 to bring in contractors for assessments of the parking lot, eight apartment units and other nearby areas, including other homes. Only one homeowner denied the agency access, according to an EPA report. The money came out of an emergency-response budget authorized through the Superfund program.

This nation has, clearly, gone off the Deep End. The fear of appearances and suits are the driving concerns. Requiring, naturally, more and greater stacks of governmental bureaucracy at every level. The "official" EPA report of the incident is here. Wow. What sacrifice.

Give me some napkins. I'll soak it up, dig a hole, and drop in the napkins. Problem solved. And I will have gotten the napkins for free at Taco Bell. After having used their restroom for free as well.

We are a nation of blithering, indecisive, fearful, quivering Sheeple.

BZ