Michael Ryan should Stick with Plagiarism

Re: "Right Idea, wrong deadline," from the December 1st edition of the Augusta Chronicle editorial page.

I forgot to bring this up yesterday.

Mr. Ryan finally came up with a fresh idea, I think, unless he stole it from Austin Rhodes who I haven't been monitoring lately. He thinks the Olin Corporation should be allowed to continue poisoning our water indefinitely.

Mr. Ryan wrote, "It occurs to us--why not concentrate on when the plant operators commit to a conversion, rather than when they complete it."

This statement clearly shows that Mr. Ryan is a naive idiot. Olin corporation could commit to a conversion, then never complete it. Without a definite date, an order to clean up their act would have no teeth at all.

So Mr. Ryan finally came up with an original idea, but he should've stuck with plagiarizing other people's lies, because this one reveals his incredible naivete`.

In my opinion the plant should be shut down immediately and the company executives imprisoned for poisoning Georgia's water with mercury. If these were foreign Arabs adding poison to our water, Mr. Ryan would be all for hunting them down and jailing them. But apparently, it's ok, for American businessmen to terrorize us as long as they're making a buck.