Retarded headline of the day...

This gem from the CBC informing me that "Oilsands may face severe water shortage..." pretty much blew the gears out of the Lame-O-Meter here at Falling Downs.

We're not worried about the water needs of local native communities.

We're not worried about the water needs of Fort Mac or anywhere downstream of the oil sand developments.

We're not worried about the water needs of agriculture in Western Canada...

All of these are mere afterthoughts.

No, what sets off alarm bells is the thought that an industry that needs four barrels of water to produce a barrel of bitumen could be threatened.

That is profoundly stupid!

Pipeline springs leak just as provincial preems sit down to ease pipeline regulations

This is too much!

Just as the Canadian provincial premiers are sitting down to hammer out an agreement on more deregulation for the oil industry, news leaks out about a million gallon oil spill nearby Fort Mac.

I detect the long arm of eco-terrorist Wiebo Ludwig reaching out from beyond the grave!

Wiebo was a bit of an odd duck. He was a "Christian environmentalist," although it didn't seem that either the Christians or the environmentalists were particularly keen to be associated with him.

And Wiebo believed in walking the walk. Went to jail for his direct action against sour gas. Jesus once engaged in some direct action with those money guys at the temple. It's a pity that more Christians aren't willing to walk the walk.