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Today's episode is Walmart City Error. Oops, I mean, era. Let's get started. City Center.
So in Philadelphia, a 48-inch main water main broke, leaving a huge hole in the street. And so the flooding started around four in the morning, and they didn't shut the water off until 7.45 ish in the morning. That frustrates me, because I'm thinking, how long does it take to realize that the water is flooding into the street and, too, that you need to turn it off? Like, seriously?
Did anyone not notice this? If you look at the picture, it's clearly in the middle of the street. So people are seeing water come cushing out of the middle of the street. Doesn't someone call?
Call for help? Calling 911? You know, call Ghostbusters. I don't know who you call, but you call somebody.
I don't know. Maybe I'm being overly critical, maybe. But with all that flooding that took place, hundreds of people were left without power and thousands experienced low water pressure. But I guess, for me, the big part is, now that all this water has spilled out, it's wasted.
There's, sure, the sun can evaporate up into the sky and then it can come down his rain and be a part of the water cycle. But it's not getting, nobody's going to drink this water. That was, how many gallons of water? I'm going to do some research, and I'm going to get back with you.
I'm going to post it on Twitter to find out how much water actually got spilled out into the streets and who's going to take the blame? Because I actually get some more research. And to know if a water main is susceptible to a break, they're saying that, oh, it could be a tree roots growing or just corrosion. So it sounds like the only way you know if your water main is susceptible is if it breaks.
I don't know. I got a thing for water. I like water. I love water, actually.
So this just really disturbs me. Hashtag, boycott, Walmart. So there is a thing now where people are boycotting Walmart because a vendor that sells through Walmart, ocholary to be exact, has a shirt that says basically, in Peach 45, and people are hot. They are mad.
They feel like this is ridiculous, and they refuse to go shopping at Walmart until these shirts are no longer sold there. I feel bad for Walmart. So you got these vendors, and they sell through you. And then somebody does something bad, and you get the heat for it.
Kind of like when Target got the heat for the baby daddy cards that was actually from American Greetings. So Target got the heat from the greeting card people. Walmart's catching the heat from the old glory people. Now it's kind of crazy though, because old glory also sells shirts like girls just want to have guns, and they also sell pro-Trump stuff.
So to me, they're equal opportunity. They're saying, I'm going to play both sides, and I'm going to get this loot. But people are like, if you continue to do this Walmart, we will not spend our money there. And I don't know, I look at it from this standpoint.
You got until the next election, and if he does not get reelected, then they won't sell those shirts anymore. And then he gets what, guys? He can go back to shopping at Walmart. Obama era.
So while we're still talking about 45, let's talk about the fact that his administration rescinded a set of Obama era policies that promoted using breaks to achieve diversity in schools. Well, this doesn't change the current US laws on affirmative action. However, with the constant change of the face of the Supreme Court, we cannot pretend that this is going to be all fine and well. So Attorney General Jeff Sessions said, and I quote, in previous administrations, agencies often tried to impose new rules without any public notice or comment.
And then he goes on to say that the American people deserved to have their voices heard. Well, pardon me, Mr. Attorney General. But did I miss a memo here?
Like, I'm sorry, I tend to take these things really personally. But I didn't hear anything about a discussion to rescind anything. So I'm thinking if people aren't talking about it, it must be all right. And I really don't see what the problem of diversity is, where there are places that would just simply not let you come in, period.
And I don't see what's wrong with giving people an opportunity to come in and prove themselves. I didn't have to rely on any of those types of things for me to get in school. But there are people who did. And they were able to show and prove and let people know, like, yeah, just because I didn't have this or that or I don't look this way or that way, I still have a brain and I know how to use it.
So to me, the way how I look at it, you know what? Schools, if you want to go and backtrack off of these Obama era policies, then you go right on ahead because you're only going to be the ones that are missing out. And some other school is going to be excited about the people that they decide to allow to come within their classrooms. All right, guys.
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