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4 Commentary Clackamas Prinl Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006 The great bottled water hoax According to a four-year study done by the Natural Resources | Commentary Editor Defense Council, bottled water contains the same contaminants that tap water does, and then Bottled water is the biggest marketing scam to ever hit the some. E. coli bacteria, cryptospo United States of America, and ridium, giardia and arsenic are just some of the contaminants that includes tobacco. Every day, I witness dozens of that the NRDC found in bottled suckers purchasing bottled water water. Another problem with bottled at the college and at my job. I used to be one of those suckers, water is that it’s regulated by the until I actually did some research FDA and not the EPA. In fact, and watched an episode of Penn states that bottle their own water & Teller’s Bullshit! that took on are exempt from FDA regula tions. To make matters worse, the bottled water hoax. As it turns out, bottled water bottled water companies do not is no different than average tap have to remove E. coli and fecal water. In fact, a lot of it is tap water. coliform; the water is not required Take for example, Aquafma and to be disinfected. It’s only tested Dasani. These products are bottled for chemicals once a year, and by Coke and Pepsi and are made pathogens don’t have to be fil with the same tap water that is tered. People who think bottled water used to make Coke and Pepsi soft drinks. The brand Alasika’s label tastes better than tap water, think reads “Alaska Premium Glacier* again because the taste is mostly Drinking Water: Pure Glacier psychosomatic (it’s all in their Water From the Last Unpolluted heads). Penn and Teller, on their Frontier, Bacteria Free,” even Showtime program Bullshit!, though it actually comes from a filled up bottles with Los Angeles County hose water, put fancy, city water supply. Tayo Stalnaker Letters to the Editor: Military Commissions Act actually not treasonous While it is admirable that Cameron is attempting to create interest in a very important political issue, she creates interest only by first misleading her readers. She sets out to convince them of her opinion that the Military Commissions Act (MCA) violates the Constitution, is treason ous and dangerous for the American public. However, it is doubt ful that she has thorough ly investigated either the MCA or the Constitution. The MCA forbids courts from hearing an application for writ of habeas corpus when filed by or on behalf of aliens. It does not deny habeas corpus to American citizens, even criminal American citizens. Cameron bases the major ity of her criticism on the fact that the MCA somehow vio lates the Constitution and is also treasonous. She wrote, “National security does not trump the Constitution.” Actually, it can. In Article 1, Section 9, clause 2 of the Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus cannot be suspended “...unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” The fram ers of the Constitution did not define “invasion” or “rebellion,” meaning that Congress today can define what a threat to the public safety is; it can be what ever they see fit. In passing the MCA, they have defined terrorists as an invasion, a threat to the public safety, and such a definition is per fectly legal. The article’s most glar ing fault is Cameron’s dec laration that the MCA is an act of treason. “Yes, I said it. Treason." Her read ers apparently are supposed to take her word for it. If Cameron had taken the trouble of actually reading the Constitution, she would have found “treason” spe cifically, minutely defined as follows in Article 3, Section 3, “Treason against the United States, shall con sist only in levying War against them, or adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.” Nothing in there about passing con troversial acts. Finally, Cameron seems to believe that all of her readers share her political opinions; therefore, she begins the article by calling President Bush “Shrubs-for- Brains.” Such name-calling is unprofessional, uncon vincing and uninformative in a piece that seeks to both inform and persuade read ers. If she can’t investi gate her claims and pres ent them in a mature way, why should anyone (except ignorant Bush-haters who gladly accept her word as true) believe her? Cameron does not allow her readers to form an educated opinion of their own concerning the MCA because she misrep resents and misconstrues the Constitution, coats the entire piece with partisan sarcasm and expects every one to be on her side at the end. Those readers who refuse to investigate politics will perhaps agree with her. Those who, like responsible American citizens, take a look at the Constitution for themselves will find that unlike Cameron’s claims, there is more than one pos sible conclusion. Ella Dvoroff, Clackamas Student To send a letter to the editor, email it to ch iefed@clackamas.edu Adam J. Manley Cfadwmksfl fake labels on them and had peo ple taste test them. Most of the taste testers loved the fake bottled water and called it “crisp and refreshing,” said that it tasted a lot better than tap water and were willing to buy the faux spring water for insanely high prices (about $6 a bottle). What I’m trying to say is, please don’t purchase bottled watei It' complete waste of money, fl other hand, if anyone wantfl rich quick, bottled water fl like the perfect market to tail Ashtray cones need cleaning .. . novi Rev. Sam Krause Co-Editor-in-Chief I smoke about a pack a day. I smoke in the designated areas, and I don’t throw my butts on the ground. That is the agreement smokers have with non-smokers: stay 25 feet away from the doors and throw butts into the black and yellow Rubbermaid cones, and all will be good. What happens if a smoker breaks die rules? Aticket for littering; and for smoking too close to a door, he or she must move into the rain. What if a non-smoker breaks the rules? Wait, what rules? The one that says those Rubbermaid cones should be emptied on a regular basis. I’m sure this rule isn’t written anywhere, like all of the smoker rules painted on walls and windows across die campus, but that doesn’t mean it carries any less weight I’ve emptied at least four cones in the last two weeks - after the cones were filled and smoking. I can’t stand the smell of burning cigarette butts, so I empty them. This is not something I should have to do, but it was the least I could do to rid myself of that terrible burn ing stench. Basically, smokers are all but forced to clean up after themselves, even though most of us dispose of our butts properly. Truth be told, smoking is a nasty habit, and it’s probably a good idea to quit I, however, am young, invin cible, and I’ll live forever, right? Whoever’s responsibility it is to empty those cones, please get on it Smokers are willing to follow the rules in order to satiate their addic tion. I do. I Adam J. 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