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Proposed Trans-US oil pipieline - a disaster waiting to happen!
- Thread starter scooterbug44
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LuciferSam
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It's the demonizing of teachers that really gets me. What better way to create uninformed masses and stifle dissent. They'll try to get away with anything under the guise of states' rights, which is nothing more than oppressors wanting unrestricted freedom to engage in bullying tactics.
scooterbug44
SoWal Expert
What the heck are you talking about?
No demonizing of teachers involved - just 1,600 miles of ticking timebomb being proposed for our heartland.
LuciferSam
Banned
Bob changed the subject a bit and I'm going with it.
Lake View Too
SoWal Insider
I think this thread is turning into a general rant... and I like it.
LuciferSam
Banned
Exactly. This is like stream of (un)consciousness. It's like that Billy Joel song.
scooterbug44
SoWal Expert
I was sort of hoping the thread could be about a major issue that people needed to be aware of and take action on.
These morons already tried to get a safety waiver to build the pipeline thinner and pump the oil at higher pressure.
It crosses several major rivers, like the Missouri, Red, and Platte - which means any spill will eventually end up in our Gulf.
These morons already tried to get a safety waiver to build the pipeline thinner and pump the oil at higher pressure.
It crosses several major rivers, like the Missouri, Red, and Platte - which means any spill will eventually end up in our Gulf.
30ashopper
SoWal Insider
Take your pick, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran, or Canada.
Independent of what the writers of Mother Jones think (to which I wouldn't grant more than a small paper weight of influence anyway) if TransCanada can show it's safe and will produce the amount of oil they claim it will, I say build it.
I will add that it's very unfortunate that this source of crude has "the potential to undermine America's clean energy future and international leadership on climate change" ...but we need the resources. Plus it'll keep Canada's single payer healthcare system afloat for another half century. They could use the help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_Oil_Sands
30ashopper
SoWal Insider
We could change the subject again to Weiner's weiner, if people want a more light hearted discussion.
30ashopper
SoWal Insider
Also, I'm not sure about anyone else here but If I had a choice between filling up a supertanker and shipping it across the Atlantic or Pacific, or a deep drill oil rig sucking oil out of the bottom of the gulf or a pipline across dry land that can be turned off at the flip of a switch, I'll take the pipline, thank you very much.