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Originally Posted by dyna mo
there's prolly been 5 ruptures in the time it took me to write this sentence. this topic is not about that. i'm not defending anything here.
this thread is re: how dems are getting in the way of this bill passing in spite of the public wanting it, etc.. get even politics isn't good for anyone.
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Why do you see this as "getting in the way"?
The proposed pipeline is also going to cut through people's property, and the property owners has valid legal complaints about this. Not too long ago, only the government could exprppriate private land. And even then, it had to be for public use, the land owner had to be compensated, and it had to fulfill a real public need.
There is no public need for the pipeline - its a PRIVATE need. And yes people you voted for, are trying to push this through.
So again, don't you think that there is a concern here?
Boiled down: A foreign corporation, in an industry with a terrible safety record, wants to take away private land from owners, to build a pipeline to pump dangerous, polluting, and volitile substances, for a market that quite frankly doesn't even need it at the moment, and you think that raising questions about this is just "dems getting in the way"?
Come on man, I know you're a smart guy - you have to at least acknowledge that something is very very fucked up here...