tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3208229069891514236..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Protesting the TransCanada Keystone XL pipelineMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-65857168254043574222012-10-22T17:25:36.459-05:002012-10-22T17:25:36.459-05:00Unfortunately the American people have been sold a...Unfortunately the American people have been sold a bill of goods -- many of them believe that this oil is meant for American consumption when, in fact, it is meant to be shipped from Houston port to China or to India. Why on earth we Americans would risk the safety of our aquifers and wildlife for oil for export is beyond me. We must stop this pipeline!Classof65https://www.blogger.com/profile/15620524862669295761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68291728741307407532012-10-18T01:08:32.059-05:002012-10-18T01:08:32.059-05:00This is such a win for capitalism: Any spill clea...This is such a win for capitalism: Any spill cleanup, even tens of billions, is tax deductible (BP? I understand the 30 billion was written of to the USA, so basically the US taxpayers had to clean up the mess and pay for it themselves?).<br />And what better way to squeeze more money out of everyone than to poison ground water. Bottled water for everyone!<br />Now if we could only figure out a way to charge for air...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-87356898371475599862012-10-17T21:04:04.374-05:002012-10-17T21:04:04.374-05:00As a Canadian, this whole affair makes me mad as h...As a Canadian, this whole affair makes me mad as hell and shamefully embarrassed by our government. Prime Minister Harper is so deeply in the pocket of Western Canadian oil interests that he will force his lickspittle cabinet full of yes-men and -women to do and say anything the oilpatch tells him to. His government has gutted environmental regulation and removed any meaningful oversight, all in the name of appeasing the oil companies and keeping their cash flowing into Conservative Party coffers. I knew this was all going to go badly years ago, when the newly-elected Harper Conservatives insisted on changing the name of the project from the Tar Sands (as it had been known for years) to the Oil Sands - supposedly a friendlier, fuzzier choice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-39003177006145128232012-10-17T21:01:08.084-05:002012-10-17T21:01:08.084-05:00We can live without more oil, especially if it com...We can live without more oil, especially if it comes in the form of dilbit. We can't live without water and all the crops that might be blighted in the event of a spill. And it sounds like even someone as gambling-averse as I am would bet on the spills as a sure thing. This could be a disaster from which we might never recover.Barbwirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375742473254773675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-62892192451278723482012-10-17T20:10:46.279-05:002012-10-17T20:10:46.279-05:00What blows my mind is that I think they could have...What blows my mind is that I think they could have easily gotten this pipeline through Texas if they hadn't tried to run roughshod over the land owners. I mean, if you tick off Texans regarding oil, you must have screwed up really, really badly.Brad Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197301845256854051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-57021664446020944232012-10-17T18:31:56.331-05:002012-10-17T18:31:56.331-05:00There are many of us fighting Enbridge's propo...There are many of us fighting Enbridge's proposal to lay a pipeline through northern British Columbia to the sea. This will take it through some of the last great wilderness's left on the planet, over major salmon spawning rivers to a rugged coastline renowned for large tidal runs, hidden reefs and severe weather even in late summer. This is not about "if " there's an accident but when and where. The impact will be devastating. Sadly Enbridge has the support of our Prime Minister who is slowly and quietly making it possible to happen citing "economic" benefits. It helps that he's from Calgary...<br />An excellent doc is this.. http://www.onthelinemovie.com about two fellows who followed the proposed route, scary and enlightening.padshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344763282129534618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-51864083208602572162012-10-17T18:19:50.772-05:002012-10-17T18:19:50.772-05:00http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_091712.mp3/v...http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_091712.mp3/view<br /><br />An excellent account about one woman's fight to stop Keystone from laying pipeline on her family's farm.Rosemarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-704177922709553062012-10-17T17:09:38.430-05:002012-10-17T17:09:38.430-05:00Another short sighted goal placing profit over saf...Another short sighted goal placing profit over safety- and this time, even the profit end is more imaginary than real. We're poisoning our planet, and in so doing ourselves. The coming worldwide ecological collapse will make our economic debacle look like the good old days. I honestly don't know how people who bring kids into the world these days sleep at night. <br /><br />Denial is a beautiful thing (until it denies you).Stan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17381743002180926900noreply@blogger.com