Posted on 10/16/2016 9:07:50 AM PDT by rktman
Two different courts have now heard complaints from both Native American and environmental extremist groups and rejected attempts to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline project’s construction. One might assume that this legal process would be enough to see the various parties satisfied that everyone had been given their rightful hearing in court and, while perhaps unhappy, get us back on track. The reality is far different. The protests are not only continuing, but in some cases bending seriously toward even more incidents of violence. This might be tamped down a bit if there was full government cooperation, but thus far the White House doesn’t seem inclined to offer any real support for the victors in the legal battles.
On one side you have the Sioux Nation’s concerns over their ancestral lands and the possible desecration of graves or destruction of cultural artifacts. While numerous inspections have failed to locate any such cultural materials along the planned route (where previous pipeline and power line work has already been completed) that’s a legitimate concern. The owners of the project must be mindful of these concerns and remain diligent in preventing any such destruction while keeping the tribes in the loop on their activity. But that’s not the same as the other groups who are there. They are protesting fossil fuels and don’t seem to give more than lip service to the concerns of the tribes.
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Another DEMONstration of the “forces of evil” raging against the greatest political and economic system devised in the history of mankind... bar none!!!
This all sounds pretty “dark” to me regarding the left.
Definitely “dark”.
The Left side of the Democrat Party is sandbagging the protestors in North Dakota saying they want the pipeline construction to stop with Barnie Sanders and others calling for it, but the Obama Administration is not taking any executive action to shut it down.
The Obama Administration, which approved the pipeline and no doubt got campaign money to approve it, is asking for a voluntary stop to construction work.
After shutting down Keystone XL pipeline the Obama Administration went ahead and approved this pipeline.
I see Corporatism and Crony Capitalism causing this hypocrisy from Washington where a pipeline to Texas is shut down and one to Illinois is approved.
“So, did someone on the council not get the wampum he/she thought he/she should get? “
Yeah, just give the feathered bastids a few acres of land along the right-of-way for a couple of “indian casinos” and everything should be good to go. I’m thinking of filing for the “Forgottten Whiteman’s Tribe” with the State of California so I can get my “tribe” some choice downtown San Francisco land on which to build a casino. And I won’t even have to “raise” any “teepees” to build.
Surprised ISIs/Sorros not part of the protests. Islamic terrorists only have oil
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