Grading the New Hampshire Debate

Vanity | 6 Feb 16 | Xzins

[xzins]

1. Trump, A, (a) Nailed the waterboarding question, (b) Destroy ISIS's resources.

2. Cruz, A-, (a) A water-boarding answer that screamed "I don't trust the military. (b) Gave Trump an opening at the very end. (c) Personal story about sister very honest. (d) Smacked the lady moderator with his "I'm here tonight" not in DC getting a briefing on N.Korea missile.

3. Rubio, B+, (a) Absolutely solid on life, (b) Actually right about Barack Obama over Christie,

4. Carson, B, (a) Honest, (b) Hit the closing statement out of the park

5. Kasich, C, (a) Ohio budget surplus, (b) Friendly

6. Christie, C-, (a) Gadfly, (b) I'm a governor and we're the only thing that count.

7. Bush, D, (a) Worst, most demeaning answer of the evening on life: "I'm in the sweet spot." It wasn't about LIFE; it was about being politically right about it. HORRID response. (b) Wants to do McCain/Clinton Libyan Arab Spring all over again. He's a nut.

[TXnMA]

Actually, I haven't heard of eminent domain being used 'round here for pipeline ROWs. Most folks jump at a deal which pays them big bucks for letting petrofolks use a narrow strip of their land -- while also paying them handsomely for the timber harvested to clear it.

And as I said, they still have surface use and mineral rights to extract oil/gas from beneath the ROW (which the pipeline folks keep nicely mowed -- and which also makes a great firebreak...)

Heck, we even use the ROW across our place as a site for birthday parties, etc...

Besides in Texas, any private pipeline concern who tried using ED on Texas landowners just might find themselves a test case for the theory that .50 BMG antimateriel rounds work wonders on the blocks of diesel engines...