Why?? This is just what the environazis do in the west all the time, only from the other side. What's good for the goose is sauce for the gander.
If the econazis can take "public" land out of the tax base and restrict access to elitists like them--and that is a good thing--why can't the government do something that actually does something for all americans?
Don't misunderstand my reasons for opposing this. This isn't about the environment, this isn't about stopping the big mean evil oil companies.
This is about stopping yet ANOTHER power grab by the Federal Government.
I hate that this has to be about refineries because we do need them and we need them badly spread out all over the country.
But we do NOT need an overbearing Uncle Sugar coming into OUR cities, OUR homes and OUR back yards telling us that we have NO VOICE in the matter.
I spent most of my adult life in defending our constitution, it pisses me the hell off to see MY government being the very enemy to that Constitution that I and my fellow Marines, sweated, bled and died for.
It's a hard choice and I don't know what the answer is. But this is NOT it.
BTW I live in Montana, so I am VERY aware of what the environazis have done to us out here. I live with the effects every damned day.