Posted on 01/13/2014 12:50:06 PM PST by Dr. Thorne
It has all the hallmarks of a Hollywood thriller: Big Oil mines Canada's vast oil reserves upstream from a First Nation community, while one man, a rock legend, spearheads a legal fight to avert environmental catastrophe.
That rock legend is Neil Young, who on Sunday said Canada's leaders are ridding Alberta of its First Nation communities with its giant oil sands development.
"We are killing these people. The blood of these people are on modern Canada's hands. And it will be the result not of a slow thing, but a fast, horrific thing if this continues," Young said at a press conference, citing alarming environmental destruction.
Seriously. Imagine how much of mother earth could have been saved if Neal, his band, his crew, Stills, Nash, and Crosby all decided to forgoe the music and money and just subsistance farmed their whole lives.
This is where the disconnect occurs.
forget the money.
Oil is energy.
energy converted equals life.
In addition, EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING we want and need comes from and has ALWAYS come from the ground.
Everything !!!
Heh. “Big ag” would never let them do it, even though left-wing dogma (the Manifesto) insists on “combin(ing) agriculture with manufacturing industries” and as good lefties they’re supposed to agree.
Niel Young. Never heard of her.
If he's still performing, does he make jokes about being an old man when he does the song?
I never got the attraction of Young 40+ years ago. I doubt that I'm going to start to listen to his "moral pronouncements" now.
I remember a stand up comic on one of those late night shows in the 70s making fun of the solo on Down By the River.
Sure Mr. Young, let’s keep them First Nation forever. Nope, we don’t want them out of poverty or to have opportunity—what will all the Hollywood do-gooders look at and pretend to protect and care about then?
Neil Young plays a steel string guitar. What am I missing?
Oil tempered heat treat? Just guessing...
No more “Rockin’ in a Free World!” huh Mr. Young?
That’s hilarious.
Now I’m gonna have that whiny voice in my brain for the rest of the day.
In the meantime, someone should tell Neil...they don’t wanna kill them, they just plan to stuff cash in their mouths to shut up and let them drill.
Guitar strings are steel.
Fair enough.
And his pick ?
And let’s not forget the fabric covering on his amplifier.
Not all,but many Indians pray for resource development on their lands. The Indians around where I call home sure do.
Neil Young uses Herco Flex 50 picks, which are made of nylon.
What is a First Nation Community?
He is in my eyes...
His in particular I don’t know.
There are some exotics for folks that like to spend money, bone, horn, etc
http://www.dugainpicks.com/
Most I believe are made from Nylon or Celluloid.
To create nylon, the manufacturer combines two sets of molecules. One set has an acid group on each end, and the other set has an amine group.
http://www.wisegeek.org/how-is-nylon-made.htm
Celluloids are a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor.
http://www.plastiquarian.com/index.php?id=53&osCsid=010058e19c10be59939e62a4c5b10e4e
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