Maybe, maybe not. I'm guessing they had their reasons for turning the offer down. But I'm never gonna side with people who are 1.) potentially poisoning an entire living area's water supply, 2.) getting hired goons to assault elderly women and children who are protesting.

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Do you think the Feds should nix it?

If there is ANY risk of contaminating the water source, yes. Seems pretty difficult to get a clear answer on that if as of right now though.

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Do you think the Feds should nix it?

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If there is ANY risk of contaminating the water source, yes. Seems pretty difficult to get a clear answer on that if as of right now though.

If there is ANY risk of contaminating the water source, yes. Seems pretty difficult to get a clear answer on that if as of right now though.

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Like I said, where are the national protests in every state this pipeline crosses? It just seems like some butt hurtness over a rejected payday.

This is probably a bad stereotype, but maybe natives give a shit about their health just slightly more than us regular Americans.

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(CNN) - On December 4, hundreds of veterans plan to "deploy" to Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota to join in protest against the planned Dakota Access Pipeline.

The event, Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, is a call for veterans to "assemble as a peaceful, unarmed militia" to "defend the water protectors from assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force and DAPL security." The organizers hope to prevent progress on the construction of the pipeline as well as draw national attention to the cause.

If built, the $3.7 billion pipeline would carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. Proponents say the pipeline would significantly decrease US reliance on foreign oil. Opponents say it would destroy culturally significant Native American land and have environmental impacts, including potential water contamination and greenhouse gas emissions.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its supporters have been protesting the project for months. The protests have been largely peaceful but turned violent on Sunday. Support has flooded in from all over the country on social media under the hashtag #NoDAPL.

In 10 days, the gofundme campaign for the veterans' event has raised $43,870 of the $100,000 goal. The money will go toward food, transportation and supplies for the veterans who attend. "It's time to display that honor, courage and commitment we claim to represent," the page reads. "It's time for real patriots. Now more than ever, it's time for anyone and everyone to lead."

Leading the troops

Wesley Clark Jr., a veteran, screenwriter and activist, created the event along with Michael Wood Jr., a retired Baltimore police officer and Marine Corps veteran who advocates for police reform.
"I'm going for religious reasons. I'm not a leader. I'm not in charge. We are self-organizing this," Clark said. They are hoping for a turnout of 500, but, "if we only have 20 or 30, that's what God provides us," he said.

Clark decided to take action after an elder from Standing Rock called him about the protests. "When she described what was going on, it brought tears to my eyes," he said. "People are concerned about the way the elders who are praying are being brutalized, and what we are doing to the planet."
Wood said, "If we don't stand up for the oppressed, that's the snowball that starts that leads to everyone else's oppression.

"It doesn't matter if you are a libertarian, a conservative, or a progressive, this is everyone's fight," he said.

Ehh... They are all over this state, and from what I've gathered they give a shit more about Meth and Herb over drinking water.

Pittmike, grab your rifle and let's go brother

We lose a lot of rights when we look the other way when it doesn't affect our lives or it isn't a cause we agree with.

Is Meth and Herb the midday show Herb Lawrence left to host in San Diego?

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it has to be summer if you ever been to the Dakotas in winter.

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Aren't there already a bunch of oil/gas pipes running under the Missouri River? It doesn't necessarily make adding more OK, but the threat of contamination is already there.

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I was in Williston working in the summer of 2012. Don't really wanna go there in the summer either. Fucking unreal money to be made though.

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2012 was peak boom. You should have stayed. Boom is about to be back tho in the 1st quarter (mini boom).

Nah man fuck that place. Less women than in the army and can't even go to a bar for a drink without getting into a fight.

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Maybe, maybe not. I'm guessing they had their reasons for turning the offer down. But I'm never gonna side with people who are 1.) potentially poisoning an entire living area's water supply, 2.) getting hired goons to assault elderly women and children who are protesting.

I was in Williston working in the summer of 2012. Don't really wanna go there in the summer either. Fucking unreal money to be made though.

All of our water supply has the potential for contamination. It's one of the things you deal with when you have services.

That doesn't in any way disqualify the Native Americans from having reservations about their water supply though.

FF said he is never going to side with people who are "potentially poisoning an entire living area's water supply". Pretty much every major water supply in the entire world has the potential for contamination.

There is a big difference between concern and wanting to make sure it is as safe as possible and acting like we can't ever have even a minimal risk of contamination in anything we do.

We want high paying jobs in the U.S.
We want lower prices at the pump.
We should stop sending money to the Middle East which ends up in terrorists hands.

Let's keep Federal lands off limits to domestic oil production.
Let's block pipelines that transports North American oil and gas quicker and more efficiently across the U.S. and Canada.

There are trade offs to domestic economic growth.