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North Dakota

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

1. Choice between bad and worse

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 03:46 PM

Dec 2016

What they're saying is the oil is coming through, no matter what. If the pipeline is not built, they will send it by rail. So what they tell the citizens is, "If you don't let us build the pipeline, we will burn down your towns with exploding tank cars." And that's probably just what they will do. They are experts at putting the people between a rock and a hard place.

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How many jobs do DA supporters think the pipeline would create in North Dakota? [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2016 OP

Choice between bad and worse HassleCat Dec 2016 #1

It's extortion rather than promises. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #2

You have to transport it someway Travis_0004 Dec 2016 #3

My question is, why couldn't they at least have routed the line Ken Burch Dec 2016 #4

They consulted with different tribes over 250 times Travis_0004 Dec 2016 #5

From a cursory reading of that, I could see that the pipeline builders failed to adjust the route Ken Burch Dec 2016 #6

I can't speak to the propaganda Qanisqineq Dec 2016 #7