Sioux tribe opposes Keystone pipeline

[JuliefromOhio]

The prospective route for the Keystone pipeline, which would connect Canadian tar sands fields to the Gulf coast, runs through the 922,759-acre (1,442 sq mi) Rosebud Sioux reservation in south-central South Dakota.

….. the creation of the pipeline would violate the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, an agreement between the Sioux and the US government allocating parts of the Dakota territory to the Sioux. He also said he has not been consulted by the US government or TransCanada, the Canadian company behind the 1,700-mile pipeline.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/sioux-tribe-keystone-xl-pipeline-south-dakota-act-of-war

 

[Saladin2]

Most Likely that idiotic boon doggle will never be built....This President and most likely the next one (Hilary) will Veto it

 

[marvin martian]

The prospective route for the Keystone pipeline, which would connect Canadian tar sands fields to the Gulf coast, runs through the 922,759-acre (1,442 sq mi) Rosebud Sioux reservation in south-central South Dakota.

….. the creation of the pipeline would violate the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, an agreement between the Sioux and the US government allocating parts of the Dakota territory to the Sioux. He also said he has not been consulted by the US government or TransCanada, the Canadian company behind the 1,700-mile pipeline.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/sioux-tribe-keystone-xl-pipeline-south-dakota-act-of-war

Most Likely that idiotic boon doggle will never be built....This President and most likely the next one (Hilary) will Veto it

Dumb and dumber...

 

[Saladin2]

Dumb and dumber...

Really?.....You seem to be the one that wants it built...Even though it won't be...Fool

 

[marvin martian]

Really?.....You seem to be the one that wants it built...Even though it won't be...Fool

Sure thing Iraq War, whatever you say...

 

[JuliefromOhio]

Most Likely that idiotic boon doggle will never be built....This President and most likely the next one (Hilary) will Veto it

Sen Markey put thru a bill in the Senate requiring that any oil transported on Keystone be used in the USA and not shipped abroad. it didn't pass.
I also heard that an oil company bigwig said the oil companies aren't interested in that Canadian sludge anymore because they have access to all the oil they'll ever need.
anyway, I hope the Sioux go to Court if necessary to stop the last leg of Keystone.

 

[Zoar]

Sen Markey put thru a bill in the Senate requiring that any oil transported on Keystone be used in the USA and not shipped abroad. it didn't pass.
I also heard that an oil company bigwig said the oil companies aren't interested in that Canadian sludge anymore because they have access to all the oil they'll ever need.
anyway, I hope the Sioux go to Court if necessary to stop the last leg of Keystone.

I hope you are right. Because we know what the Pig Oil & Gas Companies want they get. Tar sludge is so expensive to do anything with it! Republicans just want it because progressives oppose it!!!

 

[MrMike]

Just give them five season passes to the Washington Redskins and call it even.

 

[Wahbooz]

The prospective route for the Keystone pipeline, which would connect Canadian tar sands fields to the Gulf coast, runs through the 922,759-acre (1,442 sq mi) Rosebud Sioux reservation in south-central South Dakota.

….. the creation of the pipeline would violate the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, an agreement between the Sioux and the US government allocating parts of the Dakota territory to the Sioux. He also said he has not been consulted by the US government or TransCanada, the Canadian company behind the 1,700-mile pipeline.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/sioux-tribe-keystone-xl-pipeline-south-dakota-act-of-war

400 some treaties and how many of them did the a--holes ever adhere to? I hope the Lakota sue their asses off.

 

[Saladin2]

Just give them five season passes to the Washington Redskins and call it even.

Maybe you should go up there and offer them that?....Of course you might not be received all that well

 

[Wahbooz]

Maybe you should go up there and offer them that?....Of course you might not be received all that well

Not sure who this is directed to, or who 'them' is.

 

[Drumcollie]

Really?.....You seem to be the one that wants it built...Even though it won't be...Fool

Yes because you cant even spell Hillary...fool!

 

[Drumcollie]

Just give them five season passes to the Washington Redskins and call it even.

gonna have to better than that...they have a nice casino...gonna win that Mercedes Benz they are gambling away...not giving.....I say build around it...

 

[Drumcollie]

Most Likely that idiotic boon doggle will never be built....This President and most likely the next one (Hilary) will Veto it

And our next democrat President is ...Errrr I can't spell that name.

 

[Wahbooz]

gonna have to better than that...they have a nice casino...gonna win that Mercedes Benz they are gambling away...not giving.....I say build around it...

What's your point, and to who are you referring?

 

[Drumcollie]

What's your point, and to who are you referring?

Mike's quote...I think he needs to up the ante.

 

[Wahbooz]

Mike's quote...I think he needs to up the ante.

Oh.

 

[Craig]

Yes because you cant even spell Hillary...fool!

And you can't spell can't.

 

[Zam-Zam]

The prospective route for the Keystone pipeline, which would connect Canadian tar sands fields to the Gulf coast, runs through the 922,759-acre (1,442 sq mi) Rosebud Sioux reservation in south-central South Dakota.

….. the creation of the pipeline would violate the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, an agreement between the Sioux and the US government allocating parts of the Dakota territory to the Sioux. He also said he has not been consulted by the US government or TransCanada, the Canadian company behind the 1,700-mile pipeline.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/sioux-tribe-keystone-xl-pipeline-south-dakota-act-of-war

The keystone pipeline lost in the Senate by one vote, which likely sealed Mary Landrieu's fate if it wasn't sealed already. Mitch McConnell has already indicated that he is going to resurrect the legislation once the new Senate is in place, and it not only is likely to pass, but could do so with a veto-proof majority. As someone once said, elections have consequences.

Obama's own State Department issued it's final report on the environmental impact of the proposed pipeline earlier this year, and this is what they concluded:

Earlier this year, the State Department released an environmental review that concluded the Keystone XL very likely wouldn't have a significant effect on greenhouse gas emissions because the oil will ultimately be produced, even if the pipeline is not built. But environmental groups object to that conclusion and want the oil left in the ground.

http://www.npr.org/2014/11/17/364727163/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-keystone-xl-oil-pipeline


The oil isn't going to be left in the ground. This becomes a question of how it is transported - by pipeline or over the nation's highways by truck - not a green solution.

Will the pipeline employ millions and make the U.S. totally energy independent? Of course not. Will it provide some jobs and make us less dependent on foreign oil? Of course. Once again, Obama's own State Department provides some answers:

The State Department estimates the construction phase would create about 42,000 direct and indirect jobs and generate about $2 billion in earnings in the U.S. Opponents dispute some of those numbers. One thing is clear: Once construction is finished in about two years, the pipeline would create only about 50 new permanent jobs.

About 40% of the pipeline already exists - it seems unlikely to me that this is not going to happen.

 

[as seen on tv]

Top 10 OTHER things the sioux tribe historically has opposed

10 - the arrival of the mayflower

9 - a well regulated militia

8 - cotton and wool clothes, instead of wearing hides and skins

7 - the cheyenne tribe

6 - the iron horse

5 - the requirement of all kids to attend white mans's schools, and become literate

4 - sodbusters and farming

3 - firewater

2 - prohibitions against buying and selling squaws like livestock

1 - las vegas (it takes business away from casinos on reservations)