President Barack Obama has backed down once again. In a cowardly and economically backwards move, Obama has refused to complete a billion dollar pipeline project in North Dakota in a purely political manner.
After weeks of protests, Obama is clearly more concerned about his legacy than what is right, and has officially abandoned the nearly complete project.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday that it won’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters, who argued the project would threaten the tribe’s water source and cultural sites.
And there are multiple vocal critics.
North Dakota’s leaders criticized the decision, with Gov. Jack Dalrymple calling it a “serious mistake” that “prolongs the dangerous situation” of having several hundred protesters who are camped out on federal land during cold, wintry weather. U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer said it’s a “very chilling signal” for the future of infrastructure in the United States.
The company constructing the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, released a statement Sunday night slamming the decision as politically motivated and alleging that President Obama’s administration was determined to delay the matter until he leaves office.
“The White House’s directive today to the Corps for further delay is just the latest in a series of overt and transparent political actions by an administration which has abandoned the rule of law in favor of currying favor with a narrow and extreme political constituency,” the company said.
The four-state, $3.8 billion project is largely complete except for the now-blocked segment underneath Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir. Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said in a news release that her decision was based on the need to “explore alternate routes” for the pipeline’s crossing. Her full decision doesn’t rule out that it could cross under the reservoir or north of Bismarck.
“Although we have had continuing discussion and exchanges of new information with the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it’s clear that there’s more work to do,” Darcy said. “The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing.”
President-elect Donald Trump, a pipeline supporter, will take office in January, although it wasn’t immediately clear what steps his administration would be able to take to reverse the Army Corps’ latest decision or how quickly that could happen.
The decision came a day before the government’s deadline for the several hundred people at the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, encampment to leave the federal land. But demonstrators say they’re prepared to stay, and authorities say they won’t forcibly remove them.
As the news spread Sunday, cheers and cheers and chants of “mni wichoni” “water is life” in Lakota Sioux broke out among the protesters. Some in the crowd banged drums. Miles Allard, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux, said he was pleased but remained cautious, saying, “We don’t know what Trump is going to do.”
“The whole world is watching,” Allard added. “I’m telling all our people to stand up and not to leave until this is over.”
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Sunday that the Department of Justice will “continue to monitor the situation” and stands “ready to provide resources to help all those who can play a constructive role in easing tensions.”
“The safety of everyone in the area – law enforcement officers, residents and protesters alike – continues to be our foremost concern,” she added.
Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier, whose department has done much of the policing for the protests, said that “local law enforcement does not have an opinion” on the easement and that his department will continue to “enforce the law.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
ITS CALLED “EMINENT DOMAIN”
IF A PROJECT REQUIRES LAND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE US INFRASTRUCTURE,
THEN THE US GOVERNMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO COMPENSATE THE LANDOWNERS AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT!!!!
DO WE WANT TO BE SLAVES TO OPEC AND SAUDI ARABIA FOREVER!!!!!
TO HELL WITH THE ARABS, WE CAN FIND ALL THE ENERGY WE NEED RIGHT HERE
IN GOOD OLD USA!!!!!!!
The Native Americans are on their own Nation. I have to agree with them on this one. Whom amongst us would want to take the chance of an oil spill in our water or where our loved one are buried? It was already relocated for others. It needs to be done the FIRST time with extreme caution and safety measures, so that there is never a disaster. Of course we need energy, but morality should come into factor, also.
It’s likely that on one wants oil facilities of any kind on or near their land.
But it seems that very few are willing to return to horses for transport and fire for heat and cooking.
Sorry about the dyslexia kicking in; that should have read “… no one wants …”
Jeanette, it was understood. The real dyslexia is with Obama. Him backing down shouldn’t be a surprise.
The pipe line is not on tribal land it’s on federal land. If it were on there reservation they would have control and would back them fully. It is on our land ( federal land belongs to all Americans) and as so the routes pros and cons should based on the good the it would have on all Americans.
I don’t think I’ll need horses and fire. I’ll use solar panels to charge my car and heat my house.
Demand for oil is dropping, but producers for some reason are keeping production high, which is why the price is less than half what it was 3 years ago.
Your note is correct. I cannot evaluate the extent of the risk of an oil spill under or near the lake. Nor can I know the extent of the sacred area that reflects the closeness of Native Americans to their limited resources. Still, we must give them the benefit of any doubt that may threaten the poorest segment of our society.
Truth is!!!~ They can reroute this away from the water and sacred lands of the Native Americans…… Our government has take far to much from the Indians that are truly the first and only true Americans………. Think about it…… Our government has taken lands away from them and also killed all the buffalo now most of the horses have been taken from their rightful land. Killing the disabled and aged may be next..
This country has been greedy and run by greedy power hungry people for a long time.. Leave the land alone.. There are other ways to do this pipeline.. Maybe it’ll cost a bit more, but these peoples lives count to…
Yes! The First people of the Land of America, were the Indians. We do need to leave them alone and no more breaking treaty/covenant with them! The land is theirs & the government needs to honor the the American Native Indians for once, by keeping their Word. There are other ways to do the pipeline, go around it.
Amen!
Isn’t today the yearly anniversary of General Custer’s Massacre? I believe it is! Once again; the Indians – – aided & abetted by the President; and, his Army Core; took many scalps at Little Big Horn. The Pipeline War is over!
First are you aware that there’s a pipeline already there ??? Hence the easement !! Next its not near the burial grounds or their water supply !! The water they use is up stream not down river !! Then there the fact that very few pipelines that are properly assembled and maintained !!! leak !!! And for now finally its not on the reservation !!
I agree. Like the lady said “somebody needs to tell me why wanting clean water is illegal, but pollutung it isn’t”
check the deeds on the land,the protesters are tresspassing on privet property.
I suppose that Buffett is is happy now. Means his BNSF RR will continue hauling the oil for the time being. I wonder if the “Indians” will raise hell if a train derails and spills oil?
I would bet money that they would scream bloody murder.
And right they would be to complain if a train derailed and spilled oil. We do need to give a lot of credit to Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy as she is being really smart about asking to see alternative routes around the Indians Sacred lands.
Sunoco plans to send the oil to other countries! It wasnt even planned for us!
Selling oil is a very good idea we are carrying the weight of 20 trillion $ of debt thanks mostly to Obama so sell the oil. Put a reasonable export tax on it and sell the excess on the world market and put the tax $ in the treasury to lessen the debt. Especially since the area in question isnt even on Sioux lands and there are millions of miles of pipelines moving crude oil as well as other petroleum products all over the nation with far less danger than oil tanker cars on the railroad or tank trucks on the roads. I believe we have mistreated the “human beings” regardless of the Anglo assigned tribal names for centuries but this is NOT ONE OF THE CASES THIS ONE IS POLITICAL ONLY! Just wait a couple of months and President Trump will move on with it in a timely fashion.
The sell of the oil will not go towards the government debt. More oil for China higher gas prices for us and we will continue to depend on foreign oil. Big business is against the American people this is just a taste of what lies ahead for the American people. The elite against the country’s citizens and big business wants our money but doesn’t care about our well be as human beings.
bill –hate to burst your bubble –the oil is not american oil–it is canadian oil being shipped on its way overseas–once the pipe is laid –the only money america will see from it is a few maintenance crews to keep it in repair-and mop up the leaks
I’ve seen pictures of a fracking oil site in “outside magazine” its not pretty. I am a conservative that also thinks America needs its own oil but not by fracking. Take a look at the oklahoma earthquakes. And that’s just natural gas. NO FRACKING ANYWHERE…..
Good on that as this oil does not meet the standards of the oil we are used to in the United States. I think it would be smart of Canada to just ship it to other countries and leave us in the United States to the better grade oil we have been used to.
Now that we are using crude oil to make Canola oil, We need to be careful where we get our oil from. Enough people are getting sick from this oil already without asking for more problems.
Mineral oil (crude oil) is not consumable. Canola oil is purified rapeseed oil.
As is most of the dirty oil to be fracked using a mix of 18 toxic chemicals; & an Unconscionable amount of fresh water. World is drowning in Oil, Consumption is down; and Iraq & Iran just gearing up to dump millions of gallons on the World Market as well.
President Obama didn’t back away from anything. He was not in favor of having the Pipe line cross Indian Land.
Be aware too; that the Dakota Police lost their cool and used Water Canons, and Rubber Bullets in an attempt to route the Protesters. They held their Ground. Energy Transfer Partners even offered to pay the Police for their time & efforts in containing the Protesters; which – – in my mind; is an indication that the Police was anything but non-bias in this controversy.
Score one for the Powerless – – who were armed with nothing more than their First Amendment Rights. Obama and the Core stopped the Greedy & Predator Capitalists in their Tracks. As for Oil; leave it in the ground until this Country – – not Foreign Ones – – need it the next time there is an energy crisis.
My friend treed lightly in what you say.Think before you write or speak. Governments must learn to honor their treaties and agreements that they make.
This is not a dictatorship ,yet.
Be careful or it may soon become one. Remember, It is by the people, for the people and of the people.
You learn from the past to make a better future.
Align Big Money, Corporate Greed; Crony Politicians; and now a Government full of Retired Jar-heads to the Power Structure; and, a Nation is well on it’s way to becoming a Fascist Nation. Look up the description of Fascism; and, what a Fascist State actually is.
Who owns the oil? Canada? Where is oil piped from? If its coming from Canada it’s possible owned by China. Will China get oil? Who will benefit from the jobs? Lower cost of gas? Who will secure the pipeline? Muslims terrors? Oil spill, who cleans up mess? Lansing good example of water contamination. Barley, CA. Packing plant reopened with killing more beef than old plant. Old plant contaminated water supply. GOVERNMENT!!! Obama gave Brazil 20 billion to off shore drill in Brazil and we would buy oil. Where is our money? . China is getting oil. Who profits from anything owned by foreign countries in USA?
The oil is produced from oil wells in North Dakota and the Dakota Access Pipeline is to transport the oil to The Texas gulf coast to refineries there.
These protesters should have to pay an additional ten dollars a gallon for fuel. They want cheap fuel but run the cost up to refiners. IDIO.S
Pipeliner, you aren’t an Indian so you can’t possibly understand the danger it can cause the Indian Reservation that has to use that water to live. And it would destroy the only water supply they depend on should that pipeline rupture under the lake.. That water way is where they get their water from.
That’s their land……….. They have been mistreated by white man far to long.. It needs to end here and now.. The engineers can reroute that pipeline and keep it on land.. Our government is stubborn and these money mongrels always insist on having things their way.. Look at the past at how the Indians have been treated… Shame on all who criticize them for standing up for what is rightly theirs. Especially if it threatens their way of life..
Amen!
I think it would cost more to run the pipe line under the water than it would to re route above ground and would be more easy to fix if there were some kind of leak or break… It would be hard to fix what you can not see or get to immediately …….Look how much crude was pumped into the ocean before they were able to fix the problem and who would pay for the fix????
Their land now!!!! Next it will be your land Dave and what will you say then?
Someone once commented since there is so much of that dirty oil in North Dakota, wouldn’t it make more sense to build a refinery there instead of transport it thousands of miles by pipe, or rail and lessen the many dangers of pipeline oil spills or train wrecks? It might be different if everyone involved in fracking/drilling / transporting this crude dirty stuff HAD to clean up each and every spill? Because of so many pipeline leaks and the damage they do and are not cleaned up — NO NEW PIPELINES until all spills are cleaned up —- especially water.
We don’t need the, “stinkin,” Oil. We are swimming in it along with the rest of the World. The Drilling Industry here is sitting with over 1900 wells ready to pump Oil that we currently, do not need. Thus; they are not active. Discoveries are being made everyday; and, the future is bright for more Dirty Energy if we need it. Don’t drill or extract it if we don’t need it; and, certainly; do not let the Greedy Oil Companies sell it, “on the cheap;” to other Countries. Hardly a way to make America Great Again!
i guess you live in a large city have never had a large corp. come in and take your pasture land and destroy it for the sake of you city folks comfort and leave me holding the bag of destruction how about i come to your home and take what i want and you have nothing to say about it its just greed and just keep your worthless comments to yourself i’ve heard it all before
And….those are the questions yet to be answered? Hmmmm! Makes you wonder who is who and who is doing what???
Give them your backyard then!
You are way out of line with that remark………….. Dodie
Well Dave, then put it in your backyard and see if you would still want it. This is their land.
Obutthead will continue to do whatever he can to obstruct American interests until his last day of his illegal occupation of the People House. This is what the democrats are all about and it’s long past time that these subversive traitors to America be dealt with for what they are, enemies of the U.S.A.
Absolutely right on! It will be so refreshing to finally have a real leader Jan. 20. Obama has shown the world what a lackadaisical get away to the golf course minded occupant of the Oval Office can do to destroy our great country. President-elect Trump has done for America already than eight years of an Obamas presidency.
Dave why do I think you,re such a clown? Any pipeline can be destroyed by earthquakes so go another route like using truckers tanks or railway tankers but keep pipelines out of them grounds. Period.
Where is the oil from North Dakota going?
and just who do you think will get that oil–it is not going to a refinery–it is going to be shipped out-
Where is the oil form North Dakota going?
Lets find a new energy source altogether, free of petroleum, This will kill of the control that Islam and big business has over us all and at the same time will dry up the funds that support terrorism and the spread of Islam. Necessity is the mother of invention and someone will find a solution that may already have been found but was silenced by the oil business. On a shelf somewhere lies the freedom to use perhaps water as a fuel or magnetic energy or the land itself or a more efficient system to turn sunlight into power. The harnessing of gravity will do the job. If we could switch gravity on and off just imagine the massive turbines that could be run for free.
I wish there were more details made public. It is my understanding that it is not even on the Standing Rock Sioux land. So, to me, that means there are reasons behind the scene for this to be postponed. My guess is it is more BS from the obozo administration and it is also my guess that President Trump will secure a deal that will benefit both sides within 2 months and we will have a pipeline.
I heard that very same thing about it not even on the Standing Rock Sioux land. I agree with your assessment as well in that there is something off on this one. The false narration of the media is at it again. There is more to this than meets the eye and as far as when the protesting became violent I honestly felt the purpose went null and void for me. When you attack our police force who are there to keep things from becoming violent then I have a big problem with that. They (meaning the Sioux Indians) are no different than any of my fellow Americans so I won’t differentiate or segregate them from USA citizens. I hear neighboring people are having their cattle slaughtered and property damaged in response to the so called protests. See that’s where you lose many of us. Violence takes away all purpose and well…your reasoning goes unheard by the majority of us.
Your Suppositions have no basis in Fact. Your Assumptions even less so. Dakota Police used Water Canon & Rubber Bullets in an effort to get protesters to leave. They didn’t; they stood their Constitutional Ground. Then the Calvary arrived in the form of the President; and, the Army Core.
Now, an alternate route for the pipeline has been found; and, the Burial Grounds; and, the Indians only source of fresh water is protected. Sounds like a moral & ethical compromise.
They are not Americans, (They are the Rock Sioux Nation), But a lot of people are right the land were the pipe is; government land, but its not the land, it the water way, their life line, if its gone; they are gone, that simple; answer, go around the water way.
THIS IS BULLCRAP
THESE PEOPLE WILL BE FORCED OFF THE LAND SO THE PIPELINE CAN CONTINUE ONWARD RIGHT WHERE PLANNED…OBAMA JUST GAVE THEM FALSE HOPE TILL TRUMP GETS INTO OFFICE THEN THINGS WILL NOT GO THEIR WAY AND THE PIPE WILL BE LAID THERE….THEY WANT TO DIE FOR THEIR CAUSE LET THEM BE MY GUEST TO DO SO…
IT WONT CHANGE THE PIPELINE ROUTE AT ALL….PERIOD!!!
You don’t think so? Protesters will be back; and, perhaps in numbers X 10! Be careful what U wish for! Let it go! An alternative route for the Pipeline has been found by Energy Transfer Partners.
Do some research you keep yammering about something you know next to nothing about a sheriff from teaxas or Louisiana event up there to investigate this and found that the easement was not on the standing rock reservation at all nor does it enterfere with the drinking water witch comes from above the crossing area next to an existing pipeline !!! So the whole storyline is bogus !!! So who is behind it ??? Soros ???
Just more bottom feeder drama from people who are looking for MONEY to line their
pickets with. The Pipe Line would cut out the railroad cars that are owned by a large
Democrat Socialist contributor who has paid his “Pay to Play” dues and wants to
keep on making money, It is not about safety but about profit and profit only.
The Pipeline is safer from all directions and the experience of building a safe and
secure means to transport the crude to existing pipelines in a safe and secure manner
far exceeds what the railroad tanker cars can afford. There is less chance of spills
and contamination of the land. If you follow the money trail it will lead back to a
Democrat Socialist contributor and his profit motives, nothing more, nothing less. It
is not about the Indian lands nor concerns over the protection of the lands from
pollution.
Most study pipeline in history !! Also, it has been approved by all Federal, state, and local governments !!!
Google U.S.A. pipelines-looks like our Inter-State roads in numbers !! This has been done safely for many years !!!
Warren Buffet a Democratic Socialist? I don’t think so! You need to retract that ridiculous assertion.
You are shooting blanks, friend; and, into the Wind.
More information is needed. But we can be sure that Obama will continue to do as much damage as he can for as long as he can.
First Isis now the Indians. Who else is this black piece of crap going to have a problem with. Cant wait till he blows away. Congress needs to put breaks on this shit head for the next two months before he does any more damage because he is a vindictive person and hates the United States. If he didn’t hate our country he wouldn’t be doing the things he has been doing. He can take his legacy and shove it where the sun don’t shine because he isn’t going to have one. He is a pathetic POTUS.
And that is his true legacy.
The indians have milked this land for all its worth. The goverment has been paying them for a hundred years. Its time for a change. We need to move them on. Im half indian an never asked for a penny from the goverment. Stop paying them for nothing. The land belongs to the ppl. Obumba needs to be forced out of America , period !
Are we surprised ???? No, Obama continues to reveal he is anti-USA! He is not a government leader! He doesn’t understand the concept of compromise for the benefit of both sides. Praise God his days are counted. Continue to pray for God’s wisdom upon President-Elect and his newly formed cabinet members.
Obama is a government leader … but for which government?
More study in this oil pipelines? Yes! Pray for our leaders, and our enemies. Concerned about age of kids coming from South American countries. Our area age is 14-18. Gangs. I feel our country is into child sex trade.
The current “administration” will do everything they can to leave as big a mess as possible and then can criticize from the outside as the months of Donald Trump’s presidency move along. It’s retribution against the new president because he beat mrs. clinton, an unforgivable action by a bunch of deplorable, bar-frequenting voters who watch too much Fox News TV. The insults will continue, even after Jan. 20.
The pipeline is planned to go under the two bodies of water look up pipe line accidents and you will see how safe this would be to the drinking water and the fact it would be under ground,recall the EPA and the Animas River.
Also the Fed Government. can not own land unless it’s for a port,fort or other milarty means so eminent domain is not legal for somthing that is already wrong and a private company can’t take land by that means
And this would go through sacred ground of the Indians who do have a treaty, is it ok for you to break a contract with another so why is it ok for the Gov to do that.leave the Indians alone already you have access to the net look things up including the history of the EPA, the over reach of the Gov. And the history of what has and is still being done to the Indians they don’t all have casinos you know
Very simple solution – those who oppose fossil fuels can return to using horses for transport and fire for heat and cooking.
I wonder how fast they would change their minds.
I would love that Janette, and would if my neighbors wouldn’t be offended by the smoke………….. I have the horses, but big cars and idiots driving them scare the horses, so fess up and let them move the pipeline and keep it on land.. Oh, and by the way that land is on Indian land.. How would you like it if the government decided to take your land and expose you to danger??……… I’m surprised at all who think the Indian has been so well treated by Americans.. That’s lie out of the pits of hell……….. They have been run into the Everglades in Florida . Ran out into the cold of Dakota all this by killing some as they fled…. You don’t know the true history of the Indians…. They deserve to be respected and given back a portion of what has been stolen from them…
What is funny to me is a lot of the Indians have oil rigs on their lands out here.
I don’t know about you but I am tired of paying for what our ancestors did. If there are Indians alive today that are chased out of their homes then we would be wrong but they were not. Out where I live the Indians have the best of both worlds. They have privileges we can only dream about plus they get any benefits we a citizens have and their own laws. Further, they were not the first here and the land they treasure so much in the news is trashed by today’s Indian. the actual treaty authority can be found in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, includes the Treaty Clause, ….In addition this is found to be taken for the law. Many people who don’t care for our constitution or are totally ignorant of it are peddling this notion that treaties will trump the constitution. It is true that the constitution states in what has become known as the “Supremacy Clause” that:
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
However, just like laws that the federal level passes, treaties must be made: “in pursuance” of the Constitution’s delegated powers as well. To do otherwise is a serious usurpation of the very nature of our Constitutional Republic. To allow foreign law to trump the Supreme Law of the Land leaves the people of this nation in a precarious situation at best with their liberties.
or as my Dad commented one evening back in the early 60’s when he was reading the evening paper article about a young black preacher in New York that was saying the ‘White man’ owed the ‘Black man’ for the slavery years, of course we were to write the checks to him. My Dad’s comment that maybe both the ‘White and Black man’ need to get together and pay the ‘Indians” first since we took a WHOLE CONTINENT from them!
If what I hear is fa t the pipeline is not on Indian land but on a preexisting pipeline easemet !!!! Therefore right on a chunk of land that can not be used for anything but a pipeline you need to check every thing before believing in only one side of a story presented by the liberal media !!!
Have you heard of easements rights for utilities like underground electric, cables, etc. ? Jim
Most American Indians came to this country a long time ago from Mongolia. Remember Attila the hun from Mongolia who went country to county taking there land and killing hundreds of thousands of people. I say KARMA is a bitch. Put the pipeland right through.
So relocate it.
“Protests”? Or PAID AGENDA serving? Those involved CLAIM to be protesting on “religious” grounds. Hmm Isn’t it ODD that these same people DID NOT and HAVE NOT protested the desecration of the SACRED Black Hills in the form of the “monument” being hacked out of them too? “CHIEF” Crazy Horse…. who was NEVER A CHIEF and who would have been the FIRST to protest it! (He WAS a Pejuta Wakan and for a short time a shirt wearer but NEVER a “chief”!
No instead they focus their “protest” on something that has HUGE financial implications!
I have known about the trillions/barrel oil well, beneath the Ohio Valley, since 2007, when Geo. W. Bush began the exploration, there. I am well aware that Obama denied us the ability to tap that oilfield (I assume out of loyalty to his Muslim brethren in the Middle East) and I wonder if, now, it can be harvested in the next few years, releasing this nation from the decades of oil dependency to the Middle East.
Beyond that, I would hope that the terrors (in the U.S. Congress) would be wise enough to charge more for oil, from nations, who have hated our guts and shown themselves to be anti-America, at every given opportunity. They should be charged more, for our oil, than countries, such as Israel and other non-OPEC nations.
Unfortunately, I have to say: The wimps, in D.C., will never do that!!
This would be a good time to break free of Saudi Arabia; it is in dire financial straits, and has had to sell off part of its much admired oil company, Saudi ARAMCO.
I can’t help but wonder if, in addition to reduced oil income, Saudi Arabia has gotten into financial trouble by paying far too much money to certain American politicians (well, mostly American politicians) to push Islam in America, even as Muslims murder Americans. How much did they pay just to get Obamacare through, which forces non-Muslims to pay ALL health care for Muslims, FOREVER – and thus eventually gives America to the Muslims by taking the non-Muslims’ incomes and assets to support the explosion of high-birthrate Muslims in this country?
So the Saudis are in no position to call the shots on oil right now – let’s break free of them while we can!
you do know that this oil is not staying in the united states-
The hell with Indians they hsve been on the take to long
The dumb As* will be out of office soon enough.
Then things can get real again.
another george soros orchestrated event, designed to take down this Constitutional Republic that we once revered. Achtung the New World Order…..
Breaking news: George Soros will be assisting the anti-pipeline protesters. Inside sources say he will be sending a truckload of whiskey and a couple boxes of glass beads.
There was a treaty and the government needs to abide by it–the land belongs to the true Americans and treaty needs to be enforced–gov. has no right to be there without permission of the Amerindian Nation–screw eminent domain–do it on your own land
Read my answer to this statement in a comment above. The treaty as you seem to think is not outside our Constitution.
THERE IS ‘NOT GOING TO BE AN INNAGURATION’-SPELT WRONG, I’M BRAIN DEAD TODAY]-THAT EVIL, LYING, CORRUPT
THING YOU FOLKS HAVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE-WILL DECLARE MARSHELL LAW-AS HE ENCOURAGES THE ‘RIOTS’
I FEEL FOR YOU PEOPLE
I don’t know how the Indian’s water sources and cultural sites would be affected by a pipeline except to say that it’s all an obvious b.s. movement by Jesse Jackson’s Rent-a-Mob dressed in in Indian costumes to make noise via Obama’s request. The Corps of Engineers as Obamabots have ruled accordingly to stop the pipeline. The problem with the Indians is of course, the pipeline would create a lot of jobs for them but they’re already satisfied with the ongoing government subsidy checks they get for just being Indians. They also no doubt get welfare and other government goodies so why work? So, hello ! As for the envirofreak whackos and their protests, their days are waning to an end with their bitching about everything and the rest of the country is tired of it.
You apparently know nothing of Indian history. Sure the (caring?) government always was truthful and honest when dealing with the true Americans.They never wanted to be on a reservation, but in the end they had no choice. They usually run out of healthcare by July. When first exchanging with whiteman they did not like drinking. Whitety found out a sweet taste was soooo good to them so they sweetened up the booze. WOW! They made sure what to kindly offer them. Easy way to win. I don’t know who is right or wrong now, but,I keep thinking of earthquakes in Oklahoma caused by fracking. I also was horrified to see the hideous sand pits in Canada. I don’t think this world can go on and be the beautiful wonderful place for my grandchildren that I have been fortunate to grow up in. May God be with us,all.By the way–Crazy Horse may not have been a chief but he was a hell of a warrior who loved his people and fought mightily for them. That monument will be a shinning star for him and a way of life for the true Americans. His land is where his people lie buried.
Fire the author of this article. We’re you hoping for something more exciting–like another Wounded Knee. Do your homework before you post stupidity like this. This project’s Permit was never legally processed. Even if you throw out the rights of the Indian nations and their treaties with the American government and The FACT that this pipeline is to deliver valuable energy resources to a foreign country, their is still the legal process involved. Pathetic excuse for ‘news’ and puts an otherwise dependable alternative news source, as joining the ranks of CNN, etc..
Respectfully I disagree completely with many. By the way I have supported President Elect Donald Trump and his very nice wife First Lady Melania Trump.
In regards to mentioning Indians. It was the Europeans that starved and literally butchered the Indians. They where driven from one partial of land to another, in a series of absolutely unconscionable horrific circumstances time and again. Native Indians should be respected for a change. Comments of condemnation is just not right.
The location of the pipe line can take another route. This country spends trillions of dollars on horrific total destruction in so called wars. And now it cannot spend a few billion for the pipe line to go along another route?! Really?! The companies placing the pipe line should pay for the cost for whatever route it takes. In considering costs the United States would have the money to pay for pipelines any place it would like and have trillions left over, if it was not for the obscene war machine that is non stop. Oh my, this country has enough extreme military spending, that should be put into projects that would promote good paying jobs creating wealth for everyone. In its place one country is destroyed after another. There was a country named Yugoslovia until this country destroyed it. Libya now in total turmoil. Iraq totally destroyed. This country spending trillions of dollars destroying Syria, with its so called Rebel support. The nut cases running this country are burying us in debt literally. It is time for it to stop long ago. There would not be a war if this country was not pouring trillions of dollars of our hard earned money into another horrific war. Trillions in wanton destruction, yet it complains about the cost of a pipe line. President Elect Donald Trump beats the drums about military spending. My gosh, there is enough military already to destroy the entire planet. How much more military does the United States need? Billions to Israel non stop, year after year. If billions where going to be given to someone, how about Native Indians, instead of country after country begging for our hard earned dollars? For what? More mayhem.
Native Indians are correct. The pipeline positively definitely should not be placed under the water. It is beyond irresponsible and downright stupid. I congratulate the Veterans supporting the Indians. The rest of our United States Citizens should be supporting the Indians, as well. Go to history, and you will find the Indians where here long before anyone else, before they where essentially destroyed.
So all will know, I voted for President Elect Donald Trump, and voted a straight ticket supporting the same. It does not mean I will agree on extremely important items such as the pipe line, going under the water.
Hey Ted for your info our military is smaller then it has been since before WW2 . And I like having the biggest military to protect us.
For once Obama did the right thing! I live in the Dakotas. I am married to a Miwok (California Indian)! My daughter is half Apache! My three grandchildren are part Apache and my youngest grandson is Nakota and Apache! This pipeline should be no where near the drinking and crop water! It can be re routed and that is what he called for. I am not against progress but I am against stupidity! First time I can say in the last 8 years, Great Job Obama on this one!
I HAVE NO KIND WORDS FOR HUSSEIN OBAMA. PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THE USA HAVE SUFFERED 8 YEARS WITH A CLOWN AT THE HELM. I WILL REMEMBER HIM AS THE GREAT IMPOSTER WHO DOESN’T KNOW HIS A$$ FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND. GOOD RIDDANCE TO HIM AND HIS ILK.
we don;t need to take land from them we have taken land from them long time ago leave them alone I love them people.
First people should have the facts right this pipeline serves no use to the American people it’s solely to run from the Canada to Mexico with oil running from Texas owned wells so it has nothing to do with America becoming oil independent from OPEC it just rich Texan oil money with out a care for the land or the people just government money thank God the human beings came out to do right and help protect the earth it’s about time sad the white and blacks and brown people don’t care about earth in the same way instead they care only about money sad
Why did the government and Bismark refuse to accept the pipeline when it was originally planned to go near and up river from Bismark? Also, there are treaties, which according to the United States Constitution, are the supreme law of the land, and other laws and federal regulations not followed or honored when the development was proposed. Not to mention, the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was done by the contractor which is a conflict of interest. There are many reasons why it should NOT have been permitted.
I don’t know about you but I am tired of paying for what our ancestors did. If there are Indians alive today that are chased out of their homes then we would be wrong but they were not. Out where I live the Indians have the best of both worlds. They have privileges we can only dream about plus they get any benefits we a citizens have and their own laws. Further, they were not the first here and the land they treasure so much in the news is trashed by today’s Indian. the actual treaty authority can be found in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, includes the Treaty Clause, ….In addition this is found to be taken for the law. Many people who don’t care for our constitution or are totally ignorant of it are peddling this notion that treaties will trump the constitution. It is true that the constitution states in what has become known as the “Supremacy Clause” that:
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
However, just like laws that the federal level passes, treaties must be made: “in pursuance” of the Constitution’s delegated powers as well. To do otherwise is a serious usurpation of the very nature of our Constitutional Republic. To allow foreign law to trump the Supreme Law of the Land leaves the people of this nation in a precarious situation at best with their liberties.
His intent is to make President Elect Trumps transition to the White House and the Presidency as difficult as possible; although in reality it will prove little more than a feeble attempt – everyone will see through these crummy attempt to disrupt President Trumps beginning Presidency.
Native American is a misnomer, except for those people born here.Native means born here, not first here. The so-called Native Americans walked across the Bering Land Bridge during the last Ice age, 10,000 years ago.
DNA suggests that all so-called Native American are something like 17% European. Also, DNA evidence suggests that Europeans were in the Americas 15,000 years ago, or 5,000 years before the so-called Native Americans.
Nobody is native anywhere any except The Great Rift Valley in Central Africa. We all came out of there to populate most of the planet.
Ethics should always be considered. They should not be given special treatment just because they may or may not have been here first. Ethical treatment should not apply to groups, per se. They should apply to all equally. No group should be treated differently just because they are different. We are all different. We are all a group of one. Rights do not accumulate with more people.For example, we as individuals do not have the right to kill someone. Neither does the government. Capital Punishment is just state sanctioned murder. If it is wrong for an individual to murder than too so is the state. I cannot go into this any more here.
Anytime the government gives some group so-called rights then what they did was to issue them privileges. Rights are not given to us by man and cannot be taken from us, but a privilege can. A right is an absolute so long as the human being agrees with the social contract we all were raised with, basically obeying ethical laws. Change unethical laws or void them!
If it is wrong for an individual to imprison another, than so is it for the state. Etc., etc. So what do we do about punishing people who violate the most basic rights of others or of society? How best to protect ourselves from evil people who do evil things if not to exterminate them?
The path for this pipeline should have been decided before work began. A pipeline would be safer and more efficient than moving oil using ground transportation.
The pipe line was /is to go under a reservoir . A reservoir is man made . Was there beating of Tom Toms when the reservoir was put in place ?
no you toad–the reservoir was for life giving water
It is NOT Indian reservation land ! The pipeline must cross the Mo. River (lake) somewhere to get to its destination. The oil WILL get to market. Pipeline or rail. Over 90 % of the rioters are out of state environmental extremists. This has NOTHING
to do with sacred grounds (its private property ) or water. It is the anti fossil nuts again. The neighboring farmers/ranchers are
all missing cattle. One has 17 missing buffalo. (at $ 3,000.00 a head) Another found several arrows in one of his horses !!!! I know some of these ranchers personally. Did I mention there has been a nat gas pipeline already there since the 80’s with
NO problems. (There goes the “sacred ground B S ) The Tribal Chief OWNS the one gas station in Cannon Ball and Fort
Yates. He Never made so much $. Meanwhile ND has spent 17 Million on law enforcement. The Chiefs sister is on Obummers
staff. This is the childish stupidity of the same person who killed the Keystone Pipeline.
What makes anyone think that Obama was Pro-American at all? He spent 8 years trying to turn America into a Socialist country and there but for the election of Donald Trump he would have succeeded if Hillary had one! Thank God the American people woke up and didn’t vote for the felon and prostitute Hillary!
https://survivalblog.com/letter-re-dakota-access-pipeline-update/
In talking to one of the “protesters”, he is paid $1500 per week with legal and medical costs covered. In addition, he receives a bonus each time he is arrested. Their encampment receives supplies and propane for free with multiple deliveries each week. He looks on it as a job, and this is not his first protest.
Also from the same article:
It should also be noted that when the blizzard hit last week (18″ of snow), the Standing Rock Tribe’s casino refused to rent rooms to “protesters”, closed all public rest rooms in the casino, and disabled all electrical outlets in public areas. Evidently they didn’t want this rabble, even though they are “supporting” the tribe.
Why can’t there be a compromise and go around the sacred land and make provisions that won’t contaminate the water?
Sorry, but this strange situation of ‘other’ sovereign presences within our borders is ‘cute’ and ‘endearing’ but overdue for termination. We all now love our native American – ‘Indian’ – peoples and cultures, backward as they were, but so picturesque. It’s time to end this anachronistic situation, and fully assimilate native Americans into our American culture, as so many other peoples have been. True, they were first, going way back. But the Dutch were second, right? Shouldn’t they get some special consideration, also? Perhaps a final compensation, then normal citizenship with normal, not special, land ownership as part of the United States, not ‘reserved’ lands – how about it?
Catherine McCardel
Obama.didnt.keep.his.word, which.is
Not.unusual..he.never.keeps.his word
So glad.he.is.on the.Way.Out