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You keep fudging that issue of the Aquifer when I suspect you're well aware of the fact the change of route around the aquifer was proposed and agreed upon by the NEBRASKA legislature NOV 20 2011. hence that has not been an issue since late 2011.
Now as to your other issue with transcanada pipeline I say hold their feet to the fire to not only conform to RAISED standards of pipeline but institute monitoring capability within more than one country. Build the thing so that sensors ring bells all over the damn continent if it leaks and more than one country can control the pumping.
If one thing keeps cropping up it's the ability for workers in one site to mis-read sensor info and control the feed rate of the pumps when it should be paramount to have an over-ride available in more than one monitoring station and more than one province/state/country.
Some guy standing in a pool of crude up to his armpits in Nebraska or wherever, has a better feel for a leak than bored workers watching guages in a cinder block room in Alberta.
By all means, give the guy a red button to push that overides some clown who raises the pumping feed rate line pressure because he doesn't believe what his guages are telling him.
Fully 81% of the crude leaked in Kalamazoo was AFTER the goofs raised the pump rate TWICE while not believing their guages.
In this regard we need not compromise.
And once again, you have no idea what you're talking about.
The line wasn't approved by the Governor until January 23 of this year. The state legislature gave Heineman approval to make a decision on the line in 2011--that wasn't when it was approved. Keystone had to submit a second plan, and complete an environmental impact study. They dragged their feet the entire time, so the delay is on them. Although the plan avoids some of the environmental issues that the first plan caused such outrage over, portions of the line still go over parts of the Ogalalla aquifer. With all of the TransCanada leaks and environmental disasters on tar sands line in the last year alone, there is growing concern from not only environmentalists, but the business community, that this may not be in our best interest. Heineman approves Keystone XL route; pipeline's fate back in Obama’s hands - Omaha.com
Now the line is tied up on our courts, by landowners who are ticked off about the imminent domain issue, but they're backed by a ton of people in the state. They're suing that the state legislature didn't have the authority to give the governor the power to approve the line on his own, and that there's no guarantee that the standards are up to par to make the line safe. Next time do a little research before you rant. Nothing can be done with approval or disapproval on a federal level until the case is settled. Nebraska trial could delay Keystone XL pipeline - Washington Post
I didn't have a problem with the pipeline until TransCanada lied to us over and over, tried to do a land grab, went in on private land and illegally started clearing without permission of the land owners or even the pipeline being approved, and showed complete disregard for the concerns of people living here. Now that there are pipelines breaking and TransCanada can't get them cleaned up, more and more people are questioning why we should go forward with this. TransCanada isn't going to do anything we don't make them do, and the concern is that some people in power are pushing to get this approved for purely political reasons, and they haven't done what needs to be done to ensure our safety.
False. Obama lived in Kenwood in Chicago which is 72% black. It is part of the larger Hyde Park neighborhood which is 30% black.
Evidently to Bludy-l any majority black neighborhood is a crime ridden hood. So there is no way that Barack Obama could have lived in a place that was majority black, no because everyone avoids those majority black crime ridden hoods.
I concur. So, it seems like wingnuts want jobs to come back, but only in the backwards Neo-Confederacy with few worker protections and low wages. Seems like they want all of us on Mexican wages.
Cons hate this because it means people are getting good jobs which means the economy is improving.
Glad that the Fusion will be built in Detroit. I hope they will do some more hiring in the area due to this.
I have to agree with you, but I see the other side as well. Regardless, I too hope this helps Detroit and more people will find jobs. It is a shame to see a city that, at one time, was so strong go through what they have. Now, let's hope they have learned something. We can look back on Pittsburgh as an example. They didn't let themselves go under, when the steel industry was pretty much ended the people developed new skills. Now, Pittsburgh can be proud of their accomplishments.
Evidently to Bludy-l any majority black neighborhood is a crime ridden hood. So there is no way that Barack Obama could have lived in a place that was majority black, no because everyone avoids those majority black crime ridden hoods.
So the meme that Detroit was brought low because of auto companies is false? Hmm then what caused its decline? I'll wait.
Look playboy...they went from having 12 HUGE auto plants in the city to having 2...GM Hamtramck and Chrysler Jefferson Plant.
That doesn't include feeders that employed tens of thousand of people like Kelsey Hayes and Uniroyal.
That's just auto manufacturing. Zug Island (National Steel) has only half the people they used to have. They employed thousands of people.
Moreover, a hell of a lot of people in the city worked at plants in the suburbs that have closed down such as Willow Run, Canton Forge, and Wixom.
I don't know what you're trying to get at, but if you're trying to get me to denigrate the people of Detroit in some way, FORGET IT. It ain't gonna happen.
I don't know what you're trying to get at, but if you're trying to get me to denigrate the people of Detroit in some way, FORGET IT. It ain't gonna happen.
Of COURSE not! You won't speak the truth even if it smacked you in the face if it flies in the face of your ideals.
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Keystone had to submit a second plan, and complete an environmental impact study. They dragged their feet the entire time, so the delay is on them. Although the plan avoids some of the environmental issues that the first plan caused such outrage over, portions of the line still go over parts of the Ogalalla aquifer. With all of the TransCanada leaks and environmental disasters on tar sands line in the last year alone, there is growing concern from not only environmentalists, but the business community, that this may not be in our best interest. 
