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Donkees

(31,076 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:23 AM Dec 2016

Al Gore: Dakota Access Pipeline is an "Absolute Atrocity"



In Washington, D.C., former Vice President Al Gore has spoken out against another pipeline, the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, while speaking at The New York Times Global Leaders’ Collective conference.

Al Gore: "The massive investment in these pipeline infrastructure projects will be amortized over 50 to 75 years, and we need that capital to flow into renewables. This Standing Rock project is an atrocity. It is an absolute atrocity. And I wish that President Obama would step in before there is more violence out there against those—they call themselves water protectors. This is an embarrassment to our country. All those promises have been broken for so long. Using water cannons in subfreezing temperatures, that’s inhumane."


https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/30/headlines/al_gore_dakota_access_pipeline_is_an_absolute_atrocity
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Al Gore: Dakota Access Pipeline is an "Absolute Atrocity" (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2016 OP
What he said... Achilleaze Dec 2016 #1
He should go there. femmocrat Dec 2016 #2
YupTalk is cheap. n/t zentrum Dec 2016 #4
WTF?! lunatica Dec 2016 #5
Hence, your own presence there, yes? LanternWaste Dec 2016 #7
WTF?! lunatica Dec 2016 #6
I'm not a veteran, but Gore is. femmocrat Dec 2016 #8
He's right. eom saltpoint Dec 2016 #3
I agree rockfordfile Dec 2016 #9
Bravo Al. Now, would you please go there? pangaia Dec 2016 #10
well, kudos to Bernie for actually going there... but yes, Gore should go there Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #12
Al's my man-- always loved him Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #11
"I wish that President Obama would step in before there is more violence" orleans Dec 2016 #13
Getting ready... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #14
President Gore. roamer65 Dec 2016 #15
K&R. Overseas Dec 2016 #16

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
2. He should go there.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:38 AM
Dec 2016

Put your money where your mouth is, Mr. President.

More than 2,000 veterans have agreed to act as “human shields” to protect protesters from December 4 to 7, according to a Facebook event. They launched the effort, called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock on Tuesday and after months of protesters clashing with the police over the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/veterans-protect-standing-rock-protesters_us_583ee73fe4b0ae0e7cdaf766
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
7. Hence, your own presence there, yes?
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 01:45 PM
Dec 2016

Hence, your own presence there, yes? (rationalization to follow...)

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
8. I'm not a veteran, but Gore is.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 02:22 PM
Dec 2016

No one would care if I went, but his presence there would be meaningful and would shed more light on the terrible conditions. I agree with zentrum.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
10. Bravo Al. Now, would you please go there?
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 04:45 PM
Dec 2016

Your presence WOULD get media attention... maybe...

It might help.
AND it might get President Obama more actively involved... maybe.....

or JOE???

Somebody ANYBODY.


SAME with trumpo.... WHERE is everybody we have voted for all these many years...?

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
12. well, kudos to Bernie for actually going there... but yes, Gore should go there
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 04:50 PM
Dec 2016

of course, he'll get criticized for using any sort of petroleum-based fuel to get there.

orleans

(33,986 posts)
13. "I wish that President Obama would step in before there is more violence"
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 12:23 AM
Dec 2016

yes. so do i. (so where the hell is he?)
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