Be Angry! (Please)

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Published on Oct 11, 2015

North Dakota is known for being polite, but perhaps they’ve been a little too hospitable to oil companies.

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1. ........

[Half-Century Man]

2. I grew up there

The idea of the sea of grass covered by an oil slick.......

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6. I was up there a couple years ago.

I was in Bismark. Talked to a lady who grew up in Williston. She hates to go back to visit family because the town is a disaster now.

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7. One of the big signs of approaching old age is; you get maudlin and nostalgic.

The other is you sneeze hard and launch you dentures across the room (would have happened yesterday but didn't, thanks to fixident. So, I'm not old yet).

The pictures of the destroyed environment were enough; I haven't the heart to go back for a visit.

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3. OMG - I just watched that

John Oliver was absolutely brutal - as was necessary. Great take down. 8 people working at OSHA for two states. A person dies every 6 weeks.

Disgusting.

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4. Amen....

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5. It's absolutely

excuse my French, Fucked up.

Half the people working for said contractors probably don't even know if they get injured on the job that they will be on their own.