"We North Dakotans trust our politicians - even when they sell us out."

[misterhighwasted]

2. My home also. I attended school with the Schwalbe kids. We were all proud stewards of the land once.

North Dakota government is more corrupt than any I know of.
This is the reality of the Bakken and the heartbreak.

Doubt I'll ever return there. It was my home. What drew me back there is in too sad a state to look at anymore.
Wishing the best to those who have fought against the oil profiteers and a sincere thank you, for exposing the corruption of the NDakota government.
You have done as much as you can to protect the land & your neighbors.
God Speed

Thank You for this post liberal N proud.
I wish every newspaper in the State of North Dakota prints & re-prints this NY Times article.
Every TeaBaggin Republican in that State & across the borders to the next, needs to gnaw on the truth.
Their proud days of hunting & fishing & loving their prairie land will be a memory.