Hillary Clinton & Hydro-Fracking

[H2O Man]

55. Thank you.

I recognize it, but not as the Democratic Party that I identify with. Rather, I am reminded of things that I was told could happen, when I was young and listened to the Elders. I hesitate to talk about these things on this forum, but I have a story that might work.

Many years ago, I was working with Chief Waterman, to protect Sacred Ground. The state had ordered some local communities to "cap" a toxic industrial waste dump, with a layer of clay, to be covered with several feet of gravel. The combination of local politicians, their families, and the construction industry identified a local "knoll" as a source of gravel.

The local history and archaeological record -- including burials found 20 years before, in a different construction project -- documented the historical and human value of this burial mound. Area citizens supported the Haudenosaunee effort to preserve it. NYS officials in two departments attempted to help us, but were consistently over-ruled, and some felt their jobs were threatened. The first two archaeological surveys the company paid for supported our side; the company finally paid a third one to support them.

The case ended up in NYS Supreme Court. The machine won. Shocking, I know.

That machine is what I recognize.