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canuckledragger

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1. Harper doesn't give a shit what us peons think.
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 08:16 PM
Jun 2014

Or our health once the inevitable spill happens.

He only cares who the highest bidder is he can sell our natural resources off to.

The North American governments will never meaningfully adopt any alternative, renewable energy sources on the large scale, so it's up to us individually to adopt measures on the small scale and reduce centralized energy dependence.

If the demand isn't there, neither are the profits and the power that goes with it.

Harper doesn't give a shit what us peons think. canuckledragger Jun 2014 #1
you are correct - we are going to have to make the difference ourselves hopemountain Jun 2014 #3
That's the first step. delrem Jun 2014 #9
Remember Thespian2 Jun 2014 #15
A win for China davidpdx Jun 2014 #2
You don't think "the west" is complicit? delrem Jun 2014 #5
Complicit for the pipeline or the pollution? davidpdx Jun 2014 #6
oh wow. That's quite some distinction you make there. delrem Jun 2014 #7
China can get their oil from a number of different places davidpdx Jun 2014 #8
I'm not happy to say this, but I can't make any sense of your argument. delrem Jun 2014 #10
Possibly a reading comprehension problem davidpdx Jun 2014 #11
Yes, considering the OP, the topic, I think it's a reading comprehension problem. delrem Jun 2014 #13
When you learn to read get back to me davidpdx Jun 2014 #14
I have heard of that Doctor_J Jun 2014 #17
When Canada elected Stephen Harper with a majority gov't delrem Jun 2014 #4
K & R with much thanks for this thread. ancianita Jun 2014 #12
I was born, raised, and live in British Columbia LiberalLovinLug Jun 2014 #16
Well, at least the country getting the cash is also getting the oil spills jeff47 Jun 2014 #18
When a tanker goes down Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2014 #19
I'm saying it's slightly better than awful. That doesn't make it good. (nt) jeff47 Jun 2014 #20
2015 and counting.. thecytron Jun 2014 #21
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