[Magdalen] Something we should probably all be praying about (LONG)

[cady soukup]

Jay, Rick,

Agreed. More of the "trickle-down" of disrespect.

Wishing I could do more, nevertheless,

praying hard -

Cady

On 9/6/16, Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with you completely, Jay. I don't know the whole story yet...but
> what I do know doesn't sound right. Definitely needs more coverage!
>
> Peace, Rick
>
> On Sep 6, 2016 8:33 AM, "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The so-called "mainstream media" is pretty much ignoring this story. I
>> don't know whether they don't consider it important, whether they are
>> afraid of offending Big Oil, or what. About the only outlets that are
>> covering it are NPR and some of the progressive ones such as the Lawrence
>> O'Donnell show on MSNBC and various shows that are available online. It
>> is,
>> however, getting fairly extensive publicity via Facebook and Twitter.
>>
>> I'm speaking of the Native American protest of the pipeline across Indian
>> land in North Dakota. This is important on a number of fronts, not only
>> because it is peaceful (strictly enforced rules in the camps against
>> alcohol, drugs and firearms) but because of the cooperation among tribes
>> on
>> a scale not seen before, and because of what they are  protesting. This
>> is
>> a good account of what is going on there;
>> http://www.outsideonline.com/2111206/whats-happening-standing-rock
>>
>> "Security forces" in the pay of the oil company attacked the protesters
>> Saturday with dogs and pepper spray while police stood by watching.
>> Several
>> protesters were injured and had to be taken to hospitals. The Standing
>> Rock
>> Sioux Nation has a hearing scheduled for a restraining order against the
>> oil company in Federal Appeals Court, but of course the Labor Day holiday
>> got in the way of that, and meanwhile the oil company bulldozed ancestral
>> graves on Indian land. Yes, you heard that...on the reservation. And the
>> Corps of Engineers has admitted there is no "right of eminent domain" to
>> that land.
>>
>> Here in Virginia people are protesting against a pipeline that would take
>> private farmland and also go through national forests and national parks,
>> and pretty much for the same reasons.....pipelines have been proven
>> unsafe.
>> They break frequently and pollute the land and most importantly, the
>> WATER.
>> Sneer at Wikipedia if you want, but it's invaluable for this kind of
>> thing--here's a list of pipeline accidents *just since 2000*:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_
>> the_United_States_in_the_21st_century
>>
>> Nobody wants their water source polluted, and least of all in the
>> water-poor areas of North Dakota and on the reservations. That's the main
>> thing our Native brothers and sisters are protesting and we should ALL be
>> protesting. The other is that once again, treaties are disregarded and
>> here
>> comes someone to take their land, this time a big corporation.
>>
>> There are some hard questions here, people. Why do big corporations get
>> to
>> run over the rights of people to clean water and clean air and unpolluted
>> land? Why are they allowed to take land that was given to people *by the
>> government*, supposedly "in perpetuity"? Why are peaceful protests
>> ignored
>> by the media? Why are "private security forces" allowed to attack
>> peaceful
>> protesters?
>>
>> Oh, and by the way, the protests in Virginia don't get any coverage
>> either.
>>
>> <rant mode off>
>>
>> Jay, getting off the soapbox but feeling very strongly about this one
>> thing
>> today
>>
>