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Title: Have seen effects of Keystone pipeline
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Yuma Sun
URL Source: http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/keystone-76953-yuma-canada.html
Published: Feb 23, 2012
Author: Anthony James Fornof
Post Date: 2012-02-25 23:05:01 by lucysmom
Keywords: None
Views: 45737
Comments: 95
I would like to respond to Charles Davison's Feb. 13 letter to the editor regarding the Keystone XL pipeline. As a summer resident for some years now of Day County in South Dakota, I have observed firsthand some of the effects of the first Keystone pipeline now in operation. I am taken aback by Davison's statement that “the dangers of a leaking pipeline into the aquifers is nothing.” It is certainly nothing to him if it is not his water or land being contaminated. Keystone has had 13 leaks on U.S. soil since going operational. One in Day County was not reported to any government agency at the time of the spill. Lucky for Day County residents, it was a somewhat small and contained spill. Canada's part of the Keystone pipeline has had 21 spills. The jobs have been a fraction of what has been realized. All of the Native American tribes in our area were opposed to Keystone and are currently opposed to Keystone XL. Trans Canada (KSPL) got $2.85 million in tax credits and has paid $2.95 million in state property taxes. This is a half to a third of what they projected to pay. When right-of-way contracts were being negotiated with landowners, they were given the options of taking Trans Canada's deal or were told the right of way would be taken through eminent domain — their property being condemned. This was told to me directly by one of Trans Canada's negotiating agents. In Davison's letter, he advocates the government mandate the oil be sold domestically. Is he for more government control? Does he realize this oil is not “drilled” for but comes from “open pit” like operations in Canada? Our government does not tell Canada how or where to conduct the exploiting of its natural resources. Keystone XL oil will be sent to Texas and refined mostly into diesel fuel to be shipped to South American and European markets. Keystone XL will, by most accounts, cause our domestic fuel prices to rise.
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#37. To: Ferret Mike (#34)
Maybe Kroger should have to hire someone to walk you through the store and put your groceries in the cart huh?
I remember the smog when the population wasn't half what it is now and I lived in the East Bay where it wasn't considered that bad. We did hold horse shows in Rodeo on weekends and by three o'clock in the afternoon everyone complained of headaches from the Union 76 pollution. I also remember going down the Santa Ana Freeway in the late seventies and not being able to see Santa Ana or even the car in front.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
It's the way people here want it. They have tried to make self serve legal time to time, but the people always vote such measures down. The same with a sales tax, we have never had one. They have never been able to pass a measure making one. Again, it's the preference of the people in this state.
Until the early seventies having attendants pump your gas was pretty much the standard across the country.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Maybe people in your state are just to stupid to pump it themselves. Or are they lazy and stuck up?
So. When you used to go to the store they would go get you the merchandise just like I said about Kroger.
I thought you guys just loved those good old days. Was your grandfather lazy and stuck up too?
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
I don't know if there is a 'Kroger' here. I go to the Red Apple or Fred Meyers. Freddys has self serve cashier stations, but I always use a cashier, again, most people here do. The self serve check out points are not very popular here and they have trouble getting people to use them.
Some stores yes others no. Self serve gas started as an advertising gimmick, with the gas initially sold at a discount.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
It is about freedom baby. Freedom to choose. A law that says you can't pump your own gas is undue interference in a private business.
Freedom to choose. The way it should be.
We have a grocery chain here with all self serve cashiers. The kids love it as they get to buy booze without being carded.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Yep, the people of Oregon got to choose and they chose no self serve. No one makes anyone live in Oregon.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
It is actually a testament to the success of regulations that people like Stone think we don't need them.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
There is always unintended consequences to such back gimmicks. I was a cashier in 7 Elevens as a youth. It's one of the ways I afforded to go to college, I never took out loans. I was a stickler for I.D and very good at catching shoplifters. The las store I worked at is by the University of Oregon Campus when the parents of the guy who runs it now with his boyfriend ran it. They still own it but are retired. The frat boys and sorority girls called me 'Little Hitler' because stealing was a game to them and I was good at spoiling it. I wouldn't want a job like that these days though. The 7 Eleven on Blair Blvd near my place is a zoo. And I never liked selling booze or cigarettes anyway. I'm personally not into either.
It was as bad then as Beijing is now. A friend tells a story about moving to a new house and being stunned one morning, after a rain, to discover there was a view of a mountain from his bathroom window.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
it creates good, entry level jobs Most people don't want to be forced to have a communist wiccan tree hugger pump their gas. Those pump jockeys could be out doing something useful, like cutting down trees to stimulate the Oregon economy. The state has been in an economic depression since the eco-nuts shut down the logging industry, many decades ago.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Freedom doesn't mean other assholes voting to take your freedom away. That isn't free at all. Are you really that dumb?
I believe this. The first time I was in the LA area in Costa Mesa in the mid 1970s and I left the hotel one morning and was stunned to see the mountains in the distance for the first time. The weather had changed and blown out most the greenish and stinky smog. I was stunned to see them; I had had no idea they were there all that first week before this.
They pumped gas, checked the oil, added water to the radiator and window washers if needed; same with air in the tires, AND washed your windows. In addition they gave away dishes, sets of flatware, glasses, and toys.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
I don't believe that. Because I'm sure they use the same systems there as here. It takes a cashier to ring up alcohol. Even if you are self scanning. And it isn't a gimmick Mike.
Or maybe you think you live in the best of all possible wolds because you don't know any better.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
That isn't free at all. Are you really that dumb? Since no one forces anyone to live in Oregon, the only alternative is to mount a campaign to have the laws changed if one wants to stay there inspite of such heinous restrictions on their freedoms.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
The 'communist' part of that is your delusion. In any event; I've worked as a bicycle mechanic, and would never pump gas. I am not into car culture. I have owned very few cars. In fact, my last new car was a Ford Pinto.
I can imagine.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
And it isn't a gimmick Mike. They added that little feature about two months after lots of parents complained about Johnny and his friends getting drunk in the backyard. But the kids still brag about being able to circumvent it.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
I don't recall anyone ever asking or caring what the religion or politics of the person pumping gas was. Guess it takes a 21st century "real conservative" to think of that.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
I remember that. "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star" was the Texico motto. The lowest price I remember for gas was 19 cents a gallon during the gas price wars of the 1950s. We bought gas then at the local Esso station. They always checked the oil and tire air pressure. And it was required to be 'service with a smile.' Good luck getting that today. ;-D
Everyone in Hondo's world must be able to prove their bonafides before he will pay them for their service. I feel sorry for the waitresses.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
I'm willing to sacrifice the freedom to pump my own gas - guess that's what makes me a libtard.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
Oh the oppression!
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
The real conservatives seem to have taken a hike.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
My grandmother said she hated that freedom after almost every gas station turned self serve.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Different states do alcohol sales differently. California is very lax; you can buy hard liquor at grocery stores. In Oregon, one has to go to a state owned store to buy hard booze. The ID requirement and other ways to stop kids from buying booze have ingenious workarounds to them the kids are incredibly good at finding. I believe what she says. It's easy for people of any age to get alcohol in California. Not so much here in Oregon though. Liquor is very tightly regulated. The population size determines how many state 'Green Front' stores exist in any given community here. And the state sends people out to test the security protocols for beer and wine sales. If you sell to an undercover operative working for OLCC agents, you get a huge fine and lose your beer and wine selling license very easily here.
Particularly in the rain or on a cold morning, I bet.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
They just don't have that same perspective of trends and business cycles, and are unwilling to do the research where they would find that history has again repeated itself.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Last time I drive to California, I let my nephew do the fuel pumping. I'm so unused to doing that chore I am not sure of all the nuances to it anymore. I'd probably leave the gas cap on the roof of the car anyway and lose it when I drive off. You know how dumb us Oregonians are . ;-D
You can buy hard liquor and groceries at some gas stations. Safeway sells gas at some locations.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
They seem to fall for the same old "pay more get less is freedom" line over and over again.
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
I'd probably leave the gas cap on the roof of the car anyway and lose it when I drive off. You know how dumb us Oregonians are . ;-D One tip. After you have finished pumping and the pump is turned off, there is still some gas in the hose that you can tap.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Albertson's and Fred Meyers sells gas here. So dose the Walmarts here I believe, but I've never been to one locally and I don't recall what they have. Both of them are off the beaten path of the bicycle paths and routes; and I normally always ride a bicycle anyway, even to work. ;-)
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestIt should be like that everywhere as it creates good, entry level jobs. And it hasn't led to higher gas prices here.
#38. To: lucysmom (#33)
Back to the issue of California's environmental regulations, do you remember what the bay area air quality was like in the 60s and 70s?
#39. To: A K A Stone (#36)
#40. To: A K A Stone (#37)
Maybe Kroger should have to hire someone to walk you through the store and put your groceries in the cart huh?
#41. To: Ferret Mike (#39)
It's the way people here want it. They have tried to make self serve legal time to time, but the people always vote such measures down.
#42. To: mininggold (#40)
Until the early seventies having attendants pump your gas was pretty much the standard across the country.
#43. To: A K A Stone (#41)
Maybe people in your state are just to stupid to pump it themselves. Or are they lazy and stuck up?
#44. To: A K A Stone (#37)
"Maybe Kroger should have to hire someone to walk you through the store and put your groceries in the cart huh?"
#45. To: A K A Stone (#42)
So. When you used to go to the store they would go get you the merchandise just like I said about Kroger.
#46. To: mininggold (#43)
I thought you guys just loved those good old days. Was your grandfather lazy and stuck up too?
#47. To: mininggold (#45)
Some stores yes others no.
#48. To: Ferret Mike (#44)
Freddys has self serve cashier stations, but I always use a cashier, again, most people here do. The self serve check out points are not very popular here and they have trouble getting people to use them.
#49. To: A K A Stone (#46)
It is about freedom baby. Freedom to choose.
#50. To: Ferret Mike (#35)
The current regulations passed because it was a matter of survival to do so.
#51. To: mininggold (#48)
"We have a grocery chain here with all self serve cashiers. The kids love it as they get to buy booze without being carded."
#52. To: mininggold (#38)
I also remember going down the Santa Ana Freeway in the late seventies and not being able to see Santa Ana or even the car in front.
#53. To: Ferret Mike (#34)
here it's illegal to pump your own gas
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#54. To: mininggold (#49)
Yep, the people of Oregon got to choose and they chose no self serve.
#55. To: lucysmom (#52)
"A friend tells a story about moving to a new house and being stunned one morning, after a rain, to discover there was a view of a mountain from his bathroom window."
#56. To: mininggold (#40)
Until the early seventies having attendants pump your gas was pretty much the standard across the country.
#57. To: Ferret Mike, mininggold (#51)
The kids love it as they get to buy booze without being carded."
#58. To: A K A Stone (#41)
Maybe people in your state are just to stupid to pump it themselves.
#59. To: A K A Stone (#54)
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Freedom doesn't mean other assholes voting to take your freedom away.
#60. To: hondo68 (#53)
"Most people don't want to be forced to have a communist wiccan tree hugger pump their gas."
#61. To: mininggold (#48)
The kids love it as they get to buy booze without being carded.
#62. To: A K A Stone (#57)
(Edited)
don't believe that. Because I'm sure they use the same systems there as here. It takes a cashier to ring up alcohol. Even if you are self scanning.
#63. To: hondo68 (#53)
Most people don't want to be forced to have a communist wiccan tree hugger pump their gas.
#64. To: lucysmom (#56)
"They pumped gas, checked the oil, added water to the radiator and window washers if needed; same with air in the tires, AND washed your windows. In addition they gave away dishes, sets of flatware, glasses, and toys."
#65. To: lucysmom (#63)
I don't recall anyone ever asking or caring what the religion or politics of the person pumping gas was. Guess it takes a 21st century "real conservative" to think of that.
#66. To: mininggold (#59)
...inspite of such heinous restrictions on their freedoms.
#67. To: Ferret Mike (#64)
They always checked the oil and tire air pressure. And it was required to be 'service with a smile.'
#68. To: mininggold, Ferret Mike (#65)
#69. To: lucysmom (#66)
I'm willing to sacrifice the freedom to pump my own gas - guess that's what makes me a libtard.
#70. To: A K A Stone (#57)
I don't believe that. Because I'm sure they use the same systems there as here. It takes a cashier to ring up alcohol. Even if you are self scanning.
#71. To: mininggold (#69)
My grandmother said she hated that freedom after almost every gas station turned self serve.
#72. To: lucysmom (#68)
The real conservatives seem to have taken a hike.
#73. To: lucysmom (#71)
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#74. To: Ferret Mike (#70)
Different states do alcohol sales differently. California is very lax; you can buy hard liquor at grocery stores.
#75. To: mininggold (#72)
(Edited)
They just don't have that same perspective of trends and business cycles, and are unwilling to do the research where they would find that history has again repeated itself.
#76. To: Ferret Mike (#73)
Last time I drive to California, I let my nephew do the fuel pumping. I'm so unused to doing that chore I am not sure of all the nuances to it anymore.
#77. To: mininggold (#74)
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