Indigenous Group Fighting Tar Sands Gets Boost From Neil Young

[kpete]

NEIL YOUNG, MUSICIAN: I was hearing the stories. I saw that the cancer rate was up among all the tribes. This is not a myth. This is true. You can either believe me and the First Nations people or you can believe the oil companies and the Canadian government. And you've got to look at the motivation. Why would anybody say anything? Why would I say anything and why would the First Nations people say anything if there wasn't something wrong? And then look at the motivation of the Canadian government and the oil companies that they're working with

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[JRLeft]

1. I doubt you hear this on M$NBC, after all this is the network that interrupted a congresswoman for

Justin Bieber's bullshit!

[adirondacker]

2. I truly hope others are in the wing to replace Neil and Pete. I recall Neil criticizing todays Pop

culture as being excessively apathetic to the Iraq war several years ago during the *'s presidency. I hope he's wrong.

[starroute]

3. Neil Young is only 68

Hopefully he's not going to need replacing any time soon.

[adirondacker]

4. His recent brain aneuryism was pretty scary.

I hope he lasts a long long time,

[LWolf]

6. That's a horrifying post title.

It's really hard to see the icons of my youth, and in some cases my long life, growing old, fading, and dying. I look to younger people to carry that fire for social and economic justice forward, and I just can't find it. When we're all gone, who will be left to sing and march and stand for a better world? I'm not over losing Pete. I'm still grieving and struggling to find my way forward by taking his attitude toward life with me.

I don't want to think about losing Neil, too. I don't have to do that yet. Please.

[adirondacker]

7. i Truly didn't intend to be offensive or bring the message of the OP or Neil down, but was merely

thinking out loud. I'll delete it if you or others find it inappropriate.

[LWolf]

8. No need.

Don't delete it. If you want to edit it, maybe take Neil out of the title and put him in the post. I thought I was going to click on it and hear that he had died, as well.

It's your post, though, and it's saying what you were thinking, so you don't need to edit.

[Enthusiast]

5. Yay, Neil!

Linda Ronstadt assists on vocals on this one.