Congress hears from Neb. rancher (against Keystone XL oil pipeline)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120203/NEWS01/120209891/0#congress-hears-from-neb-rancher

By Joseph Morton

WASHINGTON - Nebraska rancher Randy Thompson said Friday that when TransCanada Inc. was first trying to get his land for its Keystone XL oil pipeline, he would have been satisfied with a rerouting of the controversial project.

Since then, though, he has come to view it as an "ill-conceived idea" that would endanger residents and the environment wherever it's placed, he said.

Thompson was speaking to reporters before his scheduled testimony to a House subcommittee. The Nebraskan said he would be testifying as someone who would have to live next to this "massive pipeline."

Photo: http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20120203&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=120209891&Ref=AR&maxw=600&maxh=400
Randy Thompson speaking in Nebraska in 2011 to a crowd opposed to the Keystone Pipeline.

FULL story at link.

[lamp_shade]

1. I watched. Mr. Thompson was fantastic, tough as nails and spoke from his heart.

[rhett o rick]

2. Eminant Domain. The government/corp-America can take your property

and you have very little recourse. And if they end up not using it as originally planned, tough shit on you.