re: this Nevada issue highlights the true divide in this country....

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You're comparing an issue involving private land, and private companies

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They don't understand that much, how do you expect them to understand anything?

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NC_Tigah
this Nevada issue highlights the true divide in this country....
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and if the farmer doesn't want to sell or allow the pipeline on his/her land, you think the gov (that would be your "conservative" reps) and big oil are just gonna walk away? ...

You're comparing an issue involving private land, and private companies with Harry Reid's attempt at a public land grab in Nevada?

If it comes up in Keystone, it will be settled in the courts.

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wouldn't surprise me if reid and his influence are behind this, but i'll leave him out of the argument ... the debate, sans reid, is whether this individual has the right to protest, in whatever manner, the government's handling of property he claims he has some right to use ... yes, those are private companies/landowners along the pipeline route ... someone will, at the behest of the companies, intervene to make the landowners give up their land should they refuse ... that 'someone' is the government, be it courts or eminent domain laws or whatever ... there are a lot of folks on here who will be claiming "the law's the law - landowner's just gotta give it up" ... because they want the pipeline since it fits with their agenda - jobs ... as is the case, most "conservatives" are fine with conservatism, as long as it's not in their "backyard", i.e. wallet ...