I remember seeing people on here attacking Clinton for not stepping away from the brutal campaign battle to come out stronger on this issue...but Trump stands to profit from the project so they knew where he stood. I have one facebook friend who posted about this issue at least 5 or 6 times a day during the protests while also posting conspiracy theories about that whole Clinton body count crap. They bashed Clinton worse than Republicans did and voted for Stein. Now they post things about being outraged by Trump. I want to punch them right in their big, fat, stupid head for voting for Stein. This election should stand as a painful lesson that sometimes you don't get the luxury of voting for someone you love or even really, really like. Sometimes it is your moral responsibility to vote AGAINST tyranny and evil.

/rant off

they were to seek another route. So now they are going to just plow thru the current path while killing/harming our water protectors........?

source: https://news.vice.com/story/obama-administration-stops-dakota-access-pipeline-in-historic-decision


Construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline was halted Sunday night after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied an easement that would allow the pipeline to cross beneath Lake Oahe, threatening the water supply of the Standing Rock Indian reservation downstream.

In a statement, the Army Corps said it made the decision because the Sioux tribe in that region of North Dakota — along with hundreds of allied protesters at the site over the past several months — had repeatedly expressed concerns that the pipeline posed a risk to its water and treaty rights. “The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing,” the statement reads.

My understanding of treaty rights was that the government pledged to protect the Native peoples in exchange for shoving them on reservations. Is that incorrect, or just being stomped on?

Too many rich people?

I say make them go back to the original plan.