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Response to Baobab (Original post)

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
8. Good for the building industry
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 09:18 PM
Apr 2016

Thats how they see it, also, if it displaces the working or middle class- and they lose everything and are replaced by better off people they frame it as good.

Demsrule86

(68,586 posts)
4. Bernie's coziness with the gun lobby is a deal breaker for me
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 09:14 PM
Apr 2016

I prefer Wall Street to gun manufacturers...death merchants. Bernie has protected them from lawsuits.

amborin

(16,631 posts)
6. Hillary fundraises w/ NRA lobbyists & sells weapons to human rights abusing nations; are you
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 09:16 PM
Apr 2016

saying only American lives matter?

samrock

(590 posts)
7. I am now doubting you, but I have yet to see a clip of Hillary endorsing fracking, soooo
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 09:17 PM
Apr 2016

Can you please supply some clips or direct quotes of Hillary speaking up for the practice of fracking???

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
11. Pennsylvania loves fracking though. Ohio loves it too.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 10:59 PM
Apr 2016

It certainly helped her in Ohio and will probably push her over the top in PA.

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
13. Fracking fumes are a sensitizer that screws up peoples immune systems and the noise from fracking
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:08 PM
Apr 2016

is loud enough to lower children's IQ substantially, also the stress hormones likely will shorten peoples lives significantly by using up the body's repair capacity faster.

Also in many areas the waste water is radioactive! In some cases it leaves highly radioactive residues.

They spread that stuff on roads.

Its really insane to do what they are doing.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
14. Oh I know it's horrible. I'm subscribed to all that Josh Fox stuff and the whole shebang.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:13 PM
Apr 2016

But it just seems like most of the voters support it strongly because it brings some money and jobs.

Some of the unions are militantly pro-fracking. If you have an anti-fracking rally the unions will show up and shout you down.

Bottom line: We're going to be fucking poisoned and there isn't anything we can do to stop it.

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