It's Not Salad Oil.

       I'm sure you've all heard of Standing Rock and the Sioux Indians fighting to stop a pipeline through their lands. Well, a small item in the news today, namely the Huffington Post, states that an existing pipeline in North Dakota, and only 150 miles from Standing Rock has had a spill of 176,000 gallons or 4,200 barrels of crude oil.
       Gosh, imagine if it had happened at the height of the protests against the proposed pipeline through the Sioux lands at Standing Rock. Still, it hasn't been that long ago since President Obama and Core of Engineers put a stop to the pipeline. The spill has potentially caused environmental damage to a creek when the oil spilled into it.
       Of course the owners of the proposed pipeline can't wait for President-elect Trump to take over because they assume he'll okay the route originally proposed. Who cares about native Americans anyway. I recall that a bunch of Veterans joined the protest. I wonder what would happen if thousands of veterans joined in. That's the problem in this country. You can't get fair treatment unless thousands stand up against the people those thousands elected to serve them in the first place.
       You'd think that when these politicians got elected they'd understand it was for them to lookout for the best interests of those who elected them. But no, the politicians would rather wait on the money they already made and hope to make in the future.
       Meanwhile, back at Standing Rock, the Sioux tribe has surely noticed the "crude" oil spill down the road and worry more than ever about President-elect Trump. Let's hope Trump will do the right thing. Make the pipeline folks change directions.