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To: Ron C.
Sandhill and Nebraska.
Is that an oxymoron?
6 posted on 11/14/2011 4:40:24 PM PST by JimmyMc
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To: JimmyMc
Sandhill and Nebraska. Is that an oxymoron?

???

The Sandhills make up a very large portion of Nebraska.

11 posted on 11/14/2011 5:11:40 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: JimmyMc
Sandhill [sic] and Nebraska. Is that an oxymoron?

??? No, they really are hills with a lot of sand.

I've been in the Sandhills a number of times, and it's no more environmentally sensitive than any other place. Yes, it's a wetland (what isn't?), and it has a variety of uninteresting flora and fauna. I also don't think it's a very attractive place, but that's a matter of opinion as I know some people love the area. I think we need to ask the environmentalists where it's OK to drill or lay down a pipeline. I think the answer is that anywhere is fine as long as the capitalist US isn't benefiting.

15 posted on 11/14/2011 5:16:01 PM PST by ElectronVolt
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To: JimmyMc
Sandhill and Nebraska. Is that an oxymoron?

Obviously, you're not familiar with the area.

The entire western half of Nebraska, north of the Platte, is composed mostly of sandhills.

Not dunes. Sandhills. They're covered with grass and, thus, stabilized.

17 posted on 11/14/2011 5:26:17 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: JimmyMc

i grew up in the sandhills of nebraska

and i can tell you emphatically:

they suck.


18 posted on 11/14/2011 5:26:55 PM PST by ken21
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To: JimmyMc
The Sandhill region of Nebraska is a well-known ecological wonder, which gave the "Sandhill cranes" their name. It will not be hurt in the slightest by running (another) pipeline through the region.
26 posted on 11/14/2011 5:59:41 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: JimmyMc

Sandhill and Nebraska.

No, there actually are sandhills in Nebraska, but it is the Ogalalla aqafer that is the argument in this case, but there already are some twentythree tousand miles of pipelines crossing Nebraska, oil and gas, and this one would only add a couple of hundred more, and it would be state of the art with safety eqipment , this is madness, the primeminister of Canada said this pipeline is a no brainer, so he must have been talking about Obama lol


46 posted on 11/14/2011 11:30:21 PM PST by munin (Live free or die)
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To: JimmyMc
Thanks to everyone who gave me a lesson tonight. If I had been smart, I should have googled Snanhill before making my ignorant response.
FR is a valuable tool for my continued education and awareness of things going on around me.
52 posted on 11/15/2011 4:52:47 AM PST by JimmyMc
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