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Neil Young Slams Canada's Leaders, Big Oil for 'Killing' First Nation Communities
Billboard ^ | 1/13/2014 | Etan Vlessing

Posted on 01/13/2014 12:50:06 PM PST by Dr. Thorne

It has all the hallmarks of a Hollywood thriller: Big Oil mines Canada's vast oil reserves upstream from a First Nation community, while one man, a rock legend, spearheads a legal fight to avert environmental catastrophe.

That rock legend is Neil Young, who on Sunday said Canada's leaders are ridding Alberta of its First Nation communities with its giant oil sands development.

"We are killing these people. The blood of these people are on modern Canada's hands. And it will be the result not of a slow thing, but a fast, horrific thing if this continues," Young said at a press conference, citing alarming environmental destruction.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: energy; friedbrain; hippie; neilyoung; oil; smellyhippie; takeabathhippie; toothlesshippie
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To: Olog-hai

Seriously. Imagine how much of mother earth could have been saved if Neal, his band, his crew, Stills, Nash, and Crosby all decided to forgoe the music and money and just subsistance farmed their whole lives.


41 posted on 01/13/2014 1:14:32 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Red Badger
More from touring and its massive carbon footprint. Those tour buses and big rigs sure weren’t hybrids; some might have even had two-stroke diesel engines (gasp).
42 posted on 01/13/2014 1:14:51 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Red Badger

This is where the disconnect occurs.

forget the money.

Oil is energy.

energy converted equals life.

In addition, EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING we want and need comes from and has ALWAYS come from the ground.

Everything !!!


43 posted on 01/13/2014 1:18:43 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Heh. “Big ag” would never let them do it, even though left-wing dogma (the Manifesto) insists on “combin(ing) agriculture with manufacturing industries” and as good lefties they’re supposed to agree.


44 posted on 01/13/2014 1:19:01 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Dr. Thorne

Niel Young. Never heard of her.


45 posted on 01/13/2014 1:19:42 PM PST by davetex (Location: The Alamo)
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To: Dr. Thorne
... Neil Young is a joke.

If he's still performing, does he make jokes about being an old man when he does the song?

I never got the attraction of Young 40+ years ago. I doubt that I'm going to start to listen to his "moral pronouncements" now.

46 posted on 01/13/2014 1:20:03 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Dr. Thorne

I remember a stand up comic on one of those late night shows in the 70s making fun of the solo on Down By the River.


47 posted on 01/13/2014 1:21:43 PM PST by wisenheimers_kid
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To: Dr. Thorne

Sure Mr. Young, let’s keep them First Nation forever. Nope, we don’t want them out of poverty or to have opportunity—what will all the Hollywood do-gooders look at and pretend to protect and care about then?


48 posted on 01/13/2014 1:23:26 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Zeneta; Revolting cat!
Mr. Young’s guitar stings come from OIL.

Neil Young plays a steel string guitar. What am I missing?

49 posted on 01/13/2014 1:25:26 PM PST by Scoutmaster (I'd rather be at Philmont)
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To: Scoutmaster

Oil tempered heat treat? Just guessing...


50 posted on 01/13/2014 1:26:03 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

No more “Rockin’ in a Free World!” huh Mr. Young?


51 posted on 01/13/2014 1:26:30 PM PST by vpintheak (Thankful to be God blessed & chosen!)
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To: Dr. Thorne

That’s hilarious.

Now I’m gonna have that whiny voice in my brain for the rest of the day.

In the meantime, someone should tell Neil...they don’t wanna kill them, they just plan to stuff cash in their mouths to shut up and let them drill.


52 posted on 01/13/2014 1:28:33 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Zeneta
Mr. Young’s guitar stings come from OIL.

Guitar strings are steel.

53 posted on 01/13/2014 1:30:27 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

Fair enough.

And his pick ?


54 posted on 01/13/2014 1:36:39 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta

And let’s not forget the fabric covering on his amplifier.


55 posted on 01/13/2014 1:38:08 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: thackney

Not all,but many Indians pray for resource development on their lands. The Indians around where I call home sure do.


56 posted on 01/13/2014 1:38:09 PM PST by Eska
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To: Zeneta

Neil Young uses Herco Flex 50 picks, which are made of nylon.


57 posted on 01/13/2014 1:43:36 PM PST by Scoutmaster (I'd rather be at Philmont)
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To: Dr. Thorne

What is a First Nation Community?


58 posted on 01/13/2014 1:46:45 PM PST by dalereed
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To: areukiddingme1

He is in my eyes...


59 posted on 01/13/2014 1:48:32 PM PST by FatherFig1o155 ("Most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Zeneta

His in particular I don’t know.

There are some exotics for folks that like to spend money, bone, horn, etc
http://www.dugainpicks.com/

Most I believe are made from Nylon or Celluloid.

To create nylon, the manufacturer combines two sets of molecules. One set has an acid group on each end, and the other set has an amine group.

http://www.wisegeek.org/how-is-nylon-made.htm

Celluloids are a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor.

http://www.plastiquarian.com/index.php?id=53&osCsid=010058e19c10be59939e62a4c5b10e4e


60 posted on 01/13/2014 1:49:07 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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