With NSA whistleblower, Thomas Drake’s trial just two weeks away, it’s important to look at whistleblower Bradley Manning’s case in the light of the Obama administration’s troubling record of selective brutality when it comes to people of conscience who reveal national security information that the public should know about. Manning is the most prominent of America’s political prisoners at the moment – but he is far from the only one. The Obamistration appears bent upon sending a warning to anyone daring to air the national security apparatus’s cracks. But if we know about the problems we can fix them and if a federal agency is responsible then that deserves examination of the Deep Structure. Anybody can make a multi-billion dollar mistake, but only a few actually recognize the error as it takes place in real time. Those are the people the Feds are after…www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/22/60minutes/main20064396.shtml
And Liquefied Natural Gas corporados are still circling the state like Great White Sharks. Oh Hell Yes, we have laws protecting the environment...But the crime has to have taken place before enforcement kicks in. and by that time it's too late...www.bark-out.org/article.php
Thats' why it is so important to hit Hey NW Natural.org and sign on to stop he Plaomar Pipeline and HB 2700. That latter is a real fuckaroo: Get this: Palomar can build a massive highly vo9latile pipeline right through your propertry not only without asking your permission (They don't give a snake's scrotum what you say in any case, ) And they don';t even have to tell you that they are coming through your land. Picture i8t: You go camping for a weekend and when you get home, what used to be your house is now a 36 " pipe with a 50' blast zone on either side. You can forget barbequeing for the duation...On the other hand, you could be the biggest 4th of July party Palomar ever had...
Although the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) battles have been mostly fought out on the coast of Oregon, we have seen the issue come to roost in Mt.Hood National Forest. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is currently going through NEPA process to allow Palomar Gas Transmission (PGT), a company who transports natural gas, to place a pipeline from the Columbia River where the LNG Terminals are proposed down through Molalla and across the national forest to meet up in Madras with existing pipeline.
This proposal would include a clearcut corridor for the pipeline, as well as new road construction for access to the pipeline. The corridor would cross Fish Creek, the Wild and Scenic Clackamas River. These are key watersheds that include already compromised older forests. The corridor would amount to an approx. 720-acre clearcut, through popular recreation areas, across hiking trails (such as the Pacific Crest Trail) and across two proposed off-highway vehicle designated areas.
Take action today by sending a letter to Governor Kitzhaber and letting him know that you oppose the Palomar Pipeline through Mt. Hood National Forest!
Governor John Kitzhaber
160 State Capitol
900 Court St.
Salem, OR 97301- KBOO