Good evening, Dr. Chris... Dr Chris R. Tame wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Laird > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>Good morning, everyone... >> >>What is a terrorist organization? In my book, it is *anyone*, big, little >>or small, that deliberately ignores threats to the environment. > > Well, that sounds like a nice little excuse for demonising and > repressing anyone who disagrees with you. In this case, perhaps a bit of explanation of my views are in order. Beneath the soil of much of Eastern Washington and Western Idaho is a vast, relatively uncharted aquifer on which over 150,000 people rely for their drinking water. At least, as of the year 1995, which is the last report I possess from it being thoroughly tested for contaminants, it tested *over* 99.9% pure. This aquifer is the sole-source drinking water for several large cities as well as a handful of small towns and villages. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway chose a small town, Hauser, Idaho, directly *over* the aquifer, to build their diesel locomotive refueling depot despite a long history of such facilities contaminating the ground water and streams and bodies of water nearby these facilities. Many local environmental groups objected to the facility being built over such a vital resource as the Eastern Washington/Idaho aquifer, but they were overridden by the tremendous legal and administrative capabilities of the railroad, since the railroad is no stranger to litigation regarding their past history of fuel spills. Fortunately today the court issued an injunction against Burlington Northern forcing them to shut the entire refueling facility down until such time as they demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of their containment vessel to prevent contamination of the aquifer. In this instance, as I cannot speak about other events, other instances, since nearly everyone reading this message in Eastern Washington and Idaho depends upon this same aquifer for their drinking water, the only act of terrorism to date seems to have been the railroad building such a massive refueling depot without taking *every* technological and scientific means to prevent ground water contamination, which court documents today state emphatically they did not. There are voluminous studies available both online in the scientific journals which describe in technical detail the past offenses of Burlington Northern where it concerns massive contamination of both the topsoil and ground water. No one is repressing Burlington Northern; in fact it is the other way around, for they are repressing the public's right to safe drinking water in lieu of their own fiduciary interests. Dave -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 11/24/2004 Usenet news server : news://news.kharma.net Fortune Random Thought For the Minute strategy, n.: A comprehensive plan of inaction. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
