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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At this point, even though I have Canadian friends
who argue the pros and cons in my presence, I don't have any strong opinions
about the oil sands. I'm listening to everything and doing my research. So the
argument that I am against big oil is not credible (yet).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> However, I have yet to hear of anyone in
Idaho, except the Port of Lewiston, making any money from this deal, at least
openly. Who knows what deals lined whose pockets in backrooms full of good
brandy and shrimp cocktail.....And the Port wouldn't have made anything much if
there had been no protests holding up the movement of the loads. Enough money
was spent on those ridiculous lying ads in the Tribune to have compensated every
"power outage" (from Exxon negligence) resident $300 each...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Meantime, I live 500 yards off Highway 95 north of
Moscow, and have an organic practices farm which produces food for the
residents of Moscow, Pullman, Viola, and Potlatch. I watched the mess the DOT
made of Steakhouse Hill while <EM>"making it more safe"</EM> for travelers going
north, putting in a "passing" lane and a turn-off, only to increase both the
speed of traveling idiots and the number of tragic accidents on the hill.<U> I
also know how unstable the roadside slopes are, particularly since the power
company and the cable company, in cahoots with the county, clear- cut those
hillsides. </U>They already show signs of erosion with this wet spring. Now we
may have huge loads rumbling through, further destabilizing the slopes. I don't
care if those trucks are hauling Beanie Babies, Smuckers Jam, widgets, or paper
napkins. <STRONG>They are a freaking menace!!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I actually heard at the "mega-loads info meeting"
(which I left after 45 minutes, knowing it was pro forma) that these loads
will be only as noisy as a chip truck. Pardon me? At 4 am a jake-brake sounds
like Armaggedon out here. An empty chip truck in the middle of the day is enough
to wake the dead. We have to stop conversations until sixteen wheelers have
passed. Of course, that <STRONG>has</STRONG> been a bigger problem since the
clear-cut took out our sound barrier....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I suppose it's really OK, as the people who rammed
this through are not the ones who will be jerked out of hospital bed as the
trucks go past Gritman, nor are they the country dwellers who get precious
little sleep anyway....Blessed be those who pass trials and travails onto
others, may they rest peacefully all night long....and be voted out of office
ASAP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And the impact on tourism? Huge.....just the notion
that Idaho allows this crap is enough to keep lots of tourists away....I have
heard from friends in Delaware, Ohio, and even (surprise!) Texas that they plan
to give Idaho a miss this year due to the mega-load-mess.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debi R-S</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donaldrose@cpcinternet.com
href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">Rosemary Huskey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm
href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">'Saundra Lund'</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Moscow's
Muscular Megalod Embrace</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=WordSection1>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #993366; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">It seems to me
that the sum is the greater than the total of the parts in this
situation. Each tiny little part in and of itself might not be
particularly bad, but the gestalt is horrendous. Eating one cream puff
now and then is a treat. Eating a dozen a day for a month is bound to
have crummy consequences. A single oversized, behemoth chugging along 95
North might be worth watching but a fleet of them will surely lead to a lot of
unhappy Idahonians (and certainly any tourists who might want to travel at
night on 95 North. They might be left with the impression that I hold -
our political leaders are willing, indeed eager whores for big
oil).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #993366; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Beyond that,
consider why - with the current high unemployment in this county - this
oversized machinery was manufactured in Korea not the U.S. And, while
some of you may (privately) consider the health risk to First Nation people of
little import, I don’t. <A
href="http://www.suite101.com/content/imperial-oils-kearl-oil-sands-tailings-pond-below-standard-a278694">http://www.suite101.com/content/imperial-oils-kearl-oil-sands-tailings-pond-below-standard-a278694</A>
and especially <A
href="http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/05/documents-eng.cfm?evaluation=16237">http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/05/documents-eng.cfm?evaluation=16237</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #993366; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Perhaps after
becoming informed those supporting the megaloads will share with V2020 readers
why they think the citizens of Idaho, should cooperate with any part of this
operation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #993366; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Rose
Huskey<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #993366; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Saundra Lund<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 28, 2011 11:52
AM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020]
Moscow's Muscular Megalod Embrace<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Carl
wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">“</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">And also, Paul, I
think you oversimplify the issue with the idea that virtually all the
opposition comes from people who oppose "big oil". If it was a convoy of
gigantic vehicles carrying the purest of Grandma Sunbeam's Finest Humanely
Raised Tofu and Sprouts, the "14 feet wide, 210 feet long, and 30 feet high"
factor, not to mention the sheer weight that causes some concern for a few
residents. And the noise. As one who lives a block away from the
route through town, I will be interested in the noise factor. Be it a
convoy of oil or tofu.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">And, let’s not
forget it’s not “just” a mega-load but also the accompanying convoy of
vehicles, an inconvenient fact <B>some</B> want to ignore.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Carl, thanks for
your comments, which I agree with & which is why I found Council Member
Dan Carscallen’s comments offensive. During the 5/16/2011 discussion
following Steed’s Resolution introduction (that was subsequently downgraded to
a motion), Carscallen made a not subtle implication that some/many/most/all of
us who express <B>local</B> concerns are “less honest” than those who speak
out against the mega-loads because they are vocally against the “Kearl oil
sands” development.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Really, Mr.
Carscallen? Because I contact my state & federal legislators to
express my views on the bigger picture but <B>also share</B> local concerns
worthy of consideration by our city council, I’m “less
honest”?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">For those
interested in hearing Carscallen’s comments directly rather than relying on my
inexpert interpretation, you’re in luck </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> Simply go
to:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.ci.moscow.id.us/cityclerk/minutes.aspx">http://www.ci.moscow.id.us/cityclerk/minutes.aspx</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Click on the Video
link for the 5/16/2011 council meeting. Then, just drag the “Seek
to Time” bar immediately below the video forward to about 2:25:27 (I find it
easier to cue up to specific times in full screen mode).
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">And, I don’t know
if Carscallen thinks we’re dumb or what, but he brought up (at about 2:24:56)
an example of having seen 200 feet of trucks (three chip trucks stacked up, to
be specific) make it through Moscow just fine at a regular the speed
limit. As any intelligent person knows, driving a <B>single </B>210 foot
vehicle is a far, far different thing than driving three separate 66 foot (or
whatever) vehicles. <shaking my head> Did those chip trucks
require that our beautiful trees be “professionally” butchered or removed
altogether? I thought not, but then concerns for <B>local</B> issues
like our trees, storm water drains, noise, etc. make me “less honest.”
Huh . . . good to know, yes? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Note: I know
Tom does a great service by putting up the meetings in segments on You Tube,
but since I tend to watch the meetings live & make notes of the time from
the meetings, it’s easier for me to direct people there than go through the
various segments to find the specifics I’m looking for.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Saundra
Lund<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Moscow,
ID<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The
only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">~
Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Carl Westberg<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 28, 2011 10:37
AM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020]
Moscow's Muscular Megalod Embrace<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">And also, Paul, I
think you oversimplify the issue with the idea that virtually all the
opposition comes from people who oppose "big oil". If it was a convoy of
gigantic vehicles carrying the purest of Grandma Sunbeam's Finest Humanely
Raised Tofu and Sprouts, the "14 feet wide, 210 feet long, and 30 feet high"
factor, not to mention the sheer weight that causes some concern for a few
residents. And the noise. As one who lives a block away from the
route through town, I will be interested in the noise factor. Be it a
convoy of oil or tofu.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><PRE> <o:p></o:p></PRE>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:
sunilramalingam@hotmail.com<BR>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Sat, 28 May
2011 09:04:03 -0700<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Moscow's Muscular Megalod
Embrace<BR><BR>Paul,<BR><BR>A couple of thoughts here. <BR><BR>First, I think
the big problem with the way the council handled this. It appears to me the
council shut off public input when Steed introduced his motion, that was not
on for a vote that day.<BR><BR>Do you see a problem with city representatives
ignoring public input at their meeting?<BR><BR>Second, clearly there's more
than your way of framing issues, and many of us disagree with your approach. I
understand what you are saying, but I disagree that those should be the only
concern. I think it results in narrowing issues entirely too
much.<BR><BR>Sunil<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Date: Sat, 28 May
2011 08:34:31 -0700<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</A><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">starbliss@gmail.com</A><BR>CC: <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Moscow's Muscular Megalod Embrace<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">First,
this is all opinion based on what I've read here. I don't feel
particularly inclined to try to figure out exactly where and how I
formed. Feel free to disagree with them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">I
think that this issue should be about the technical details of moving a large
load across local highways. I don't think it should be used as an
opportunity to inconvenience a corporation people here disagree with. I
think that some people here are doing so merely because the opportunity to do
so has presented itself.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">That's
what (I think) Dan Carscallen was trying to say when he mentioned that a large
megaload from a corporation that is well liked on this list (like one making
eco-friendly items) would not have the troubles that this particular company
is having.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">I see
this as an abuse of power because people (here on the list and in the papers)
have made this into an issue based on what this corporation does and not
whether or not they are following the regulations regarding the moving of
large loads along our highways. Thus, it doesn't matter how evil they
are or how many people they screw over on a daily basis. Thus "too many
people" refers to the number of people on this list who are treating this as
an oil company or an environmental issue. I'll let you count
them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">This
is all just my opinion, feel free to disagree. Do you understand the
point I'm trying to make?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Paul<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Ted
Moffett <starbliss@gmail.com><BR><B>To:</B> Paul Rumelhart
<godshatter@yahoo.com><BR><B>Cc:</B> Ron Force
<rforce2003@yahoo.com>; "vision2020@moscow.com"
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 27, 2011 11:35
PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Moscow's Muscular Megalod
Embrace<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR>Please clarify and defend the
basis for the following assertion, with<BR>a definition of "too many
people." Does not democracy allow as many<BR>people as want to to "stick
it to" any corporation they believe is<BR>abusing its power, as long as they
"stick it to" them lawfully? What<BR>is the number you define as "too
many" regarding these "people?"<BR><BR>Furthermore, explain how the
aforementioned "too many people" are<BR>engaging in an "abuse of power," as
you phrased it, which would imply,<BR>I think it is reasonable, that the
operations of "big oil" as<BR>referenced are being critically or unlawfully
impaired by this<BR>alledged "abuse of power," by "too many people?"<BR><BR>Do
I need to quote the recent mega profits, or the millions spend on<BR>lobbying
the US Congress to promote their agenda, or the high gas and<BR>diesel prices,
connected to the operations of the "big oil"<BR>corporation that you allege is
being subjected to an "abuse of power"<BR>by "too many people?"<BR><BR>Who has
more power that they are abusing, the "big oil" corporation,<BR>or Idaho
citizens who are objecting to their highways and streets<BR>being converted
into industrial corridors with potentially long term<BR>and unknown impacts,
serving the profits of one of the most powerful<BR>corporations ever to exist
on Earth?<BR><BR>I trust you have followed the backroom "deals" with some in
power in<BR>Idaho government that appear to have been struck without
consulting<BR>the public or local government regarding these
developments? And that<BR>the mega-load machinery could have been
manufactured in North America,<BR>though this might have been more
expensive? Why should Idaho or<BR>Montana citizens suffer negative
impacts to serve the profit agenda of<BR>ExxonMobil?<BR><BR>Where is the
"abuse of power?"<BR><BR>Economist Milton Friedman, one of the primary
architects of modern<BR>corporate captialism, wrote in "Capitalism and
Freedom," (<BR><A
href="http://www.umich.edu/~thecore/doc/Friedman.pdf">http://www.umich.edu/~thecore/doc/Friedman.pdf</A>
) "...there is one and<BR>only one social responsibility of business- to use
its resources and<BR>engage in activities designed to increase its profits as
long as it<BR>stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in
open<BR>and free competition without deception or fraud."<BR><BR>OK.
ExxonMobil's "one and only social responsibility" is to increase<BR>its
profits. But anyone who thinks there is no deception or
fraud<BR>involved with Exxon/Mobil only has to trace the history of
this<BR>corporation's funding of junk fraudulent climate science,
to<BR>deliberately deceive the public regarding anthropogenic
climate<BR>change, to understand the corruption and abuse of power
involved:<BR><BR>Union of Concerned Scientists<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/ExxonMobil-GlobalWarming-tobacco.html">http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/ExxonMobil-GlobalWarming-tobacco.html</A><BR><BR>January
3, 2007<BR><BR>Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like
Disinformation<BR>Campaign on Global Warming Science<BR>Oil Company Spent
Nearly $16 Million to Fund Skeptic Groups, Create Confusion<BR><BR>"ExxonMobil
has manufactured uncertainty about the human causes of<BR>global warming just
as tobacco companies denied their product caused<BR>lung cancer," said Alden
Meyer, the Union of Concerned Scientists'<BR>Director of Strategy &
Policy. "A modest but effective investment has<BR>allowed the oil giant to
fuel doubt about global warming to delay<BR>government action just as Big
Tobacco did for over 40 years."<BR><BR>Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How
ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco's Tactics to<BR>"Manufacture Uncertainty" on
Climate Change<BR><BR>---------------------------------<BR>It is within the
scope of the public in a democracy to decide if there<BR>is deception or fraud
or exploitation involved in a corporation using<BR>public assets to promote
its profits. And those questioning whether<BR>or not ExxonMobil is
abusing its power to impose a burdon on the<BR>citizens of Idaho or Montana or
Canada, or all humans on our planet,<BR>given the implications of tar sands
development for climate change, in<BR>the pursuit of its profit, are pursuing
their rights as citizens in a<BR>democracy.<BR><BR>And you assert this is an
"abuse of
power?"<BR><BR>WTF!<BR>------------------------------------------<BR>Vision2020
Post: Ted Moffett<BR><BR>On 5/25/11, Paul Rumelhart <<A
href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>> I see too many people that see this as an opportunity
to stick it to big<BR>> oil, since they have the opportunity to do so at
this moment in time. I<BR>> think that's an abuse of power,
myself.<BR>_______________________________<BR>> From: Ted Moffett <<A
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">starbliss@gmail.com</A>><BR>> To: Ron
Force <<A
href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> Cc:
"<A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>" <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 10:33 AM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020]
Moscow's Muscular Megalod Embrace<BR>><BR>> There is a significant
number in the Moscow area who are ideologically<BR>>
pro-business/pro-corporate thus friendly to big oil's needs, those who<BR>>
might have supported Palin's "drill baby drill" mantra in the 2008<BR>>
presidential race, who view obstacles to the tar sands development as<BR>>
an impediment to lowering high gas and diesel prices and improving the<BR>>
US economy in general, who think the opposition to the mega-loads is<BR>>
really more about a progressive antipathy to big captialist economic<BR>>
power and supporting an environmental agenda, rather than damage to or<BR>>
blocking streets or highways, who therefore are "friends" of the city<BR>>
council members who rolled out the welcome mat for the
mega-loads.<BR>><BR>> This point of view was in part expressed by Moscow
councilperson<BR>> Carscallen May 17, 2011, Moscow-Pullman Daily
News:<BR>> <A
href="http://finance.comcast.net/stocks/news_body.html?ID_OSI=85595&ID_NEWS=190774448">http://finance.comcast.net/stocks/news_body.html?ID_OSI=85595&ID_NEWS=190774448</A><BR>><BR>>
"I wonder if there would be as much discussion about these loads if<BR>>
they were 24-foot-wide, 210-feet-long, and 30-foot-high solar panels<BR>>
or wind turbine blades," Carscallen said. "I have seen people that are<BR>>
honest that the Kearl Oil Sands are the reason they're against it."<BR>>
------------------------<BR>> I think it possible the local political
"enemies" of this action by<BR>> the council might not be greater in number
than the "friends" of this<BR>> action, though the enemies might be more
publicly vocal in oppostion;<BR>> therefore I question that the council's
action is "a matter that earns<BR>> politicians enemies but few friends" as
the Trillhaase editorial<BR>> quoted below states.<BR>>
------------------------------------------<BR>> Vision2020 Post: Ted
Moffett<BR>><BR>> On 5/25/11, Ron Force <<A
href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>>> Moscow's megaload embrace gets
muscular<BR>>> * May 25th, 2011By Marty Trillhaase of the
Tribune<BR>><BR>>> > Which makes their eagerness to embrace a
matter that earns<BR>>> politicians enemies but few friends curious. The
last thing you'd expect<BR>>> from either Krauss and Carscallen is
precisely the vote they cast.<BR>>> Go figure. - M.T.<BR>><BR>>
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