Mining in the BWCA? Please tell me no!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

9. It's that first step that is so worrisome, though.

It's like, "Well, we're already there, we can just extend our activity further in the area." NO NO NO NO.

Like drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. It was limited to verifiable oil pockets, then they started drilling all over. Running roughshod over environmental protections and common sense, they gave us the BP Deep Water Horizon disaster, from which parts of the more sensitive Delta have not recovered. They killed the fishing and seafood industry - from catch to table - and all of those whose livelihoods depended on it. And so much more. If you want to look further back, go to Alaska and see what is still there from the Exxon Valdez debacle.

This administration has NO respect for the environment or the citizens of this nation. Their greed is palpable. And we will suffer for generations if we allow them to continue to rape this land.