{"id":139017,"date":"2019-06-04T18:32:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T00:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=139017"},"modified":"2019-06-04T18:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T00:32:48","slug":"the-oil-and-gas-must-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/04\/the-oil-and-gas-must-flow.html","title":{"rendered":"The Oil (and Gas) Must Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have no great problem with punishing those who vandalize pipelines, either during construction or, especially, during<\/em> operation.<\/p>\n

States and the feds moving to punish protesters that impede<\/em>\u00a0or disrupt\u00a0construction<\/em> with multi-decade prison terms?<\/em> Yeah, that seems (sadly typical) pressing of the government’s thumb down on the scales in favor of a highly lucrative (and controversial) big business.<\/p>\n

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I mean, it’s not like there aren’t other laws on the books — for vandalism, for trespass, etc. — that can address such protesters in a more balanced fashion. But twenty years? That’s beyond penalties for\u00a0Assault with a Deadly Weapon (felony) using a machine gun<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you want to know more?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Trump pushes up to 20 years in prison for pipeline protesters \u2013 ThinkProgress<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Should disrupting pipeline construction draw multi-decade jail terms? 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