One of the greatest modern writers and thinkers wades into the fray.  His column is cogent, fact-filled, and completely relevant to the issues at hand.  Meanwhile the paid propaganda mouthpieces for the Texas Oil Billionaire crowd fill the comments with racist, bigoted, false history and claims.  This pipeline is unneeded and sole purpose is to export domestic oil to foreign lands to aid in boosting prices in the manipulated markets.  The world is awash in already discovered oil.  North Dakota's oil is unneeded domestically or worldwide.  The pipeline was fast-tracked by government agencies filled with embedded oil agents left over from the Bush/Cheney reign without regard to water, land or environmental devastation.  A Black Snake tearing down through the heart of the richest agricultural lands in the nation threatening the health of the entire Missouri/Mississippi basin.  All to serve the unending greed of Texas and Wall Street Oligarchs.  Every drop means less Alaska oil needed.