re: Political Melt Thread

Good for you Finch....just change the filters often.

Since you brought up the pipeline....did you realize that the pipeline eliminated a lot of good paying jobs in Tx, La, Ms drilling for oil in offshore platforms?

I have fished many of those platforms in fishing tournaments and many rigs have gone bye bye. In fairness, some were the result of hurricanes....but they were never replaced. I fished the delta area of Louisiana, which is rich in resources for seafood. I have seen so many oil rigs disappear that it's sad. The tree huggers dont like offshore drilling..but it has supplied an awful lot of gas and oil.

Those offshore platforms can be huge and have helicopter landing pads...and constant jobs for tug boat like vessels that ferry crews and supplies to them.

But alternative means have to be under taken to prevent further erosion of air quality.

Finch you are in Indiana? I stayed for a while in a tiny village on the Ohio River, Patriot in Switzerland County, the smallest density of population in the state...Patriot was 31 miles from nearest supermarket when I was there in late 1970s. A lot of deer though...twice the size of Florida deer. The whole county was settled by Swiss and the county seat is Veevay (sp), which is a city in Switzerland. That's your history lesson for today.