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Huang Sufang reacts as she sees a part of her house being taken down by demolition workers at Yangji village in central Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, China on March 21, 2012.
Huang Sufang, a resident of the Chinese city of Guangzhou, mounted a desperate last stand to protect her home as demolition workers moved in on Wednesday.
According to local media cited by Reuters, part of Huang's house was mistakenly demolished as workers were flattening another building nearby.
Hers was one of more than 1,000 homes in Yangji, a former village that has been swallowed up by the rapid expansion of Guangzhou, China's third-largest city with a population of over 12 million.
In 2010, China Daily reported that Yangji was one of 138 'urban villages' in Guangzhou earmarked for demolition to make way for new developments in the next decade.
Disputes over land rights are the leading cause of surging unrest across China, according to a study cited by Bloomberg News.
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Huang Sufang tries to attack a worker with a brick after a part of her house was demolished.
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Huang Sufang attempting to protect her home as workers move in for demolition.
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A relative holds Huang Sufang as she wipes away tears.
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Workers demolish a group of villagers' houses in Yangji village.
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Huang Sufang lies on the ground after a part of her house was demolished.
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Nothing that could not happen here in the USA. The people here are allowing corporate power to grow, and since the 1% already controls whom "the people" can vote for it may already be too late.
Emminent domain - happens all the time in the US. GWB did it for a new Texas Rangers stadium.
Yea...think Keystone pipeline. How can a foreign corporation claim emminent domain?
Easy, the local government in question claims eminent domain, then sells the land to the corporation, usually a developer, for a reduced price along with tax concessions.
To determine whether property has been taken for public use, the courts first determined whether the property was to be used by a broad segment of the general public. The definition of public use was later broadened to include anything that benefited the public, such as trade centers, municipal civic centers, and airport expansions. The U.S. Supreme Court continued to expand the definition of public use to include aesthetic considerations. In Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26, 75 S. Ct. 98, 99 L. Ed. 27 (1954), the Court ruled that slums could be cleared in order to make a city more visually attractive. The Court in Berman stated further that it is within legislative power to determine whether a property can be condemned solely to beautify a community.
State courts have also expanded the definition of public use. The Michigan Supreme Court even allowed property to be condemned for the private use of the General Motors Company, under the theory that the public would benefit from the economic revitalization a new plant would bring to the community (Poletown Neighborhood Council v. City of Detroit, 410 Mich. 616, 304 N. W. 2d 455 [1981]).
Our little Trans-Canadian pipeline project will cross private property and I hear owners have been told "too bad" - eminent domain is being claimed for a foreign corporation.
Happens all the time to all of us little peopele all over the worlld. What is new? Why is it NEWS? I cry my own tears with the poor woman. It is all I can do. I can only cry for her.
ANYWAY... The article is about a woman's troubles in China.
Get ready to treated the same way when they take over. The US Senate and House will be picking their a - -'s while it happens.
No, they'll be complicit.
John, if you are letting someone else control who you vote for than you are the problem not the big corporation and not the 1%. No one tells me who I have to vote for not the 1%, not the 99%, and not the media.
But texasbob, your vote doesn't count, at least not in the presidential race.
texasbob,
If that's what you think, you're a fool. The mega-corperations and 1% decide who will be on the ballots, their cronies and those who support their interests.
John Aalborg,
It's "who" not "whom." Sorry, it just bothers me when people use the word "whom" incorrectly.
The correct use instead of "whom the people can vote for" would be "for whom the people can vote."
When there are a dozen or so mega rich individuals running for office, lets just say were talking about running to be the united states president for example, well what kind of real choice do i have. It is controlled by the elite, so that regular working man, like john or bob, has no chance in hell of even getting on the ballot. Its been built up to the point that you need mega bucks to run, even though they use no money of their own, and in fact probably rake in more money than they need and profit off of running. were kind of stuck. i want to vote for a regular working Joe, hmmm someone similar to joe the plumber, but you'll never see anything like that, just a few mega rich folks running for the good of the mega rich. Take Mitt Romney for example, he is so out of touch with reality, and the real world that even when he lies through his teeth to try to be like us, he comes across as someone who's life is still far from how most of us live, or who even has a chance to live. The mega rich have no clue what it is like to have to live paycheck to paycheck, and they aren't smart enough to even figure it out to lie to us correctly. Now please dont misunderstand me, There are rich people who do get it and understand because they started out broke and made something of themselves by working hard and sometimes just catching a break and having the right opportunity. some of use will never get a chance to even be comfortable even through backbreaking hard work. I also see major issues happening with the gas prices rising, this will destroy many , many people who are barely scratching by. i may be one of them, however i recently replaced my van with a four cylinder, however, another month or two and ill be in the same spot as before, paying 130 a week on gas just to get to work, iv rambled long enough, sorry for the rant, sometimes i just get lost in the subject im ranting about and just go off on everything. However, the way i see it, the worst has yet to come on the burden that has been thrown on the middle class. where the rich hate paying even fifteen percent of their money to taxes, but have no problem with the low income earners paying 20 to 25. Well the rich have earned that privilege right? they are entitled to keep the whole 12 million they earned in the stock market. the damn poor need to make up for their laziness and pay up they say. ok im done.
Ugh... Ok, before the rest of you go any further, please get this through your heads:
This is PhotoBlog - One woman's desperate stand to protect her home from demolition.
It takes place in China, not the US. That being said, it has literally NOTHING to do with anything here in the US, no matter how badly you want to try and find a way to make connections.
The article was in the PhotoBlog section because the photographer got some really amazing pictures of human desperation and distress, and they are simply providing a short article to go along with it to help explain why the woman was in such distress.
Believe it or not, we don't all care about what's going on in American politics every single moment of every day. Now can you people PLEASE drop the racism and politics for this article and take it over somewhere where it at least has to do with the topic?
Simply put I think that it's you that is out of touch. Romney has help a "JOB" since he graduated from college. He wasn't handed money like Bush was. He worked for companies making a name for himself. He did well enough that Bain corp wanted him to work for them. He rose to the top ranks with his work ethics. HE ACHIEVED THE AMERICAN DREAM ! ! !. By your ridiculous comments you are obviously are jealous that Mitt has money. Maybe if you weren't so lazy or has more ambition you also could achieve that dream. Well, maybe you could. I have worked hard my life and am in a position with my company which I to rose through the ranks. Now I am in no way as rich as Mitt but he earned his money the same way I earn mine. WORK. Hard work. Now you blast him for no other reason then that. So here is a little tax lesson for you. Mitt paid his 30% tax when he was earning a paycheck just like the rest of us. Then he invested that money and on that return he paid another 15%. That is a total of 45% on his money. Now we know by your comments that you will never have any investments so you won't have to worry about paying taxes twice on the same money. Just because people have more money then you doesn't mean they should pay your taxes. Pay your own. And as far as your VAN goes Mitt has nothing to do with that.
It's nothing that doesn't happen here. Twenty years ago, right after our second son was born, my husband and I bought a house that sat on a double lot on a block between our grade school and high school. After 8 years of living there and less then 10 grand left to pay, we started the fight of our lives to keep the city from annexing our property to build two new buildings for the high school. There was no reason for our property to be annexed the school already owned a block east of the high school and a wooded area of approximately 3 acres north of it. But, they wanted our land, and our road. We spent a ton of money, a ton of time, and every last tear I had or so I thought to keep them from taking it. They got us though, with the help of mother nature. A massive ice storm hit in Feb of 98 and a tree dropped a large limb on our roof causing a hole, we tarped it to wait for a thaw to fix it but within 48 hours the school had the city claim our home as dilapidated and condemn it. We were given 30 days to vacate and no monetary relief because we were buying the home on contract and therefore were not listed as owners yet. So I seriously feel for this woman.
A bit more from the China side courtesy of the China Study Group and various newspapers -
Wukan! Wukan! [It is rarely a single person - the number of mass incidents has been growing for years, at leas 100,000+ last year]
Reports from Wukan, Guangdong, the Chinese village in revolt against local government have generated more shocked gasps from the Anglophone media than in-depth reporting, resulting in a general paucity of information, let alone insightful analysis. ...
April 3rd, 2009: A leaflet appears in Wukan village entitled, “A letter to fellow townsfolk of Wukan — We’re not ‘Dead Village Slaves.’” More village land is sold, the village government alters the elections as the majority of the villagers discuss the issue of the leaflet. ...
September 21st, 2011: Three thousand villagers gather in Wukan (a coastal town on the East China Sea in Lufeng County, Shanwei Prefecture, Guangdong Province) to discuss a series of problematic incidents in the area. They collectively petition the Lufeng County Government, inquiring about arrangements regarding Jade Laurel Garden (Bi Gui Yuan). As they return home, a group of villagers numbering around a dozen smash a group of Jade Laurel Garden workers’ dormitories and some materials belonging to the Tranquil Industrial Park (Tai Gongye Yuan). That evening three youths from Wukan are arrested by the local police. ...
November 11th, 2011: Four thousand villagers provide signatures and march to the Lufeng Municipal Government with their petition. Lufeng Mayor Qiu Jinxiong personally appears to address the demands and urges the protestors to return home. ...
husunzi: Now it’s reported that 30,000 people are on strike in a nearby town – in an apparently unrelated issue:...
[Land grabs by party cadre and local bureaucrats?, unpaid wages, contrary to U.S. MSM, overinvestment, slow growth, insufficient employment for both semi-peasants and credentialed professionals -- the Chinese working class is waking up]
Anonymous C10
It already happened here with the local governments consent in New London, CT a few years back.
And what did New London wind up doing with the property? Absolutely nothing!!!!!! It was supposedly for a new development that had the potential for more property tax dollars. Instead, people were displaced, and the property sits abandoned.
This poor woman. Such agony caused by unfeeling greed. The appalling thing is that, according to the text, her house was mistakenly demolished, and no one (it seems) checked to make sure they had the right house.
Americans, think when you vote!! Do you want to vote for MORE corporate power?? And please don't just shrug your shoulders and ignore the election. Even voting for the "lesser of two evils" is better than not voting.
I think you're confused because 1) This is a story from China, and 2) The government is what does this to people like this woman.
So if you're trying to make an analogy, the appropriate one to this story would be, "Do you want to vote for MORE government power??"
Excuse me but some GOVERNMENT office gave them a permit to take that house down. Look to the government...
Quote Vivian-379841 : "Excuse me but some GOVERNMENT office gave them a permit to take that house down."
Well I'm not so sure about that, in the article it does say "part of Huang's house was mistakenly demolished as workers were flattening another building nearby"
Hopefully they will give her a new house.
I forget, "Matt-1145746"... all governments are clearly the same, aren't they? And, I must have forgotten this, too, but all governments are inherently corrupt, aren't they? Skepticism is healthy, cynicism is can be too, but paranoid delusions are the signs that one might want to make a trip to the local clinic.
You're playing chicken-egg, which came first? Getting rid of lobbyist by killing government isn't going to make monopolies any more honest.
There are plenty of places on this earth where war lords, ...ahem, 'corporations' rule and minorities are squelched. Stop trying to make the U.S. one of them.
We don't even get to vote for more government power. The government took away a lot of our liberty in the name of national security since 9/11. Two executive orders recently (behind our back) signed on unlimited power to government to imprison American citizens without dual process and giving the White House absolute control over all the country's natural resources at any time.
Eminent domain could be on the horizon in our own backyards should the borders melt and the North American Union is formed. Seems like a national default could trigger the Chinese to say, "You, no mo' money...we collect now...build big road and move in!"
It does happen here in the US. It is called eminent domain. If the government needs to expand a freeway and your property borders it, they will make you an offer (usually above market price) to buy your land. If you don't accept, then they will still try to take it. There are lawyers to fight that kind of stuff though. They did that to one of my father's properties.
Human rights is practically an oxymoron over there. While it happens here, there is some recourse and due process. As for Israel, think about what happened in the Gaza strip and West Bank.
More specifically, Matt, a FASCIST government is what does this to people. If you want a fascist government, keep voting for people who allow corporations (rather than the people) to control the government. Oh, I know, corporations are people. The Supreme Court (or at least half of it) and Mitt Romney told us so.
A new house or at least money for a new house. This is awful.
I'll ignore the paranoia in your sentence ("North American Union"?) to merely point out that Eminent Domain has existed for ages in our country.
Anyone aware that Canadian officials from Keystone are ALREADY doing this IN OUR COUNTRY???
No offense to our neighbors to the North, but WTF?!?!
Koch Brothers want your land, you say no, they have your property condemned and then a Canadian firm working with American citizens comes and buys it for pennies on the dollar and you get nothing.
Still supporting this monstrosity?
Sounds like a valid reason for "going postal" on their a$$es to me........
Can you provide an example of someone's property being condemned for the Keystone pipeline or are these just accusations? Just curious.
Sage, please provide proof for the statement of fact regarding Canadian officials you made in your post. I'm interested.
I am also curious, considering there is a regulatory process involved with condemning a property..
They don't need to condemn the property. Eminent domain allows the government to come in and take whatever they want...
Sage has no proof or response. He is just a regular wacko.
See my post above RE: Texas Rangers. It's called emminent domain - Any entity can do it if they prove it is "for the good of the majority".
Yes, but the government doesn't get to TAKE the property, they have to pay you for it. (Although I'm no expert on just how fair those payments really have to be.)
All these suffering in the name of "progress". The environment is polluted, the government is corrupted, and the moral values is diminishing as the economy progressing. This is the price that ordinary chinese citizens paid. The Peking government emphasize window dressing, that is everything must look good. Meantime, its people suffered.
TransCanada is owned by Americans. Neither the Canadian government nor Canadian citizens have much to do with it, except maybe as private investors. Most oil companies in Canada are actually owned by Americans or American corporations.
Yeah, the government has to pay for the property, but they get to decide what it's worth. The government took my dad's property a number of years ago for less than market value and he wound up in court trying to get his due compensation. Of course, it's very difficult to know the true value of a property when it's not available for sale to competing bidders. The scary thing about emminent domain is there will be more and more people put in my father's situation. And with major corporations having more and more influence on our government, the problem is compounded.
I'm not a fan of Keystone, but I'm also not a fan of baseless accusations.
Reliable sources of your claim please, with emphasis on "reliable'.
Here is a link to an article talking about keystone using eminent domain in the US. I can not vouch for it being reliable, you be the judge.
If link does not show up google keystone pipeline nebraska property
Look at the right wing trolls crowing for a link. There are multiple. There was a story on MSNBC a few weeks ago about TransCanada using eminent domain in Texas. Some ranchers were fighting it.
Here I'll tell you what, since you guys are apparently incapable of using Google I'll link you some results. Like a hundred or something.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Keystone+eminent+domain+texas&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
How awful to show that poor woman's pain in such a desperate moment. I think 1 picture would have sufficed.
Why? Is seeing someone else's suffering too much for you to stomach? This is real life, baby, not a Hollywood production.
These pictures clearly make the story. How could they stop at one when she portrayed such an amazing image of overwhelming saddness, helplessness and desperation? Those are some emotional pictures and they posted numerous for a damn good reason. You need to swallow that feeling youve got down and just hope you never have to feel the same surge of distress this woman was going through in these photographs for yourself. Sorry for the rant but I find your comment very selfish to condemn the article/whoever posted the pictures with it simply because you find it upsetting.
Also, you're literally in the PhotoBlog section of MSN, so it just makes no sense to complain about the pictures.
See post #2 above. "What the" is right. It already happened here in many places. Ct. was really famous because they built a stinking hotel. The Corporation literally got a handful of local elceted rubes to condemn a neighborhood so afor profit company could make a profit. These local crooks people elect to office will selll out their own mothers. They will sell you out much faster.
Happened in Cincinnati too. It went all the way to the Supreme Court. The people actually won this one. It cost the developers over $1 million for the last couple of houses..
See
Norwood, Ohio v. Horney
Happened years ago in Texas when they wanted the land to build DFW airport - eminent domain
Same thing happened in California during the mid 20th century expansion of the Highway Transportation System. Generally, minority areas suffered the most impact.
Also happened years ago in Pickering Ontario Canada, when the government wanted to build a second Toronto Airport, They took the land then decided not to build,
Same in Montreal at Mirabelle.
Lorinda & DT216,
Normally when property is declared "eminent domain" the homeowner is paid handsomely for their property.
I've seen many people upgraded to much nicer homes because the State needed the place where they previously lived.
"Eminent domain" today is quite different than "come knock your house down while you're still in it"
"Normally when property is declared "eminent domain" the homeowner is paid handsomely for their property."
You would be very incorrect. You are offered market value only and nothing more. If you refuse market value, they still take it from you. Market value does not mean relocation value. If you are lucky enough to find a home that is cheaper, great for you, but you are the exception not the rule.
No, in Waterbury, CT, fair market value was NOT offered to those homeowners who are about to be displaced in order to build a new elementary school. In fact, Waterbury was only offering approximately 75% of FMV. Where is the justice in that?
Has anyone ever heard of a little item called The Tennesee Valley Authority? The TVA! I believe Tennessee Ernie Ford even sang a song about it. They came in and flooded a massive amount of land in Tennessee taking all the poor people's homes and leaving them homeless basically. These people lived in shacks it is true but they were THEIR SHACKS! You are right. I believe they paid them the pittance for their little piece of 'home' and then flooded it. They didn't have enough money to 'buy' anything and they were very old to boot. There were MANY broken people just like this poor woman. Laura-313822 I believe you are pitifully mistaken and stupid to boot! I can only hope you never face this kind of grief. Be a little sympathetic.
We had a similar case in SE Indiana. Local government wanted to expand roads and build a traffic circle. This would have required 17 acres of a 30 acre property. The remaining acreage would have been virtually inaccessible. The property owner declined the initial offer and fought imminent domain in court for years.
All this was part of a pipe-dream to build new industrial park, on farmland, while three large plants sat empty (and for sale) for years within a 1/2 mile.
Only the INDOT withdrawal of support for the traffic circle due to low vehicle counts did the court case seizing the land at 'appaised value' get dropped. Interestingly, the change of sentiment from INDOT occurred after changes at the top of the department. And other grand idea projects got scaled back or dropped, while INDOT concentrates on reinforcing and replacing current pavement and bridges.
I love these traffic circles they are putting in here in Arizona now. They say it slows down the traffic for better control. The problem is that every other time I go that way, there's an accident and the traffic is a mess for over an hour each time. But it does control the traffic, if you call a complete stop control..it works well then!!
That's because no one knows how to drive in them.. in the northeast, they are routine.
I believe that this lady will be housed by the government. I like a follow up to this story, I don't think its as bad as it seems. What happen to this lady can easily happen in the US, its called imminent domain, it happen to my grandmother in the 70s, what was her home is now a retirement assistance living facility.
What rock have you been living under? the Chinese govt. giving a rats ass about the comman folk? You are confused and probably work for the Chinese PR dept.
Yes, I'm sure due to the embarrassment this has brought the Chinese government they will "house" this lady. Most likely in a jail cell until anyone and everyone forgets this ever happened.
11 deleted, cheap political derail from offtheirheads about 'retardicans'.
You're suspended for a day for violating #4 of the Code of Honor.
how sad. poor woman. this is sick.
Get the government out of your lives, Ron Paul 2012!
Boycott chinese crap!
Hell no. I didn't spend 3 years trying to get with the times and learn Mandarin Chinese so that you could boycott their products. This is the future. If you can't beat them, join them.
You're a sad, cynical, greedy ass, Jonathan. I hope you aren't serious. And for all those people comparing the occasional imminent domain case in the U.S., this happens all the time in China.
Your right it does Dan. I go to China frequently and the people of China do not own the land their homes are on nor do the companies that build there. They lease the land from the Chinese government for lengthy periods of time. Maybe 50 to 100 years. But bottom line the government still owns the land and can come in and take it at any time. It is why building a factory over there if you are a foreign investor is Russian roulette because you could build this nice million dollar facility and the government 5 years from now could decide they need the land or the building for something else and you are out cold.
Dan-5421219: I repeat check out the US history. I think you will find that 'the occasional imminent doman case in the U.S.' is a figment of your imagination. Look up the damage The Tennessee Valley Authority did to thousands of people when they built a dam and flooded the whole area. These people got nothing. Check out your history my friend it is not as rosey as you might think. Power will ALWAYS win out over the weak. Happens ALL THE TIME right here in the good ole US of A.
Dear Jonathon kindly ship your ass over to China and stay there.
That poor woman and of course, she has no recourse - the Chinese 'spring' will come and when it does, it will be bloody no doubt. Of course the chinese government will bring in the troops and tanks, much like Syria - but the will of the common man (and woman) desiring freedom is stonger than any army.
I wonder how long it will take for the "spring" to happen here in the USA? And, how our government will react to it... Will be interesting, to say the least.
It'll be hard to know. Maybe like Egypt, the military will think independently if it goes too far from fairness.
It would be nice if the reporter would have found out what the local officials plan to do since their crews mistakenly demolished her home. Where is the rest of the story?
Great point!
I don't understand how an event in Communist China has anything to do with Democratic government. Never mind the one situation depicted in the article and the pain this poor woman is suffering but to use this as another opportunity to bash government or supposed corrupt corporations is sad. If you hate it so much here, please move and spare the rest of us your hatred.
there are plenty of empty house here. lets give her one, stand up you goddamned bankers..is good pr...give this lady a house.
January 18, 2012
Obama Says No to TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline—For Now
In early January, TransCanada announced it had mapped and studied a new route through Nebraska for the XL pipeline, avoiding the troublesome parts of the Nebraska Sandhills. TransCanada indicated it was working on a fast track with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality for approval of the new routing. However, it will not be so fast after all.
Facing a February 21, 2012, deadline imposed by Congress, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on January 17 that she was recommending denial of the permit to build the pipeline, and President Obama then announced that the permit would be denied. The reasoning was that it would not serve the public interest to approve a permit for a pipeline while environmental and routing issues remain unresolved. The decision leaves the door open to renew the permitting process with the State Department after the rerouting has been completed, and TransCanada is already talking about a timeline for doing so. Chances are good it will not happen before the November election.
The president’s supporters are already applauding his commitment to saving the environment, while opponents are already complaining that the president has stopped a project that would create 20 thousand American jobs and strengthen our oil supply. Property owners along the original route who have signed easements and have been paid for those easements are already calling attorneys for assurance that they get to keep the money.
How quickly Obama changes his mind.
I think your class is down the hall on the left... this is PhotoBlog - One woman's desperate stand to protect her home from demolition. Also, It takes place in China, not the US. The article was in the PhotoBlog section because the photographer got some really amazing pictures of human desperation and distress, and they are simply providing a short article to go along with it to help explain why the woman was in such distress.
Believe it or not, we don't all care about what's going on in American politics every single moment of every day.
March 2, 2012
Transcanada Ready to Try Again on the XL Pipeline
Transcanada Keystone has announced it will soon file again with the U.S. Department of State for a permit to build the XL crude oil pipeline. The project was delayed when President Obama announced in January, 2011, that the department would not issue a permit, due to concerns regarding the proposed route through the fragile Nebraska sandhills region. Transcanada has been working with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality to find an acceptable route around the most vulnerable areas.
Meanwhile, the Nebraska legislature is considering a bill that would make it a crime for an agent of a condemning authority to threaten a condemnation proceeding knowing that the project has not received the necessary approvals. This is in direct response to letters sent by Transcanada to numerous Nebraska property owners in 2011 stating that condemnation proceedings would be filed if the owners did not sign right-of-way easements within 30 days.
— William G. Blake, Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, LLP, L
Optomyst,
The objection to the Keystone XL pipeline is not its existence per se. But its routing through the western Nebraska sand hills region which seeds the aquifer for much of Nebraska and Kansas. This is the contested portion of the pipeline routing.
Northern portions of the pipeline already exist, which have provided something of a glut of crude oil to the region's refineries and locally depressing gasoline prices. Obama recently endorsed the Oklahoma to Louisiana portion of the route. Trans-Canada needs to go around the sand hills area to complete to project.
Oddly, once completed, whether US refiners see any tar-sand oil is very questionable, as Trans-Canada has already said that its real markets are Europe and Asia.
Let's create jobs in America for some Canadians who want to sell oil to China and Europe, not lower prices here. Then when there's a spill over an Aquifer that grows our food, hopefully not the level of BP in the gulf, we can socialize the damages to the taxpayer.
Sounds like a great idea, eh?
This poor woman, her grief is so profound. I feel for anyone who loses a home, especially like this. How very sad. Sad commentary on Governments who forget about the little people.
I fell so sad for this woman. I hope they give her a better house. But of course it's china. She lost it and thats that. So, so terrible.
Well, the China Central government has to find the homes first to all people there before the company move in to demolish their peoples' home, Chinese' homes.
The China Central government cannot allow and does not allow company/foreign investments to do such kind of treatments to mistreat their own people, to create sufferings, to lose their shelters. The company must settle the replacement of the shelters to the people, either to provide the same kind of shelter and same value of the shelter or above to the property's owners.
The Central government please cares their own citizens with humanity and humility; do not allow the greedy investment to make their own suffer.
Check the deed for your own property. If you do not specifically own the mineral rights to that piece of land, THIS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU! Whomever does own those mineral rights can begin removing the minerals from your property (and it may involve destruction of any and all structures and eviction of the occupants) after a quick environmental impact study. Mining companies, and even gravel pit owners, can take your property without a court case, and there is nothing you can do about it. Welcome to corporate America.
All right here in America an entire neighborhood was bombed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1985 by the police I might add. Citizens still have claims that have not been settled to this day in 2012.
Her pain speaks in volumes. The distress, dis-illusionment and above all help-lessness are heart-rendering. I pray she gets suitably compensated or at the least reaches a fast reconciliation to carry-on.
That is just one of the most heartbreaking series of pictures ever. Why didn't they stop?
I missed the question paleface, would you please put it writing. Oh, you did, um., must have missed the memo where you take all the land you want. Please people, stop calling the kettle black, when the Native Nations don't have a pot to piss in, only a fraction of what the treaties said they would be. History, you can run from it, but you can't hide. Oh beautiful, yet blissful America, I love ya. ;-) it is a sad picture, heartfelt. Accidents are human error, avoidable.