Tim DeChristopher, an environmental activist who, in 2008, went to an auction during which drilling rights for the natural gas and oil beneath stretches of pristine Utah wilderness were being sold off. DeChristopher decided he couldn’t stand by and watch the process, so he signed on as a bidder. He purchased plot after plot, knowing he had no way of paying for them, in order to keep the land out of the hands of the oil and gas companies. His act of protest landed him in jail.A film has been made of DeChristopher's struggle. Here is the trailer.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Bidder 70
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If only the 300,000,000 would stand up and march, or just 200,000,000, or 100,000,000, they could save this country from the tyranny that is threatening us.
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