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33. Wealthy neighborhoods are all super-NIMBY

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 08:07 PM

Feb 2014

The difference is they don't need to become activists when they can just use their money for lobbyists and politicians.

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Exxon CEO Comes Out Against Fracking Project Because It Will Affect His Property Values [View all] babylonsister Feb 2014 OP

You can't make this shit up Sanity Claws Feb 2014 #1

^^^BINGO^^^ valerief Feb 2014 #11

It's la la land we are living in. Sometimes there just aren't words. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2014 #12

+1 El_Johns Feb 2014 #38

And once again, not satire from the Onion Contrary1 Feb 2014 #2

Hurts my head too. beveeheart Feb 2014 #18

No one else's property counts malaise Feb 2014 #3

Oh that's rich theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #4

So by definition, Tillerson is a terrorist. Scuba Feb 2014 #5

NIMBY You Peasants! Armstead Feb 2014 #6

+1 n/t LittleGirl Feb 2014 #13

My First Thought, Too Leith Feb 2014 #17

Yes. aquart Feb 2014 #36

Is there ANYONE that denies there is a class war going on in this country? loudsue Feb 2014 #7

Is it still going on? I thought everyone surrendered to the C-level executives years ago. tclambert Feb 2014 #14

Our bigshot aerospace lobbyist KT2000 Feb 2014 #8

+1 El_Johns Feb 2014 #39

The 8th and 9th circle of Hell is reserved for hypocrite scumbags like bvar22 Feb 2014 #9

I wonder what the good people of Flower Mound think justabob Feb 2014 #10

I think you missed the REALLY big name on that suit!!!!!! Grins Feb 2014 #15

He's following coattails at this point, but babylonsister Feb 2014 #21

Don't you meant TexasTowelie Feb 2014 #28

Dick. progressoid Feb 2014 #30

There is no way to make up humor any better than that. another_liberal Feb 2014 #16

Yet it's not even vaguely funny. nt babylonsister Feb 2014 #20

Or very dark humor, at least. another_liberal Feb 2014 #22

So, the rest of us don't care about our property values? blue neen Feb 2014 #19

Nothing pisses me off more than hypocritical shit like this. denverbill Feb 2014 #23

Why would they fire him? MADem Feb 2014 #24

Not hypocritical. It's all about *their* property values. Not ours. Their property -- their land, El_Johns Feb 2014 #40

I would like to shake the hand of the CEO of Cross Timbers Water Supply Corp Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #25

And I'm sure he feels completely justified and entitled. polichick Feb 2014 #26

FYI, this is near Bartonville, Texas. TexasTowelie Feb 2014 #27

I bet he gets farm subsidies for his ranch. nt SunSeeker Feb 2014 #37

Ok irony does not start to describe this nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #29

Never a problem until it affects them. ck4829 Feb 2014 #31

Time to get his shots father founding Feb 2014 #32

Wealthy neighborhoods are all super-NIMBY cprise Feb 2014 #33

broke father founding Feb 2014 #41

Greed, greed, greed. That's the only langauge these assholes understand. Initech Feb 2014 #34

YES! Make him pay to make anti-fracking case law. aquart Feb 2014 #35

kick... KansDem Feb 2014 #42