Protesters label Redford an enemy of the poor

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Oil and gas drilling » Clergymen link his environmentalism to racism.

Hollywood's Sundance Kid is hurting poor people.

So say some East Coast ministers and conservative activists, who took to the streets in front of a downtown Salt Lake City theater on the eve of Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival to accuse the actor of holding down low-income Americans with his opposition to oil and gas drilling near national parks in Utah.

The protesters, led by the Congress of Racial Equality's national spokesman Niger Innis, suggested Redford should "relinquish his wealth" and live like a poor person. They complained that the filmmaker's anti-drilling stance could lead to higher energy prices for inner-city residents, forcing them to accept a lower standard of living.

The clergymen prayed for Redford "to see the light" and linked his environmental activism with racism.

"The high energy prices we're going to see this winter are essentially discriminatory," said Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. of the Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., chairman of the High-Impact Leadership Coalition, a petroleum industry advocate.
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Using federal studies and statistics, The Wilderness Society calculated the natural gas recoverable from the 77 contested parcels would be the equivalent of two days of national consumption. The oil recoverable from those parcels would last 1 hour and 40 minutes at today's consumption rate.
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http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11455096

WTF!!??

[aquart]

1. Oh, baloney.

[jwirr]

2. The rw does not care who they crucify.

[YOY]

3. Republican ass-logic.

Utah has no shortage of Morons.

[47of74]

4. Like these clowns ever gave a good G-D about the poor...

The only time these dumb F-you-know-whats ever gave a good G-D about the poor is when they can use it to attack others who they disagree with politically.

[dbackjon]

5. Another wedge the right is trying to use to separate blacks from the Dem Party

Using two highly paid Lobbyists for the Petroleum/Chemical industry to pretend to care about the poor.

[RiverStone]

6. Someone should tell these pricks that legislation aimed at amending the auto industry...

...mpg standards for manufacturing energy wise autos would have saved TONS more gas than this Utah drop in the proverbial bucket.

[navarth]

8. That might be hard, most of them communicate in grunts and clicks

But I'll try sign language

[Libertyfirst]

7. You headline should read "Assess make Asses of themselves."

[JohnnyRingo]

9. Like drilling on public land will lift us all into wealth.

If only gas was $1.25/gal, I'd be rich.

It's called "public land" because we all own it, not the oil companies and churches. That seems to be the problem conservatives have.

Let's start corporate exploration on their church property, with no return of the assets to the landowner. God doesn't need mineral rights to save souls.

[HamdenRice]

10. Niger Innis is a complete idiot and shames the memory of CORE

There's a long history here. CORE was one of the greatest of all civil rights organizations, headed by James Foreman.

When it fell into disarray in the 70s, it was taken over by Roy Innis, who became inceasingly erratic and right wing. Innis "bequeathed" CORE as a private plaything and fund raising vehicle to his even more crazy and right wing son.

It has no constituency and no purpose other than as a sham and con for the Innis family.

[Owl]

11. Geez....

:crazy:

[helderheid]

12. Oh good lord.

[xchrom]

13. utah...again. nt