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Farmer, it's unfortunate that you apparently don't have the capacity to read more then a couple of sentences before fading away. Some issues are actually complex and have many facets to them. But so long as you're going to criticize people for not having heard of "succintess"...well, look it up. The way you spell it, you won't find it in the dictionary. But that's a big book too.

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I work in the energy field and upon moving to Coos Bay saw my first No LNG signs around the community. My first thought was gladness that even in this sleepy little town there were people who cared. I didn't know much about the specific issues, but was probably a little more in favor then against given some dirtier alternatives such as oil or coal. But then I actually started doing my own independent research on this issue and specifically on the proposed terminal here in Coos Bay. After studying the developers own presentations, the oppositions presentations, and theoretically non-partisan, objective research, I have come to the absolute conclusion that this is a BAD DEAL. It's bad for Coos Bay, it's bad for Oregonians, and it's bad for the United States. From security measures imposed on an over-stretched Coast Guard, (there are many hillsides that would be very easy for someone with an RPG to fire from); far-reaching environmental issues that are numerous and complex, and will have a detrimental impact on our local economy as well as our health; to furthering a dependence on foreign energy supplies specifically from those who have long been no staunch friends of the USA (could we possibly be patriotic about something other then war for once?); to straining local emergency resources that are already at the breaking point; to sitting in a tsunami zone and leveling one of the few tsunami deterrents in order to build the facility (talk about el-stupido!); to negative impacts on local tourism and fishing (how many tourism guides will put it on their brochures?), this proposal specifically in Coos Bay is simply a no-brainer. And we haven't even touched on the impact of the hundreds of miles of pipeline to move it. But hey, we'll get 60-70 jobs outta the deal so let's do it. While we're at it, how about volunteering for nuclear waste dumps? That's jobs too! Seriously, it's incredibly short-sighted and selfish for our elected (Coos County Commissioners) and non-elected (Int'l Port of Coos Bay Commission) to impose these monstrosities on us. People on this post and others online and those concerned citizens who care enough to attend public hearings or board meetings only to be told to shut up is indicative of the national frustration we all feel that our "representatives" in fact represent only themselves and their donors. Protest! Stand Up! SHOUT!

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