{"id":14514,"date":"2014-03-03T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T06:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14514"},"modified":"2014-03-03T06:15:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T06:15:06","slug":"the-black-snake-cometh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-black-snake-cometh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Snake  or the Trans Canada pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jasmine Thomas<\/p>\n<p>what a courageous fighter<\/p>\n<p>came from British Columbia<\/p>\n<p>to tell<\/p>\n<p>the indigenous communities<\/p>\n<p>just what it means<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0Keystone XL<\/p>\n<p>pipeline<\/p>\n<p>it means hell<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the greatest threat to our land<\/p>\n<p>and our heritage<\/p>\n<p>our air<\/p>\n<p>our water<\/p>\n<p>everything we possess<\/p>\n<p>Trans Canada<\/p>\n<p>such \u00a0tremendous opposition<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 14px;\">their proposals<\/span><\/p>\n<p>will bring unbelievable stress<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the black snakes wriggles furiously<\/p>\n<p>across Lakota land<\/p>\n<p>calamitous confusion<\/p>\n<p>who can understand<\/p>\n<p>the demons working<\/p>\n<p>planning this filthy fossil fuel<\/p>\n<p>Enbridge BC Tar sands<\/p>\n<p>is honestly so cruel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>taking away the sacred lands<\/p>\n<p>and the environment they need<\/p>\n<p>rivers all their precious spirit<\/p>\n<p>this is where they bleed<\/p>\n<p>all will fight proposals<\/p>\n<p>to devastate and destroy<\/p>\n<p>riding roughshod<\/p>\n<p>over everything<\/p>\n<p>that the indigenous know as joy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First Nations people<\/p>\n<p>clearly are up in arms today<\/p>\n<p>fighting for their future<\/p>\n<p>for their lives, one has to say<\/p>\n<p>it will spell degradation<\/p>\n<p>on a scale beyond all thought<\/p>\n<p>the black snake cometh<\/p>\n<p>firing on all cylinders<\/p>\n<p>distraught<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>peaceful confrontation<\/p>\n<p>of peoples near and far<\/p>\n<p>this ugly nasty repulsive crude<\/p>\n<p>dragged out from the tar<\/p>\n<p>its \u00a0a terrible proposition<\/p>\n<p>causing untold harm<\/p>\n<p>and this is really why they are up in arms<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 14px;\">and far from calm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the bully boys Big Oil<\/p>\n<p>as such<\/p>\n<p>with their coffers want to see<\/p>\n<p>their millionaires get richer<\/p>\n<p>whilst the others<\/p>\n<p>destiny<\/p>\n<p>is lost in mists of ugliness<\/p>\n<p>as the black snake writhes<\/p>\n<p>and bites<\/p>\n<p>and takes out all the freedom<\/p>\n<p>that the first nation invites<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>this is to be a battle<\/p>\n<p>if Obama waves his flag<\/p>\n<p>the Indigenous will feel the pain<\/p>\n<p>and there will be such drag<\/p>\n<p>coming from just every quarter<\/p>\n<p>this a fight to death<\/p>\n<p>for the sacred lands<\/p>\n<p>are in the hands<\/p>\n<p>of the lakota<\/p>\n<p>and the breath<\/p>\n<p>of all first national peoples<\/p>\n<p>who have suffered long and hard<\/p>\n<p>at the hands of politicians<\/p>\n<p>and now they are on their guard<\/p>\n<p>for the see the black snake coming<\/p>\n<p>it is seriously a pain<\/p>\n<p>creating such revulsion<\/p>\n<p>from them all which is now plain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jasmine Thomas what a courageous fighter came from British Columbia to tell the indigenous communities just what it means The \u00a0Keystone XL pipeline it means hell &nbsp; 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