"The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls -- the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning." ~ Henry David Thoreau
"“I didn't buy this land to sell it,” said Bob Svetlak to the Trib Live newspaper group. “I bought it for peace and property, like a lot of people in this country. I live here for the tranquility.” Despite Svetlak’s protestations, though, Hilcorp is arguing that a 1961 state law allows the company to lump all the landowners into one group and earn drilling authorization if most of those owners approve of the operation. Known as “forced pooling,” the move would enable the company to earn gas and oil rights even if some owners are opposed to the idea."
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