"If Canada and the Chinese are so interested in having a pipe line why not run it westward thru Canada which doesn't have major population centers dependent on clean water???"

Bobert, if the US doesn't want the oil it will go to China. Thing is, we are fighting the pipeline. You should be, too. You don't want it in the US, fine. Tell your government. Those of us who don't want it in Canada are telling ours. Enough of this bullshit. You sure as fuck don't mind Canadian electricity and you didn't give a shit what it did to the James Bay area. But poor old USA might have a damaged pipeline and all of a sudden it's the Bad Canadians? Fawk.