http://nmindependent.disqus.com/enSat, 12 Jul 2008 05:43:14 -0000http://newmexicoindependent.com/742/nm-attorney-general-intervenes-in-desert-rock-proposal#comment-2502062<p>When hitmen Frank Maisano and Jeff Holmstead try to schmooze the public with their assurance that, "It's no big deal," I just get all warm and tingly inside, don't you? Ah, their precious jewel of the desert -- Desert Rock -- the promised pride of San Juan Basin. So what if they'll poison our babies with mercury -- it's no big deal. Knowing we'll retch on the toxic air they'll putrify?-- it's no big deal. Worried about the water they'll steal?-- it's no big deal. Resent them commandeering Navajo homelands?-- it's no big deal. The Four Corners -- a National Sacrifice Area plagued by additiional environmental degradation, economic subjugation, and cultural exploitation -- hey, it's no big deal! These two gents are professional, clean-cut, corporate shills, and they know what's best for us if we'll just listen. Do not bother to think -- fogetta boutit -- "It's no big deal."</p>steveconeSat, 12 Jul 2008 05:43:14 -0000