The Sovereign Voice Issue 5 | Page 90

So we see this situation initiated by the Energy Transfer Partners company and the Corp of Engineers. These organizations plan to construct an oil pipeline on Native land—specifically under the Missouri River—with no permission, and no formal request to the rightful owners of the land according to treaty standards. Though this represents a violation of human rights, violations such as this are sadly common in modern times, as the current establishment disregards the rights of the people and of the land to exist. Instead of honoring the rights of the people, this establishment habitually defaults to the wishes of large corporations which manipulate laws and regulations in their own favor while leaving the people to pay the taxes and clean the environmental turmoil these corporation leave in their wake. TOP TEN ABUSES OF POWER SINCE 9/11 In recent history, we have watched both State and Federal Government walk on the rights of countless Americans with little signs of stopping. We've seen anti-Constitutional legislation dictated in the name of “national security” by way of the Patriot Act. We watched as our privacy was systematically violated in secret by the NSA for the same false reasoning. We watched as our trust was shattered when these NSA spying operations came to light along with the lies and cover-up which initially denied their existence. To add, we have seen our airports turned into virtual concentration camps, and our law enforcement transform into a domestic army deployed against the people. URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED: HOMELAND SECURITY PULLS WATER S