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He's peddling snake oil (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2017 OP
Trump IS the snake oil. Doreen Sep 2017 #1
Funny thing, Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #2
Forgot to add this,were are all those Red Caps? Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #3
Good partnership: Trump Snake Oil, Tesoro Crude Oil KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #4
Used to be a Farmers Union Co-op Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #5
Used to be lots of them, I think. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #6
Grew up in Northern Wisconsin. Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #7
Yes! KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #8
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. Funny thing,
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 10:58 PM
Sep 2017

Trump holds Campaign rally in front of the dirtiest smelliest place in Mandan. Must have been a threat to him not to use the Park down the road. If one has ever been near a Refinery,well say no more.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
4. Good partnership: Trump Snake Oil, Tesoro Crude Oil
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 12:25 AM
Sep 2017

That's what you call blending, I guess. tRump's minders picked that place for the show. That damn sulfur smell stays in the nose for a while.

Tesoro (now Andeavor?) ain't no friend of OUR environment, and tRump ain't no friend of ours at all.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
6. Used to be lots of them, I think.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 01:30 AM
Sep 2017

I did jobs at a Farmland one in Coffeeville, Kansas years ago. I think Wyoming had some, too. Seems so strange calling a refinery a co-op, being raised up in farmland where co-ops sold seed and feed, and others did rural electrification.

Any idea why Trump went there other than just to show-off to his base?

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Grew up in Northern Wisconsin.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 01:38 AM
Sep 2017

The Local Farmers Union Co-op had a Gas Station which received it's fuel via Rail Tanker from this plant. BTW,they had Feed,Seed and Fertilizer as well as a Grocery-Mercantile Store. Neighboring Town the Co-op also sold Cockshut Farm Equipment that was make in Canada,which was the Oliver Tractor Company in the US.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
8. Yes!
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:46 PM
Sep 2017

Yours was much more of a cover-all than ours in rural TN, which only carried farm operational stuff. I think the farmers paid a fee to join. All the co-ops really helped rural America get on its feet after the depression and WW2. Probably the one though, that helped our area the most was REC, followed by the rural electric co-ops. I think some of those are still functioning.

Spent a lot of time in Wisconsin servicing paper mills. Some of the pleasures of going there were 1.) eating at supper clubs and b.) loading up the suitcase with cheese before flying home. My impression is that there was something like a co-op of cheese makers because the factory outlets carried stuff from all over the state, with each factory making only one or two cheeses.

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