<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Landowners say they're getting trampled by corporations rushing to secure gas drilling rights : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>63493</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Landowners say they're getting trampled by corporations rushing to secure gas drilling rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unsuspecting property owners around the country are getting trampled in an old-fashioned land rush by natural gas companies and speculators trying to lock up long-ignored drilling rights quickly and cheaply.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>132</score><crdate>5/28/2008 11:57:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-28T11:57:59+01:00</atomdate></link><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/politics/l/63493/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (3)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/politics/l/63493-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/politics/l/63493-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/politics/l/63493-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (1)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/politics/l/63493/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><comment><id>265885</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[hmtksteve @ 5/28/2008 4:29:34 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[If YOU think $5 an acre is a fair deal why get upset when your neighbor gets $500 an acre? Don't blame the landman for your s**tty grasp on the value of your mineral rights.<br/><br/>Some people are just too indignant for their own good.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/28/2008 4:29:34 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-28T16:29:34+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>265646</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[2longdogs @ 5/28/2008 12:15:53 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/politics/l/63493/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>shep182</b>&#160;:&#160;Most of these tactics date back to the original &quot;Coal Rush&quot; that ran thru Wv and robbed land owners of their rights.  People would sign &quot;mineral rights&quot; contracts that stated the coal would be removed and they could keep the land...  which was promptly strip-mined and left the owner with a wasteland that couldnt' support a farm or a family.  There is little exscuse now for signing off on rights to your land without checking with a lawyer or a surveyor... its horrible that people are still being screwed... but they have to shoulder some of the blame for not educating themselves...</i></div>History repeating itself.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/28/2008 12:15:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-28T12:15:53+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>265644</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63493/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[shep182 @ 5/28/2008 12:14:54 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Most of these tactics date back to the original &quot;Coal Rush&quot; that ran thru Wv and robbed land owners of their rights.  People would sign &quot;mineral rights&quot; contracts that stated the coal would be removed and they could keep the land...  which was promptly strip-mined and left the owner with a wasteland that couldnt' support a farm or a family.  There is little exscuse now for signing off on rights to your land without checking with a lawyer or a surveyor... its horrible that people are still being screwed... but they have to shoulder some of the blame for not educating themselves...]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/28/2008 12:14:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-28T12:14:54+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>