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Topic: Nebraska OKs re-routed Keystone XL
pipeline, now it´s Obama´s problem |
Nebraska OKs re-routed Keystone XL
pipeline, now it´s Obama´s problem
Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm
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Posted By:SurferLad, 1/23/2013 9:14:31 AM
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| A day after President Obama vowed an aggressive global war on global warming, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman delivered a political hot potato to the White House in the form of state approval of a re-routed Keystone XL pipeline. Given the pressing domestic need for a) more reliable sources of oil and b) thousands of long-delayed, good-paying jobs, you might think federal approval of the endeavor with our closest neighbor and best friend is a gimme. Ah, but we are just three days past the middle of the 2,922-day Obama era.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Gallo3, 1/23/2013 9:33:33 AM (No. 9133881)
We err when we assume President Barack Hussein Obama wants to make things better for us when it comes to gas and oil.
That is wrong. He is interested in keeping prices sky-high in order to make his ´green´ energy projects cost-effective.
If the price of gas at the pump falls to $2.00 or even 2.50, all the windmills and solar panels and Solyndras will be even more of an albatross around his skinny neck.
He will not sign something that will make him look worse.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 1/23/2013 9:38:21 AM (No. 9133892)
There is no political benefit for O to approve it. And besides, the ´wrong people´ will earn a profit on the pipeline.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ripvansham, 1/23/2013 9:55:59 AM (No. 9133927)
He will just ignore it and the media will gladly help him.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Attila DiMedici, 1/23/2013 9:56:31 AM (No. 9133930)
FTA: "...It will just be exported through another pipeline to the West Coast for sale to China, while alienating the United States´ best neighbor, closest ally and largest trading partner."
So, that would make it a win-win-win for many on the left.
Deprive the U.S. of oil which would help boost the economy. Check
Improve China´s access to an inexpensive reliable oil supply, thus strengthening them strategically. Check
Alienate an ally and trading partner of the U.S.. Check
What´s not to love?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
iamtinman, 1/23/2013 10:10:50 AM (No. 9133950)
He doesn´t have to worry about the voters. Don´t plan on anything good coming out of Washington for a while.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
birddog, 1/23/2013 10:15:50 AM (No. 9133965)
Rarely if ever mentioned...GE and Berkshire Hathaway manufacture all of the rail cars currently hauling the oil that would travel through this line...and control ther tracks it rides on. Two of the Big Three Tankcar Companies are based in Chicago. And perhaps most unmentioned, The delay has changed our trading relationship PERMANENTLY with Canada. We had an exclusive on their energy exports, at a reduced rate. It has been rescinded, never to return, and will affect the prices not only of this heavy crude but also all other forms of Oil, Gas, Coal and generated Electricity.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/23/2013 12:47:20 PM (No. 9134475)
And we have that nut woman at the State Dept that takes 3000 days to get up in the morning. It will take her centuries to make a decision.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 1/23/2013 1:08:29 PM (No. 9134531)
Well, the WOT has been ´won´, so now it´s a WOW? (War on Warming)?
/s off/
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