So now you know where this president stands; ideology over country. I can’t think of a single domestic priority that is any more important to the security and welfare of this nation that the Keystone XL pipeline.
This pipeline already originates in Alberta, Canada, home of the sand oil fields belonging to our neighbor up north, and currently extends to Oklahoma and Illinois. This branch of the pipeline would bring the oil to gasoline and diesel refineries in Texas for domestic and foreign consumption. The amount of oil is staggering. Through it would flow 700,000 barrels of oil per day. At $100.00/barrel, that is $70 million/day coming into this country for refining.
Unfortunately for us, the Keystone pipeline is Barack Obama’s worse nightmare. Start with the premise that he is ideologically opposed to carbon fuels. Add to the mix this is an election year, and rather than try to appeal to the common sense independents, Obama has decided he would rather appeal to his radical left wing base. This is the most boneheaded and selfish decision I have ever seen a President make ever!!! He is an idiot.
In a showdown with Congress several months ago over an extension of the payroll (social security) tax holiday, Obama agreed to make an up or down decision on the pipeline within 60 days of his signing of the extension bill. He decided. Thumbs down!!! He lamely tried to blame Republicans for forcing the issue without proper review. The facts are this is the most reviewed pipeline in American history with three years of thorough examination, and preliminary approval by the State Department. He tried to blame Nebraska, pointing out Nebraska has yet to approve the route through Nebraska where environmentalists are making their stand, never mind that Nebraska is the center of pipelines criss-crossing the United States (pipelines totaling 25,000 miles in length go through Nebraska). And Nebraska had alternate route ready to go.
Obama was hoping to defer judgment on the pipeline until after the election so as not to piss too many people off. Surprise!!! And just in case you are interested, there are already oil pipelines EVERYWHERE in the United States…and I mean everywhere.
Canada is angry. They have their trade teams all over the United States pushing this pipeline. They have also made it clear that if the United States does not approve it, they will ship the oil to China. This belies the biggest environmental argument. What is safer? Shipping oil to Houston through a pipeline, or shipping oil to China in a parade of tankers? No, this is an ideological decision from a President who has squandered a $1 billion in bogus “green” energy companies which are going bankrupt one after another sticking the American taxpayer with the tab. He just flipped the American public the bird.
Nobody believes that this pipeline will secure American energy independence. But coupled with the infinite amount of natural gas and coal in the United States, and the oil reserves in Mexico and off shore, it forms a North American block of energy stability should things go south in the middle east. Think Iran closing the Straits of Hormuz.
Nothing is more important to the military and economic security of the United States; except of course, if you’re Barack Obama. To him, the priorities are reducing America’s military might, income redistribution not only within America but within the nations of the worlds, the destruction of greedy corporations, and of course global warming.
Would you really vote for this guy again?
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