red states rule
11-14-2011, 04:14 AM
While Obama may have appeased the enviro wackos, he just kept more people out of work and increased the cost of energy for all of us
Obama delays oil pipeline, Neb. claims victory
November 11, 2011
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska rancher Bruce Boettcher was ecstatic when he learned the rumors swirling out of Washington were true: plans to build a 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas were on hold to study how environmentally sensitive areas in his state could be avoided.
He’d fought the project with neighbors whose land also sits atop the Ogallala aquifer, a massive underground water supply in the pipeline’s path — and at the epicenter of the national debate. Nebraska officials including its Republican governor pushed against the project, as had environmentalists and national groups…
You see? Redneck farmers and rock ribbed Republicans were against this plan. It wasn’t the environmentalists and the usual suspects from the lunatic left who killed it.
"I didn’t think we’d get this far this quick, to tell you the truth," the 55-year-old, fourth-generation rancher said. "TransCanada is persistent. But when they get persistent, I get persistent."
You see? It was really just this one farmer who beat an international conglomerate — Big Oil itself. He turned this whole thing around. He is a hero.
The Obama administration said other potential routes for the Keystone XL through Nebraska needed to be studied, creating a delay that likely puts off a final decision until after the 2012 election — a move that didn’t go unnoticed by supporters and opponents of the project…
This pipeline has been in the works since 2008. It has already been considerably delayed. Obama is pushing this ‘decision’ past the elections so that he can kill it without having to take the heat for the loss of 20,000 jobs. Every sentient being realizes that.
An environmental review of the new section is expected to be completed in early 2013. The State Department has authority over the project because it crosses a U.S. border.
President Barack Obama said the pipeline could affect the health and safety of the American people as well as the environment.
"We should take the time to ensure that all questions are properly addressed and all the potential impacts are properly understood," Obama said in a statement.
But higher energy costs will only help America’s health and safety.
The heavily contested project has become a political trap for Obama, who risks angering environmental supporters — and losing re-election contributions from some liberal donors — if he approves it, and criticism from labor and business groups for thwarting job creation if he rejects it.
So guess which course he has taken. That is exactly how important jobs and the US economy are to him.
The Keystone XL pipeline would carry as much as 700,000 barrels of oil a day, doubling the capacity of an existing pipeline operated by TransCanada in the upper Midwest. Supporters say the pipeline could significantly reduce U.S.
dependence on Middle Eastern oil while providing thousands of jobs…
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-kills-20000-jobs-raises-energy-costs
Obama delays oil pipeline, Neb. claims victory
November 11, 2011
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska rancher Bruce Boettcher was ecstatic when he learned the rumors swirling out of Washington were true: plans to build a 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas were on hold to study how environmentally sensitive areas in his state could be avoided.
He’d fought the project with neighbors whose land also sits atop the Ogallala aquifer, a massive underground water supply in the pipeline’s path — and at the epicenter of the national debate. Nebraska officials including its Republican governor pushed against the project, as had environmentalists and national groups…
You see? Redneck farmers and rock ribbed Republicans were against this plan. It wasn’t the environmentalists and the usual suspects from the lunatic left who killed it.
"I didn’t think we’d get this far this quick, to tell you the truth," the 55-year-old, fourth-generation rancher said. "TransCanada is persistent. But when they get persistent, I get persistent."
You see? It was really just this one farmer who beat an international conglomerate — Big Oil itself. He turned this whole thing around. He is a hero.
The Obama administration said other potential routes for the Keystone XL through Nebraska needed to be studied, creating a delay that likely puts off a final decision until after the 2012 election — a move that didn’t go unnoticed by supporters and opponents of the project…
This pipeline has been in the works since 2008. It has already been considerably delayed. Obama is pushing this ‘decision’ past the elections so that he can kill it without having to take the heat for the loss of 20,000 jobs. Every sentient being realizes that.
An environmental review of the new section is expected to be completed in early 2013. The State Department has authority over the project because it crosses a U.S. border.
President Barack Obama said the pipeline could affect the health and safety of the American people as well as the environment.
"We should take the time to ensure that all questions are properly addressed and all the potential impacts are properly understood," Obama said in a statement.
But higher energy costs will only help America’s health and safety.
The heavily contested project has become a political trap for Obama, who risks angering environmental supporters — and losing re-election contributions from some liberal donors — if he approves it, and criticism from labor and business groups for thwarting job creation if he rejects it.
So guess which course he has taken. That is exactly how important jobs and the US economy are to him.
The Keystone XL pipeline would carry as much as 700,000 barrels of oil a day, doubling the capacity of an existing pipeline operated by TransCanada in the upper Midwest. Supporters say the pipeline could significantly reduce U.S.
dependence on Middle Eastern oil while providing thousands of jobs…
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-kills-20000-jobs-raises-energy-costs