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Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline (washingtonpost.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Keystone XL pipeline controversy is finally coming to a close. On Friday, President Obama denied a construction permit for the pipeline, ending a seven-year political fight. Obama said, "America's now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change. And frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership. And that's the biggest risk we face — not acting." Secretary of State John Kerry added, "The reality is that this decision could not be made solely on the numbers — jobs that would be created, dirty fuel that would be transported here, or carbon pollution that would ultimately be unleashed. The United States cannot ask other nations to make tough choices to address climate change if we are unwilling to make them ourselves." The decision comes as no surprise to the oil industry, and they've been busily working on other ways to transport the oil. "U.S. imports of oil from Canada hit a record high of 3.4 million barrels a day in August, up from just under 2 million barrels a day in 2008, the year the pipeline was proposed."
"is obama and his administration fucking retarded? did he flunk basic math and science?"
"is obama and his administration fucking retarded? did he flunk basic math and science?"
They didn't flunk Geography. Canadian Oil, running through a Pipeline that cuts the Country in half, pretty much taking the longest route possible, all to be refined in Texas, and then much of it exported.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/aswift/new_department_of_energy_data.html
Oh, this is from a recent post of iggymanz describing Obama: "rare species of wigger".
The KKK runs deep in this one, yet he gets modded +5
I am mighty fucking proud. You failed to mention the other points I made. What about the fact that a foreign company is coming over here and stealing fucking land from Americans. You seem pretty fucking pleased with that don't you. You stupid fucking ignorant piece of shit. You would give up the rights of Americans for a few TEMPORARY jobs. All so the Canadians get to make money on our risk. We get a few thousand construction jobs (that would make no difference to our unemployment numbers) and they are only good for a few years, and then we take the fucking risk of their pipeline laying above our water source INDEFINITELY!
As a prior resident of Nebraska I say FUCK YOU AND THE GOD DAMN HORSE YOU RODE IN ON YOU IGNORANT PIECE OF SHIT.
You would be singing a different song if it was your families farm or ranch that they were going to steal and place at risk for their profit. FUCK YOU you hypocrite piece of shit.
And just so you know, I am not an environmentalist. I am a realist. There is one reliable source of water in Nebraska. The Ogalalla. You dont do anything to put it at risk. THAT WOULD BE FUCKING STUPID. I guess since it isn't your drinking water you don't care. Too bad you forget that your beef and corn come from Nebraska that means your hamburgers and soda pop rely on Nebraska water.