2011-12-20

Like Lazarus, Republicans Attempt to Revive Moribund Keystone XL Pipeline

Vatic Note:  It appears the article previously published and put up here by Bruecke, is right on as this below shows.  The article was how the GOP were going to ensure that Obama gets reelected by doing such things as this which would normally throw the GOP out of office.   However, the GOP primary is not done yet, and there are rebels within the GOP who are not out to ensure Obama's reelection. 

Remember, there are not two parties, only one party, the NEOCON party with a left and right wing and they work together not only on voting enmass on the Bill of Rights gutting Defense Authorization bill, but also on pretending to  have a conflict and then they cover each others butts with their constituency so they can be reelected.  There are one or two in each party in both houses that are for real.  I bet you can guess who they are.  LOL   I for one, do not want to reelect Obama and hit my forehead when he signs the oil pipeline bill that the GOP were suppose to do as the bad guys.  We did that once.  Fool me once, shame on you, Fool me twice, shame on me. 

We have seen that many times.  This below is for keeping us distracted with phoney party politics that actually doesn't exist.  Its only during election time now, that either one of them pretend they care and will do something about these things.   Even Obama.  Watch, he might actually start acting like a democrat instead of the neolib puppet of Israel and the bankers, that he has been acting like.   Kick the bankers out of here like Iceland did and throw those in jail who refuse to leave.   Let them migrate to China.   Its where they belong anyway.  Let the Chinese deal with them in their way.   I think firing squads is what they use if I remember correctly, ESPECIALLY FOR DRUG DEALERS LIKE OUR BANKERS. 


Bruecke Note: This article was not published in its entirety.

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Like-Lazarus-Republicans-Attempt-to-Revive-Moribund-Keystone-XL-Pipeline.html

By: John Daly
Date: 2011-12-15

There’s cynicism, and then there’s Congress.

In the latest example of dysfunctional Congressional gridlock, the Democratic-led Senate is certain to reject a House of Representatives-passed Republican bill, House Resolution 3630, the 369-page ‘‘Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011,’’ to extend the payroll tax cut.   (VN:  well, I would not be so certain, after all 97 Senators voted for the gestapo police state bill)

The sticking (sticky) point?

Oil - specifically, dirty Canadian oil derived from Alberta’s oil sands, and the Keystone XL pipeline cutting across Middle America to deliver it to Gulf Coast refineries. On 10 November, four days after 12,000 pipeline protestors encircled the White House, President Obama announced "the decision on the (Keystone XL) pipeline permit would be delayed until at least 2013, pending further environmental review.”
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The “dirty” secret about the Keystone XL pipeline’s oil sands hydrocarbons, which no amount of K Street PR can spin away, is that the oil has a higher carbon content than that from traditional fossil fuels, anywhere from 8 to 14 percent more, depending on which scientific report you read. Accordingly, the EU has already banned their import, much to Ottawa’s annoyance.

Much to the consternation of Transcanada and the pipeline’s Republican boosters in Washington, environmental groups in such stalwart Republican states as Nebraska went up in arms over the Keystone XL proposal, fearing that a leak from the underground pipeline would irrevocably pollute the Ogallala Aquifer, source of much of the Great Plains' agricultural water.

Which must cause all thoughtful Americans to ask – why are Congressional Republicans lumbering the ‘‘Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011’’ with the Keystone XL energy albatross?

Who do they truly believe are their constituency, the millions of working and middle class Americans seeking “tax relief,” or – big oil? The GOP obstructionists may get their ignored constituents’ response next November.



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