Basically a Canadian firm is trying to build a pipeline through what some say are environmentally sensitive areas of the US without compliance with the permitting process, and members of Congress set what White House claims is an unreasonable deadline for the permit to be issued that does not give enough time to determine if environmental damage is possible.
I have to wonder if the uproar would be the same if a Middle Eastern country was trying to build a pipeline through the US heartland without complying with current regulation, and the Obama administration let them. Or how quickly the opposition would point fingers if Obama allowed any pipeline without the environmental review, and a pipeline accident happened on his watch. On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > job creation, lol. Don't wear the words out before the general election ;) > > I am as cynical as the next person, but also willing to consider that > perhaps the cost-benefit ratio had a part in the decision. I have not > really researched the matter and won't have time to do so, but I have an > open mind on the matter. Votes may have had something to do with it. Or > not. I am not sure that the number of green votes outweighs the number you > can persuade using campaign contributions from the oil industry. > > And Pelosi...well. Apparently she is the new Clinton in the "your guys did > it too" game. Whatever. If she was/is corrupt, that is bad, and she should > be prosecuted. If Boehner is corrupt, as it would seem from the little I > have read about this, then that is bad and he should be prosecuted. > > shrug > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "I was just pointing out the corruption involved on the Republican side." >> >> But why didn't you bring out the corruption of the >> Democrats, particularly President Obama selling out job creation for votes >> from the green movement. It's okay to be balanced. >> >> >> >> "The speaker stands to make hundreds of thousands based solely on his >> position. " >> >> I haven't done the research to know if this is true or not. Assuming it >> is, which is not difficult considering it is dealing with politicians, it >> looks Boehner learned a few things from Nancy Pelosi when she was speaker. >> He needs to up his game if he wants to do as well as she did though. >> >> J >> >> - >> >> We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. - Nancy >> Pelosi >> >> >> "The Government should not keep information confidential merely because >> public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and >> failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears." - >> Barrack Obama >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345539 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
