Obama administration laying the ground work for approval of the Keystone pipeline

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"A top aide to President Obama is putting some space between the White House and the federal decision over whether to approve the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.

Heather Zichal, the top White House energy and climate aide, noted Wednesday that it’s the State Department that is in charge of reviewing and ultimately making a decision on the Alberta-to-Texas pipeline."

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/285343-aide-distances-white-house-from-keystone-pipeline-decision

Kerry seen at local dry cleaner looking for bus tire remover.

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I wish they would hurry up and get it done.

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Here is another dodge.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality has convened a series of meetings with federal regulators over the past nine months as the Obama administration shapes environmental impact analyses for the building of terminals to export coal to Asia.

While CEQ downplays its involvement in the deliberations, a former CEQ official and other analysts suggest the White House role highlights the sensitive policy issues at stake, as the administration is under pressure to assess the possible climate change impact of burning U.S. coal in Asia.

“Why should the corps be saddled with all the baggage of making such a huge decision?” Clark asked. “It's not really a corps decision. This is a bigger thing than the Corps of Engineers. It's got a lot of implications. For example, why would you permit mining Powder River Basin coal [from federal land] with no place for it to go? There are a lot of decisions here. Why is the corps being asked to make these big macro decisions?”

http://www.bna.com/white-house-ceq-n17179872547/

Why, you ask? Because Obama wants his cake and eat it too. Green? Hell yeah I'm green, just ask Solindra! Good paying jobs for American workers? Oh hell, yeah, I am the export boosting President, don't you know!

We know he is a hypocrite, we will soon find out what kind of hypocrite he is.

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What I can't understand,is why so many people try to defend him,even with all the evidence of the hypocrisy.
There is alot of stuff happening besides the energy issues that just don't seem to be in the US best interest.
The giving of jets and tanks to the present regime in Egypt, just as example.

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What has happened is some people hated Bush so much that they blindly embraced the anti-Bush, Obama. Now they can’t get their brains around the fact that Obama is worse than Bush. More spending, higher taxes, crony capitalism, drone strikes, no due process, pay to play, household income down, health care expenses up, poverty up, food stamps up, minority unemployment up, cabinet diversity down. The Obamaophiles are embarrassed and humiliated, however their egos are so large and fragile that they cannot admit the obvious to themselves. It makes me sad.

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You and me both,and we are just two of many.

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I wish they would hurry up and get it done.

Why? XL pipeline oil is to be exported out of the U.S.. The pipeline will do nothing to bring down gas prices.
The BNSF currently has the contract to transport the oil from the ND oil fields. I see at least thirty trains each day coming down the the St.Croix and Aurora sub (I test the rails these trains run on.) Warren Buffet has the contract that was the Canadian Pacific RR. If the oil coming from ND has done nothing to relieve the stress at the pump, surely oil that is to be exported will do nothing.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

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Ask North Dakota what the oil has done for their unemployment rate.

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I wish they would hurry up and get it done.

Why? XL pipeline oil is to be exported out of the U.S.. The pipeline will do nothing to bring down gas prices.
The BNSF currently has the contract to transport the oil from the ND oil fields. I see at least thirty trains each day coming down the the St.Croix and Aurora sub (I test the rails these trains run on.) Warren Buffet has the contract that was the Canadian Pacific RR. If the oil coming from ND has done nothing to relieve the stress at the pump, surely oil that is to be exported will do nothing.

I think you would agree that oil price is based on global supply and demand correct?

This would counter your claim that it will do nothing for gas prices

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Ask North Dakota what the oil has done for their unemployment rate.

I was testing the CP RR lines in ND last year. Staying in Minot,ND. Fast food joints were paying up to $20.00 an hour and were having a hard time finding employees, due to the oil. Great for ND and Warren Buffet and his railroad, the BNSF. Yet, price at the pump is based on speculation, not the amount of oil pumped.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/21/markets/oil-gas-prices-speculators/index.htm

I am sure you already know this.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

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I think you would agree that oil price is based on global supply and demand correct?

Marc, I wish I could but, speculators have changed the game. Supply and demand plays only a small part in the rise and fall of gas price at the pump.

I really wish something would change. Yesterday, I payed $90.00 for 22 gals in Dubuque. My truck has a 28 gallon tank. $90.00!!!!!! I make good money but, $90.00, that is robbery without a gun.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

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For every speculator that makes it rich there is another one who loses his shirt. I have not seen too many tears shed for the former CEO of Chesapeake energy, who bet big on natural gas. He bought up lots of natural gas fields, while the price was high, because he "knew" that natural gas was running out and he tried to corner the market. Then, with the advent of fracking, the whole thing blew up in his face. His company lost billions, and he was fired.

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We will find out if global warming is for real or not, very soon. Obama, who has access to more information than any other human in history will make a decision on the Keystone pipeline. Obviously if it is approved, we are all OK. After all, Obama being wise and benevolent will make the correct choice. We must place the future of mankind in the hands of what can only be described as our savior.

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This is what people who love the planet say, I wonder if Obama loves the planet.

https://twitter.com/sierraclub/status/307600709237473280

"If Pres. Obama is committed to fighting #climate, he should throw the State Department’s report away and reject Keystone XL pipeline."