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2015-03-01 Economy

Pipeline Politics: The Real Reason Behind Champ's Keystone Veto

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-01 06:12|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 He's a petulant little bitch, bought and paid for

Posted by Frank G 2015-03-01 06:52|| 2015-03-01 06:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Often politicians like such controversies since they rally the troops and rise money for the effort.

Posted by airandee 2015-03-01 07:22|| 2015-03-01 07:22|| Front Page Top

Champ's minders and PR apparatus covet all forms of controversy. Constantly keeping the pot stirred serves to effectively mask former and future misdeeds.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-01 07:30|| 2015-03-01 07:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Canada will process the oil, whether or not we buy it.

If we don't buy from Canada we will buy it from somewhere else. Almost certainly a country that supports Islamic Terrorism.

For Champ, this is a feature, not a bug.

Posted by Iblis 2015-03-01 11:50|| 2015-03-01 11:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Its the Chicago way - reward your friends, punish your enemies - using the government to do so.

And make no mistake - we are his ENEMIES. Thats how he sees us: people to be conquered and punished.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-03-01 14:09|| 2015-03-01 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Besoeker, lots of environmental impact from TAPS; the caribou love it. And bad impact too, though indirect - associated with the Exxon Valdez spill. a Keystone alternative, to a West Coast, foggy, rocky export port, stands to repeat that disaster.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-03-01 14:19|| 2015-03-01 14:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Unless you simply want to leave it in the ground, I believe a cost/risk benefit analysis would show pipelines and ocean going vessels are much safer than railroad tank cars. Anecdotal yes, but I'd go with a pipeline over rail.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-01 14:34|| 2015-03-01 14:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Warren Buffet owns trains, therefore, trains it is

Posted by Frank G 2015-03-01 14:43|| 2015-03-01 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Ah, yes, the trains.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-03-01 15:06|| 2015-03-01 15:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Warren Buffett Trains, coming to a town near you, if you live West of the Mississippi

Posted by Chuckles Gravins5654 2015-03-01 15:12|| 2015-03-01 15:12|| Front Page Top

#11 They had a big stink here about coal trains. No doubt Buffett's trains will have just of hard time.

(Haha... Who am I kidding. I'm sure so called environmental concerns will evaporate by then.)

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-03-01 15:23|| 2015-03-01 15:23|| Front Page Top

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