Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) from bits harvested in the article.[Daily Caller] Let's face it. The veto of Keystone XL was political, nothing more, nothing less. It was a childish attempt at revenge; the equivalent of taking one's ball and going home.
The Sohioan magazine, Oct 1977, Trans-Alaskan Pipeline, and a silent tribute to the thousands of hard working men and women [many of them gone now] who had the vision and determination to see it built. I salute them, great Americans all.
If this sounds conspiratorial at all, consider a recent study from Reuters. The international news agency found that from 2009-2013, during the dog days of the recession, red state federal funding fell by 40 percent while blue state funding fell only 22.5 percent. Coincidence? Perhaps, but doubtful given the partisanship of this administration.
As a thought experiment, let's suppose for a moment that Keystone XL ran through Illinois or California, states that favor Obama and Obama favors. Is it realistic in any way to assume that Obama would deny his home state, one of the most Democratic in the country, 40,000 jobs? Or in California, where the Obama administration issued cushy green energy loans to Solyndra, a company connected to Nancy Pelosi's brother-in-law?
Now, consider South Carolina, a red state if there ever was one and the home of a shiny new Boeing manufacturing plant sued by the National Labor Relations Board, a body stacked with Obama appointees.
First barrel of oil through the Trans-Alaskan pumped in 1977. Impact on environment, absolutely minimal.
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