Capitol Hill opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline are attacking the State Department's finding that the proposed project will cause minimal environmental harm if managed properly. The Party of No seems to be the Dems, this time.
The State Department's conclusion in an environmental analysis released Friday is a crucial step toward final federal approval of the 1,700-mile pipeline, which would bring crude from Alberta's oil sands projects to Gulf Coast refineries.
But the finding isn't sitting well with Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), who called the analysis flawed, alleging the State Department failed to "adequately asses the real environmental impact." The pipeline would run through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska and other states. Of course not. No one can ever adequately address the real environmental impact until the project is dead, dead, DEAD! "Natural resources like the Ogallala Aquifer which Keystone XL would run through are invaluable and we should not put a dangerous, dirty tar sands pipeline through the heart of it," he said in a statement Friday afternoon. Right, and then pull up the Alaska Pipeline, running thru that pristine wilderness.
The administration's step closer to approval of the pipeline also drew attacks from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.).
"Everyone who understands global warming understands that using tar sands oil means much more than the limited environmental impacts the State Department outlined," Sanders said in a news release. Vermont's other senator, Democrat Patrick Leahy, is upset with the department's finding too. Well, there ya go. If your a warmist, you're also a pro-jihadi oiler.
The State Department sought to emphasize Friday that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) does not mean the die is cast to approve the $7 billion project that TransCanada Corp. is seeking to build.
The Obama administration plans to make a final decision by the end of the year. Terrific.
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They've historically failed at foreign affairs so NOW they are involving themselves in matters pertaining to the States and weather?
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Only one step, Pappy. They still need permits from other agencies.
What I really like is the chutzpah regarding environmental protection -- as if the Canadians don't care and aren't capable of managing environmental concerns. Cheez, the Canadians are more environmentally conscious than WE are. If they think the pipeline is okay, likely it won't wreck the North American continent too badly.
Posted by: Steve White ||
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Interesting that legislators from Vt., Mass., and Tenn. are quoted here. I suppose it gets within a hundred miles or so of Memphis (a noted environmentally pristine Eden), but this is quite extended NIMBYism.
It would be interesting if the GOP nominees could somehow tie 10th amendment analysis to state tax liability. Say, have the effected states enter into a compact for the pipeline, let the protesting states pay more.
Also, haven't read the details, but won't the newly developing ND fields tie into this? Isn't one well planned pipeline better than several more improvised ones?
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Interesting that legislators from Vt., Mass., and Tenn. are quoted here. I suppose it gets within a hundred miles or so of Memphis (a noted environmentally pristine Eden), but this is quite extended NIMBYism.
It would be interesting if the GOP nominees could somehow tie 10th amendment analysis to state tax liability. Say, have the effected states enter into a compact for the pipeline, let the protesting states pay more.
Also, haven't read the details, but won't the newly developing ND fields tie into this? Isn't one well planned pipeline better than several more improvised ones?
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Isn't one well planned pipeline better than several more improvised ones?
yes, but redundancy in a national interest facility is a good thing
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Only one step, Pappy. They still need permits from other agencies.
True. Apparently the idea was to quash the project prior to it getting to the White House.
The EPA required State to do an environmental impact study. State produced one last Spring. The EPA didn't like it and demanded another. This second one is the one in the article.
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If the dems oppose this it will kill their chances at the ballot box. Against oil independence, against jobs. Wow, only a fool couldn't play that into a landslide.
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Uh, uh, TO WEIRDLY + MYSTERIOUSLY, BUT OF COURSE ONLY POL COINCIDENTALLY, LINK UP WID THE NAU'S FUTURE SUPERHIGHWAY, vee Texas into Mahico + ultimately into the lower Americas???
Lets not fergit RUSSIA'S proposed logistics node to be built ACROSS THE BERING STRAIT INTO ALCAN, OR POTUS BAMMER'S ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC FROM NORAM-CANUS TO BRITAIN [Anglo-French "Chunnel"].
ICELAND, GREENLAND, + IRELAND - I'm looking at youse!
From a couple days back. I generally don't post such pieces at the Burg as it's not WoT related at all, but this is how Obama is going to finance his '12 campaign -- by buying off Wall Street in a spectacular way. That means four more years of misery home and abroad. Wonder if Perry, Romney and Bachmann even play in the same league?
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the securitization process
This is an euphemism for the biggest theft in the history of the planet. Makes one's head spin around, eyeballs pop out, hair stand on end and engulf one in rage at the Wall Street, Federal Government, and Fed sweetheart deal cozy arrangements. Meanwhile retirees, regular folk, and countries (e.g. Iceland, U.S., etc.) have gone broke.
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This'l sink Barry GOOD all the folks who lost their Homes Now Cannot sue, and it's his doing.
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There's soapbox politics, ballot box politics, cartridge box politics, and Texas cattle thief politics. We've got to give the first two options a chance. It's only if they fail that we revert to the second two, which usually go hand in hand. However, no option should ever be "off the table" when dealing with Chicago gangster politics.
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08/29/2011 10:47 Comments ||
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&^%$##@!!!EYUIDHBQ!@$#?+_(!!?
It is things like this that make me babble and drool.
Geez...now I have to fight the Feds to save my home and not just the bank.
Freaking bastards. What ever happened to ethics?
Oh I forgot, we're talking about democrats here and it is situational ethics not a moral ethical constant any more.
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"Upset, Bill?" I stutter at times myself. I would ease up on the coffee. Yes, we all are torqued up about this. Just another scam. It's like a drowning person grabbing at anything to stay afloat. Even those near to him will be pulled under. Just blind panic or a cruel deliberate calculation. That's what a good con artist can do. He can keep going back time after time with no emotional attachment. A Bernie Madoff with the government backing him.
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I generally don't post such pieces at the Burg as it's not WoT related...
Call it "economic terrorism" or "economic warfare".
But the article fails to take into account the role the government played in this monumental fraud. You can bash the banks all you want but I guess Fannie, Freddie and the Community Redevelopment Act don't fit into Rolling Stone's agenda.
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Ebbang, I certainly wouldn't excuse Fannie, Freddie, CRA, and Messers. Frank, Johnson, and Holder, and Ms. Gorelick.
The Rolling Stone rounded up some of the suspects. That's more than the MFM usually does.
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The current economic disaster is WOT related in several ways. Somehow the money has to be paid for all the diesel fuel shipped over the Kyber Pass or flown into Afghanistan, plus all the other costs of war. The unrest aka 'Arab spring' really started with riots over the rising cost of food -- does anyone agree that the mother of all bailouts helped cause that? Is there not a link between 'Arab springs' and JIHAD? The health of the US economy and its banking system has a huge effect on the world economy. If the US economy gets worse, it will take the rest of the world down with it. I suppose if things get bad enough, would-be terrorists won't be able to cross the oceans in anything fancier than a dhow.
Finally, the dirty banker deals aka government support of Vampire Squids are causing more and more of the electorate to question the legitimacy of the Federal government as a whole, as people continue to discover their personal losses.
I haven't seen much from the GOP to make me think that party won't also buy off Wall Street in a spectacular way. The Tea Party once had elements dedicated to stopping the looting of the economy by the financial industry and start prosecuting its members for fraud and theft, but I haven't heard from those elements in months. The Biggest Theft in World History is thoroughly bipartisan, and it plays right into the hands of the jihadis.
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> This'l sink Barry GOOD all the folks who lost their Homes
They weren't their homes. They were renting there until they paid the bank. The only people who gain from low house affordability are bank bondholders, and lots of people were suckered into
debt is wealth
inflation is growth
immobility is freedom
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Steve, I know this isn't primarily a political blog, but to me articles like this are directly germane to the WOT. No money = no beans and bullets = no WOT. (Hey, I sound like Joe.)
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I am out of my league on this but the home owners can demand the lenders to show clear title. So as stated elsewhere "homeowners challenging lenders in court to show clear title to properties that are in line for foreclosure". That would throw a wrench into things and a couple of screwdrivers. They have swapped so much but I do recall prior to Buffett BOA had their staff put all their loan files into the computer. Real rush job. Loans in six figure range the bulk(yes allot) of which were very foreign names. The commenter was a former BOA employee at the time.
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"Natural resources like the Ogallala Aquifer which Keystone XL would run through are invaluable and we should not put a dangerous, dirty tar sands pipeline through the heart of it," he said in a statement Friday afternoon.
