Delaying/Killing Keystone : Mr Obama's Progressives Ideology Says NO!

Keystone delay is about ideology, nothing more. Mr Obama really doesn't give a dam for this country or it's people. I don't know what more can happen that hasn't already happened to convince people that Mr Obama and the progressive socialist democrats are not in power to move the country forward, they are in power to "fundamentally" change the country to something that will resemble Europe of the 12th century.

To all those that voted for Mr Obama and the progressives twice,  I hope you understand what you have done and are doing to our country. Mr Obama's statement, even before the vote on Keystone, that he will veto it is case in point. Good paying jobs and high exports that will bring our country much needed revenue is of no importance to Mr Obama.

And national security concerns about America being a leader in energy falls on deaf ears.

Delaying Keystone Makes Little Sense
Source: Fred Barnes, "The Pipeline and the Damage Done," Weekly Standard, January 5, 2015.

December 30, 2014

For six years, President Obama has delayed approving the Keystone pipeline, which would carry oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast. The delay, writes Fred Barnes, editor of the Weekly Standard, has continued, despite evidence that it would do little to harm the environment.

Barnes explains that approval of the Keystone pipeline will have no bearing on whether Canadian oil is transported and refined; if the United States refuses to approve the pipeline, Canada will extract and ship the oil elsewhere -- it will not stay in the ground. But despite a report from the U.S. State Department confirming that the pipeline would not hurt the environment, the president has continued to delay approving the pipeline:

• President Obama says the project would do little for job creation, despite State Department estimates that Keystone would create 42,000 jobs and inject $3.5 billion into the American economy.
• He has said the pipeline would have no impact on American gas prices, but Barnes notes that oil markets are global, and any increase in supply can push prices downward.

Barnes cites a recent USA Today poll finding that just 25 percent of Americans oppose the pipeline, while 60 percent are in favor.