Thread: Why is Obama Delaying the Keystone Oil Pipeline Until After the 2012 Elections?

Why is Obama Delaying the Keystone Oil Pipeline Until After the 2012 Elections?

Originally Posted by Lex Naturalis

Why is Obama Delaying the Keystone Oil Pipeline Until After the 2012 Elections?

Because its too big an issue to rush..

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Originally Posted by Margot

Because its too big an issue to rush..

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Thats alot of water your carrying for Obama if your going to defame yourself by making such a statement on the most studied pipeline in history.

Originally Posted by Lex Naturalis

Thats alot of water your carrying for Obama if your going to defame yourself by making such a statement on the most studied pipeline in history.

Who told you this is the most studied pipeline in history?

Originally Posted by Margot

Who told you this is the most studied pipeline in history?

You dont have google? Serch for "most studied pipeline in history" and you will get millions of results, no doubt thousands of relevent ones. But the State Department and the Department of Interior do not dispute this fact.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/...erests-second/
Moreover, the State Department had subjected Keystone to three years of review — the most exhaustive study of any oil pipeline in U.S. history — and twice concluded in voluminous studies that there would be no significant environmental harm.

I guess Obama didnt get the result he wanted in the study so he just trashed it and orderd another. http://www.echopress.com/event/artic...09/group/News/ The decesion? After the 2012 elections which, of course, means hes allready made up his mind and knows of the political fallout. I thought "we cant wait" for jobs. Evidently we can on this one huh?




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Originally Posted by Lex Naturalis

You dont have google? Serch for "most studied pipeline in history" and you will get millions of results, no doubt thousands of relevent ones. But the State Department and the Department of Interior do not dispute this fact.



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I read your link... I don't see anything about how long it has been planned or how long they studied it ... and I can't find anything any where else.

I am more familiar with TAPLINE and the East West Pipeline.. and they took on average 4 years of study and planning.

He is putting the pipeline above the payroll tax cut extension


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...tone-pipeline/

resident Obama warned congressional Republicans that he would reject any effort to tie extraneous issues to an extension of the payroll tax cut, including the approval of an oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada.

"If the payroll tax cut is attached to a whole bunch of extraneous issues not related to making sure that Americans' taxes don't go up on Jan. 1, it's not something I would accept," Obama said Wednesday following a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Obama stopped short of issuing a veto threat, saying he did not believe lawmakers should let the issue get to that point.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republican leaders have pushed for Obama to approve the pipeline project, saying it would create much-needed jobs in the U.S. And they've suggested adding a provision to a payroll tax cut bill that would be designed to speed construction of the pipeline.

The payroll tax cuts are due to expire at the end of the year. If the cuts are not extended, the White House says the average family would see their taxes increase by $1,000.

The Obama administration has decided to delay a decision on whether to proceed with the pipeline until 2013, after the presidential election. The move was poorly received in Canada, which views the project as critical to its economy. Labor groups in the U.S., as well as Republican lawmakers, also want the pipeline.

Originally Posted by ptif219

He is putting no pipeline above the payroll tax cut extension


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...tone-pipeline/

Good! Let the American people see him veto it! It has bipartisan support among congress and among labor unions and the chamber of commerce. The Enviromental lobby, however, thats another story.

Originally Posted by Margot

I read your link... I don't see anything about how long it has been planned or how long they studied it ... and I can't find anything any where else.

I am more familiar with TAPLINE and the East West Pipeline.. and they took on average 4 years of study and planning.

I think the words "most studied and analyzed pipline in history" is enough for me. A simple google search proves this to be true from numerous sources. No one denies this. The fact that you cant accept a fact that everyone claims and no one disputes shows that your bias is beyond reason and your not worth my time in this forum. Contradiction is not Arguement.

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Originally Posted by Lex Naturalis

I think the words "most studied and analyzed pipline in history" is enough for me. A simple google search proves this to be true from numerous sources. No one denies this. The fact that you cant accept a fact that everyone claims and no one disputes shows that your bias is beyond reason and your not worth my time in this forum. Contradiction is not Arguement.

"Most studied pipeline in history" is meaningless tripe.. Its marketing talk.

Says who? TransCanada Corp?

If the Keystone XL is the right thing to do.. it will still be the right thing next year.