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from:msnbc.comThe President's rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline project will have a dampening effect on a number of small businesses.
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why is the keystone pipeline project not in are national interest.
Obama has shackles on our economic recovery....I'm beginning to think Obama enjoys putting all American's in some kind of economic shackle.....just look at all of his political actions....
According to the company's study these are the jobs the pipeline would have created: 138 dentists, 176 dental hygienists, 100 librarians, 510 bread bakers, 448 clergy, 154 stenographers, 865 hairdressers, 136 manicurists, 110 shampooers, 65 farmers and 1,714 bartenders. According to all reliable studies done by companies that are NOT the pipeline, there would have been 4,000 to 6,000 jobs created during construction of the pipeline and about 400 permanent jobs along the pipeline route. Why don't you write your congressmen about the jobs bill they killed earlier this year or the 80 jobs bills that never made it to the floor. We have gained jobs every month this president has been in office, although the gain was small in some months, but still moving us forward. We lost 760,000 jobs the last month Bush was in office. The states are seeing increasing revenues -- funny how quiet all of you Obama haters are being about these seeds of growth from our worst recession since the great depression, brought on by the Bush presidency, or perhaps you're too busy hating to notice. It is not in our national interest because it builds an environmentally disasterous pipeline across America to Texas for refining and then onto the ocean blue. Meanwhile, China has put another billion dollars into solar energy in America while we twiddle our thumbs.
Beaz,
985 thousand people gave up looking for work so......Thats why your numbers look good....
Jonathan-1917156
the problem isn't Texas, the problem is Nebraska with the ill fated decision to route the pipeline over an aquifer that is very shallow meaning it is very susceptible to environmental contamination.
Where is the real fight? We have thousands of criminals lose and the evidence sits waiting for the DOJ to act.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_MkJB84VA
Do you know how many jobs the presidents rebuild America jobs bill killed by the republicans would have created?
I know the stimulus created jobs at the price of 247k a job......
Our Government at work:
Recent Vote Activity in the U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Regarding Keystone XL Pipeline (pulled from .gov website today):
1) APPROVED (vote #s not posted): Bill to Approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and provide for environmental protection and government oversight.
2) FAILED (vote 173 to 254): An amendment (Rep. E. Markey) to the abovementioned bill that would ensure/require that the piped-in oil would be sold TO (BENEFIT) THE U.S. (w/export of surplus allowed).
3) FAILED (vote 193 to 234): An amendment (Rep. M. Doyle) that a permit for pipeline not be issued unless applicant can certify and provide adequate docs to FERC that at least 75% of the iron and steel to be used in domestic portion of the pipeline be produced in the U.S.
4) FAILED (vote 149 to 276): An amendment (Rep. B. Rush) regarding restricting the ability of the permit recipient from initiating or threatening to initiate proceedings to invoke the power of eminent domain against the will of a property owner for the purpose of constructing or operating the Keystone XL pipeline.
Our Government at work:
Recent Vote Activity in the U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -Keystone XL Pipeline
1) APPROVED (vote #s not posted): Bill to Approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and provide for environmental protection and government oversight.
2) FAILED (vote 173 to 254): An amendment (Rep. E. Markey) to the abovementioned bill that would ensure/require that the piped-in oil would be sold TO (BENEFIT) THE U.S. (w/export of surplus allowed).