Report: Obama to say no to the Keystone XL Pipeline

• IggyPride00

  

  Rollingstone has a report out that Obama is about to lay the hammer down on the American way of life with a 1-2 punch of killing the Keystone pipeline as well as coal powered electric plants in June.
  

  Exactly how the president has weighed the decision on Keystone is a closely guarded secret in the White House, known only to a few senior advisors like Valerie Jarrett and Dan Pfeiffer. But it's no surprise that I was told recently by members of the administration that the pipeline would, in fact, be rejected. "If the president is really serious about his legacy on climate change, he can't have that and approve Keystone," an Obama insider told me. "The only question now is the timing of the announcement."

  http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamas-last-shot-20140423
  
  He did promise us that heating and electric bills would have to necessarily skyrocket, so this shouldn't be much of a surprise.
  
  These next 2 years are going to be a wild ride in America as we are finally going to get to see the real Barrack Hussein Obama unmasked.
  
  Releasing all the felons, destroying America's energy future, seeing everyone's bill's explode, this is Obama's vision for America. He has had to keep it hidden all this time, but after these last mid-terms he is going to feel liberated to really let us have it.
• Belly35

  

  IggyPride00;1608419 wrote:Rollingstone has a report out that Obama is about to lay the hammer down on the American way of life with a 1-2 punch of killing the Keystone pipeline as well as coal powered electric plants in June.
  
  
  
  http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamas-last-shot-20140423
  
  He did promise us that heating and electric bills would have to necessarily skyrocket, so this shouldn't be much of a surprise.
  
  These next 2 years are going to be a wild ride in America as we are finally going to get to see the real Barrack Hussein Obama unmasked.
  
  Releasing all the felons, destroying America's energy future, seeing everyone's bill's explode, this is Obama's vision for America. He has had to keep it hidden all this time, but after these last mid-terms he is going to feel liberated to really let us have it.

  Not my president and never was....
• IggyPride00

  

  The worst part about killing coal is that it is going to increase the speed at which everyone switches over to natural gas, which is going to put alot of upward pressure on that inevitably.
  
  The left in this country complain about income inequality, but seemingly every program they are interested in is premised around people paying exponentially higher prices for everything whether they have the money for it or not. It just doesn't make sense.
• QuakerOats

  Literally everything he has had anything to do with has turned into a disaster.
  
  
  Change we can believe in ...
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Not my presdent
• believer

  

  IggyPride00;1608426 wrote:The worst part about killing coal is that it is going to increase the speed at which everyone switches over to natural gas, which is going to put alot of upward pressure on that inevitably.
  
  The left in this country complain about income inequality, but seemingly every program they are interested in is premised around people paying exponentially higher prices for everything whether they have the money for it or not. It just doesn't make sense.

  It absolutely makes sense. With higher prices come higher taxes for those of us who can afford it which gives the leftists more money to spread around in the form of subsidies to their voting constituents who actually can't afford it.
  
  See how that works?
• believer

  

  IggyPride00;1608426 wrote:The worst part about killing coal is that it is going to increase the speed at which everyone switches over to natural gas, which is going to put alot of upward pressure on that inevitably.
  
  The left in this country complain about income inequality, but seemingly every program they are interested in is premised around people paying exponentially higher prices for everything whether they have the money for it or not. It just doesn't make sense.

  It absolutely makes sense. With higher prices come higher taxes for those of us who can afford it which gives the leftists more money to spread around in the form of subsidies to their voting constituents who can't afford it.
  
  See how that works?
• gut

  The sad part is whether Canada goes a different direction or waits for a new administration (I have a suspicion Hillary would approve it).
  
  If Repubs take the Senate in November it's going to make for some great kabuki theater. I wonder if, at that point, Obama will remain stubborn or actually work with Congress to try to accomplish something worthwhile for his legacy.
  
  Scary part is Obama appears more concerned with positioning himself for a post-Clinton type of legacy, at a minimum...I think it's likely he's going to seek far more power and influence through his Organizing For America PAC. And because of that, he seems to be focused on avoiding general accountability while remaining popular with his base - which adds up to a whole lot of no leadership on what's best for America.
• QuakerOats

  Marxist community organizer who wears a helmet to ride a bike .............. explains it all.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  ccrunner609;1608423 wrote:Here comes $5 a gallon in gas.

  They aren't directly linked there chief. Bright, you are....
  
  If true, it sucks, but really the oil is still coming across the country: just by rail.
  So, either way, a lot of oil is coming across the border.
  
  The pipeline doesn't really matter.
  
  But, man, the Canucks are not going to be happy.
  Stupid move if true.
• gut

  ptown_trojans_1;1608885 wrote:
  ...if true.

  Good point - Rolling Stone is just the sort of wanna-be pseudo journalism to float an idea like this to guage reaction.