VIDEO: Conservative Media Scramble To Turn An Oil Pipeline Into A Job Factory
January 19, 2012 2:42 pm ET by Jocelyn Fong & Shauna Theel
For months conservative media have advocated on behalf of TransCanada Corporation, the Canadian company seeking to build the Keystone XL pipeline through the U.S. to carry tar sands oil from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. After opposing every major effort under the Obama administration to stimulate the economy, conservative media -- led by Fox News -- have claimed that the pipeline should be approved because it would provide jobs even as it threatens the environment. Their job figures rely on industry-funded studies, and at times even grossly exaggerate those estimates. Watch as they struggle to get on the same page regarding which inflated estimate to use:
Next up, Republicans advocate legalizing murder. Hey, if the president is against it....
2) It will be privately funded if it is ever approved.
3) The Republicans are against public spending on the American people. If, however, you can offer them public spending that will go to corporations, they are all for it.
Hope that helped, Liberal in the South!
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Today's political Right deserves no credibility. They offer zero in the way of forward thinking solutions and essentially act as a decaying fish corpse tied to the ankle of our nation as we are trying to run. I say ENOUGH!! No more playing nice, or giving unearned credibility. My advice to today's "conservatives"...... get de-programmed, learn to read, ween yourselves off of the FOXPAC teat. Till that happens, get out of way of the sane adults who are trying to improve things.
The US invests tens of billions of dollars in the petroleum industry.
China invests hundreds of billions of dollars in alternative energy.
Chinese solar panels are so inexpensive and efficient that they are driving US solar panel makers like Solyndra out of business.
The US COULD be leading the field of alternative energy. We could be manufacturing leading edge technology for export all over the world. The reason we're not is because the Republican Party is irrevocably tied to the oil industry, and will not let America become the world leader in renewable energy sources. They just don't see the profit in it. And, it must be said, the alternative energy industry doesn't make hundreds of billions of dollars in profit each year with which they could support the campaigns of Republican politicians.
The Republicans don't want America to lead in the 21st century. They want to lead us back to the 19th century. They haven't said as much out loud, of course, but all their actions point that way.
So with that in mind, carry on with your idiotic strawmen and pleasuring yourself watching your FOXPAC heroes tell lies. It suits you.
Strawmen. Nice ones too!
Yes, a lot of electric power in the US is generated by coal. Anytime we try to progress in towards different means of generating energy, it's typically folks like you who howl the loudest talking about how crappy those other ideas are and they'll never work.
Hey, lots of people said we'd never fly either.
Going back to my original point. Electric vehicles are better for the environment, because, they don't have emissions. And there are a lot more vehicles out there, than power plants. Get it?
GOD but you are pathetic. Seriously STFU. You are stupid and pitiful and you arent even within a galaxy of making a point. You disgust me Moron
See, this is why the Republican party is the party of the 20th century. The old way of thinking. Your old way of thinking will not last, it's physically impossible. Either we continue as business as usual and adapt to the problems that come with it, or we change the way we do things and at the same time continue our survival here on Earth with relative ease.
I hereby rename you Jimmy Junior, or JimJun for short.
Employment and markets both up
What is it you think you accomplish with this incredibly stupid off topic sniping? We know you are stupid, we know you are pathetic. We know you are a brainwashed punk who thinks it is clever to pollute this site with your troll emissions. STFU. You are just flat out too stupid to contribute to an adult conversation
Let's see, claiming more jobs with over a billion dollars of government money for a subway spur or having the energy needs of our country met, creating permanent jobs, working with our allies instead of our enemies and yes tweeking the envirofacists with utilization of a great source of accessible and affordable energy.....priceless!
Huh?
Huh. mmflv haven't you heard that the US in a net oil exporter?
This from the noted liberal rag The Wall Street Journal and this from the similar USAtoday or this from Faux Nooze.
From the last cited;
"...U.S. sent abroad 753.4 million barrels of gasoline, diesel and other oil-based fuels in the first nine months of 2011, while taking in only 689.4 million barrels."
We are not meeting the oil needs of the US with this deal but giving Big Oil more to export.
You are too stupid to address how liberals view anything. You are too stupid to KNOW how liberals address anything. YOu only know what Rush TOLD you to think about liberals. You are a pathetic childish punk acting like the spoiled ignorant brat you are
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So, wait. Job creation is bad now?
What's your point?
Nobody has said that the pipeline is over and done with, yet. It needs more study. Congress put a stupid timeline on Obama to have a decision by this date, and he decided, not enough time to complete the studies required, so for now, Obama says no.
The oil coming from this pipeline is NOT going straight into the coffers of America. You do realize this correct? It will be sold onto the world market, just like we do. Just because this pipeline is coming across our country, doesn't mean we're getting the resultant oil or its refined products.
You guys keep seeming to miss that entire point. Don't you?
Which enemies are you talking about? Because, all of the countries we're getting oil from aren't our enemies, or are you talking about the evil and vile Muslims?
People who want to keep our country clean and somewhat pollution free are now envirofascists? Hmm, interesting take on things. Who made that word up? Sounds like a Neal Boortz-ism, I know you didn't make that up yourself.
The tar sands are neither very accessible and or affordable, since refining and transporting those oil sands takes a lot more work than say, plain old crude does.
Look. I know you are too stupid to understand anything except that you must regurgitate whatever Rush tells you to think but this oil pipeline will take oil to the international market. We can access that market no matter WHERE they send the oil so it will do exactly ZERO to address our oil needs.
You are just the most pathetic and ignorant punk ever to spew ignorance on a website
Notice how the pipeline comes over the US/Canada border, cuts through the Midwest to the Gulf. Guess where it goes from there?
In know where it [i]doesn't[i]go.
I say let the Canadians find another way to take their oil to market. A few hundred jobs doesn't justify the enviromental harm,long or short term.
Apparently we can't burder out grandchildren with debt, but we can pre-poison their water supply, pre-warm their planet, pre-foul their air, make thier land unlivable, and then burden them with the task (and expense) of CLEANING THAT UP.
But yes, by all means, let's vote Republican!
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