The pipeline is designed to supply the U.S. with substantial quantities of oil and gas from a reliable ally, making us less dependent on the likes of Hugo Chavez and the sheiks in the Middle East. It would also employ upwards of 20,000 skilled American workers to build it. Sounds like a winner to me, but as John Belushi would say - BUT NOOOO! The President "delayed" the project until after the 2012 election, which is to say that if he wins, it's a dead letter. Canada is taking the cue and moving to peddle its oil to Asia. Allegedly the President acted because of "environmental concerns." There are already many oil pipelines in the U.S., though, and they seem to be doing just fine. While this argument might be convincing to some 20-year old tree hugger, I doubt that Mr. Obama believes this canard.
At some point, by applying Occam's Razor (the simplest explanation is the most likely) one can only reasonably conclude that Obama and the Democrats want the economy screwed up. The more people become wards of the government, the more often they will vote Democratic to preserve those benefits. What better way to achieve this goal than a crummy economy? Let's not let Boeing open a new plant in South Carolina. Let's not grant permits to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico even though Mexico, China, and Cuba are doing so. Let's do nothing about cutting runaway government spending. In short, let's let the economy rot and get as many voters beholden to us as possible and then blame everything, however improbably, on the Republicans. No chance, you say? Did you know that 51% of the population paid no Federal income tax in 2009, the last year for which data is available? Still confident that the public will see through this farce?
townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/11/17/obama_has_a_knack_for_ticking_off_americas_friends
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