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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Wed Jan 18, 2012, 11:30 PM Jan 2012

Whining that Keystone pipeline creates jobs?

Republicans and supporters of pipeline are whining that killing the pipeline will have a negative impact on job creation.

John Boehner—who could make a mint on pipeline—whines about President Obama delaying Keystone
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/18/1056062/-John-Boehner

What are they talking about: a few thousand jobs and negligible job creation over the then 25 years.

Fact Check: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Isn’t A Job Creator
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/11/04/362056/fact-check-keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline-isnt-a-job-creator/

Did any of these Republicans give a damn when they opposed the climate change bill that not only created millions of jobs, but also reduced the deficit?

CBO Scores Kerry-Boxer and The News Is Good
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/cbo-scores-kerry-boxer-and-the-news-is-good.html

Republicans are hypocrites. There are much better more environmentally friendly and productive ways to create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

It's time to revisit a climate change bill.

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Whining that Keystone pipeline creates jobs? (Original Post) ProSense Jan 2012 OP
Let us not allow facts to get in the way tawadi Jan 2012 #1
If it goes to Texas - the refined product will be for export FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #2
Hey, Congress, you're free to create OTHER jobs BadgerKid Jan 2012 #3
Kick politicasista Jan 2012 #4
The Foxbots on my Facebook feed . . . tilsammans Jan 2012 #5
Let them sell that sludge to China. Arctic Dave Jan 2012 #6
K&R ProSense! BlueCaliDem Jan 2012 #7
 

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)
2. If it goes to Texas - the refined product will be for export
Wed Jan 18, 2012, 11:41 PM
Jan 2012

That is why the Joint Venture between BP and Saudi Aramco is increasing the capacity of the Motiva Refinery (Port Aurther, TX) to 660,000 barrels per day

BadgerKid

(4,552 posts)
3. Hey, Congress, you're free to create OTHER jobs
Wed Jan 18, 2012, 11:49 PM
Jan 2012

not just those you see through pro-Big Oil(TM)-colored glasses.

tilsammans

(2,549 posts)
5. The Foxbots on my Facebook feed . . .
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 12:39 AM
Jan 2012

. . . have begun whining about "five-dollar-a-gallon gasoline thanks to Obama."

 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
6. Let them sell that sludge to China.
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 12:58 AM
Jan 2012

We should be accelerating our AE ventures.

Sidenote:

Maybe the gas hydrates test are going better then expected.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
7. K&R ProSense!
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 02:23 PM
Jan 2012

I'm always happy to read your posts. They're always positive and informative.

Thank you again for coming through for us again.

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