Saturday, November 12, 2011

Obama "passes" on Keystone pipeline

Obama says he will delay until after the 2012 election a decision to allow construction of the pipeline which would bring oil from Canada to refineries on the Gulf coast.  This costs a minimum of 20,000 jobs to begin and probably a total of more 50,000.  Canada is the largest source of imported energy into the United States and the pipeline would make this nation more secure.  The  no-decision was strictly political; Obama wants to please the radical environmentalists whose goal seems to be to destroy the United States.  Pipelines cross this country and are the least costly method of transporting energy.

The president has dealt another blow to the goal of becoming self-sufficient in energy.  He has put a moratorium of five years on drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and most of the Alaskan coast. Obama is philosophically unable to take actions to allow jobs to be created.  More and more regulations are keeping unemployment high. For example, it is more difficult for a Frenchman to get a visa to visit the United States than a visa to tour China.  Additional regulations have cost 500,000 jobs in the tourist industry.  This nation will remain mired in a sick economy and high joblessness until Obama is replaced.

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