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sendero

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43. He's doing this...
Sat Mar 7, 2015, 09:19 AM
Mar 2015

... because, like supporting Democratic candidates, he thinks it is in his interest. The problem is this pipeline is in very few Americans' interest. The handful of permanent jobs it will create, along with the more numerous but very temporary construction jobs, is scant payment for decades of risk.

Let Canada figure out how to move their own #$%^% oil.

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Mar 2015 #1
Meanwhile ... Scuba Mar 2015 #42
Dude, that's depressing. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #52
A red herring. Scuba Mar 2015 #53
Excuse me...I just want to say a little something about that... Rex Mar 2015 #2
LOL! Segami Mar 2015 #5
omg that's the funniest thing ive seen in a while Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #8
Romeo! sheshe2 Mar 2015 #15
thanks sheshe2 Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #41
LMAO!!! Rex Mar 2015 #11
It's all about context: SomeGuyInEagan Mar 2015 #23
.................................. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #6
Anytime sheshe2! Rex Mar 2015 #12
Thanks~ sheshe2 Mar 2015 #14
LMAO!!! Rex Mar 2015 #37
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Mar 2015 #40
Thank you. President Obama's words are being drowned out by the carnival barkers. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #3
What the fawk!!! Obama needs to stop listening to scientists about global warming.... Cali_Democrat Mar 2015 #4
He sure got hit back on that one Cali! sheshe2 Mar 2015 #9
Good! He's said it again in South Carolina.. Meanwhile Canadian & US celebs and Environmentalists Cha Mar 2015 #7
Excellent! Kath1 Mar 2015 #28
Was that not, Kath! Great, somebody actually saw this and watched it.. I might have known it Cha Mar 2015 #30
Keystone XL was a very bad idea from the outset. Kath1 Mar 2015 #31
And, one can see visually in the Vid exactly Why it's a "very bad idea from the outset"!! Cha Mar 2015 #34
Indeed. Kath1 Mar 2015 #35
KnR sheshe2 Mar 2015 #10
It isn't just Republicans who want Keystone apporved. former9thward Mar 2015 #13
If Trumka really wants a jobs program he should say lets take the money A Simple Game Mar 2015 #25
Lets not forget the countless jobs.. Segami Mar 2015 #44
Well now I know... sendero Mar 2015 #26
Except when he is supporting Democratic candidates. former9thward Mar 2015 #36
He's doing this... sendero Mar 2015 #43
I wonder what you think of the hudreds of other pipelines former9thward Mar 2015 #47
I don't think.. sendero Mar 2015 #48
It could change with the debt limit sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #16
If "obliterate" is in the headline, 1. it's politicususa, therefore MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #17
same with "eviscerate" Enrique Mar 2015 #45
And DESTROYS MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #46
Obliterates is a strong word if anything he's just postponed this from happening. craigmatic Mar 2015 #18
Ummmmm..... George II Mar 2015 #19
The president... Segami Mar 2015 #20
Oh no! Not this again! RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #29
Two excerpts from what Obama said (wading through the rhetoric)..... George II Mar 2015 #32
His comments on global climate change... OldRedneck Mar 2015 #21
Standing ovation on hold Geronimoe Mar 2015 #22
Was trying to figure out where his "teleprompter" was ? Hulk Mar 2015 #24
That's ok DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #27
Anything to take a gratuitous shot at Hillary Clinton, eh? George II Mar 2015 #33
Her husband came out for it DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #38
With the current price of oil madville Mar 2015 #39
Here is a review of the actual record of the Keystone issue at the State Department under HRC. greatlaurel Mar 2015 #49
Good find, greatlaurel. Most interesting! calimary Mar 2015 #50
If that's true, that's the best news I've heard today. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #51
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