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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to hurl a few three letter "words" at President Obama's legacy [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... and therefore when it would be more likely that the TPP would be passed.
AND if the TPP passed, then shutting down Keystone XL pipeline is probably MEANINGLESS, as you know that these new courts that in effect OBAMA is helping put in place will be able to throw out this decision and still go ahead with the pipeline, and Obama can profit from the PR with people like you for "fighting the fight" there, but ultimately behind the scenes will have paved the way for TPP to get it back on the board for the corporate world. If the Dems had won the Senate, I'm guessing he might not have shut down Keystone then, knowing that it might have been harder for the corporate world to get their ace in the hole TPP bill passed.
And had Obama NOT appointed Ted Wheeler and put in place someone that wasn't a corporate lobbyist, then that person on the FCC could have ruled itself on Net Neutrality and Obama wouldn't have had to pressure him to do so. And Net Neutrality might also be "neutralized" by TPP courts as well!
Obama is PLAYING a lot of you along with the money people pulling his strings behind him. It's time many people wake up here!
I don't think it's any coincidence that two DEMOCRATS were used to pass the two biggest free trade bills (NAFTA and TPP). If they'd tried to do that under Bush, we would have all worked together to shut it down. Instead they are using those that just blindly "obey" the corporate Democrats to help them get these big disasters passed that they wouldn't have gotten passed if just the Republican senate (and a Republican president) were pushing to pass it.