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azureblue

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13. no, it is a US entity
Thu Feb 12, 2015, 09:01 PM
Feb 2015

and that entity is called the Koch brothers. Who do think is the largest lease holder of the oil sands in Canada? Who do you think already has a deal to ship the sands to China? The Us will not benefit one bit from this pipeline, except maybe to put 35 or so people to work. The Koch brothers have been buying all the politicians involved with trying to push approval.

Its as if its an invasion. Historic NY Feb 2015 #1
we need a real hero angrychair Feb 2015 #17
Great, Steve! Cha Feb 2015 #2
Maybe this is a stupid question and it's all been explained elsewhere -- scarletwoman Feb 2015 #3
TPP blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #4
Yes....TPP. It can ignore all environmental laws also. glinda Feb 2015 #14
Not a stupid question at all, I wondered the same thing. whathehell Feb 2015 #5
Because of Kelo v. City of New London PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #6
Well, I actually read the whole page - and it looks to me that the ruling concerned scarletwoman Feb 2015 #8
Well Kelo allows a local government to use eminent domain to benefit a private party. PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #10
Thank you again. scarletwoman Feb 2015 #11
I would think that since Interstate Commerce is the main business of well the business; greiner3 Feb 2015 #21
The most galling thing about Kelo is that christx30 Feb 2015 #25
Can't Eminent Domain work both ways? I see to remember a case where a neighborhood fought rhett o rick Feb 2015 #27
They are actually an American company LiberalLovinLug Feb 2015 #29
Whether this is a U.S. Corporation or a foreign one..... RationalMan Feb 2015 #7
Yes, and if the government were doing this central scrutinizer Feb 2015 #24
no, it is a US entity azureblue Feb 2015 #13
Authoritarian Capitalist turbinetree Feb 2015 #30
Woot! The timing could not be better 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #9
I hope this carries through and stops this abomination. freshwest Feb 2015 #12
It looks like they are already working on plan 'B' Brother Buzz Feb 2015 #15
The problem with going west is two-fold rpannier Feb 2015 #18
If it misses the Koch owned refinery in TX, that'll deny them untaxed billions. freshwest Feb 2015 #22
Canada needs to build their pipeline in Canada! Marthe48 Feb 2015 #23
Our Freedom Loving Republicans think it is okay for a foreign country to declare eminent domain Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #16
Exactly, my thoughts packman Feb 2015 #19
The Kochs have convinced tea-baggers that Keystone XL will benefit them groundloop Feb 2015 #20
Strip mining an area the size of Florida & slurrying tar sands with clean water to pump through think Feb 2015 #26
Wonderful. jwirr Feb 2015 #28
Do more dishonest institutions than BIG CORPORATIONS exist in our society? nikto Feb 2015 #31
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