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CRH

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22. GOP smear tactics, excuse me, ...
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:47 AM
Nov 2012

Isn't this an Environment and Energy group? Wouldn't a group be obliged to point out that tar sands, is the one of dirtiest forms of energy. That it is not only dirty when it is burned, but and environmental nightmare when it is extracted? Would an environmental group be obliged to point out, the investment does not represent a last ditch strategy to energy independence, but is a commercial venture to position hydrocarbons at a southern port, to sell on the global market to the highest bidder? That such an investment provides support and capital to an industry that is subsidized to continue to create the largest threat to modern civilization, CO2 pollution. Wouldn't an environment & energy group be obliged to point out that a Secretary of State travels the world representing foremost, the US economy, and should be advancing stated goals of clean energy, containing GHG pollution, finding a solution to our ever warming climate.

If those are GOP smear tactics, I think the democratic tent needs to expand, if those are GOP smear tactics, I think your politics are radically partisan; and empty of reason, if you want your grand children to live out a normal life span.

I think maybe you have stumbled into the wrong group, perhaps the exhilaration of the GD forum is more appropriate.

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Don't you think ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #1
I hope so. I think she is eminently qualified to be SOS wtmusic Nov 2012 #2
"we have no reason to believe that Ms. Rice is ethically challenged" NoOneMan Nov 2012 #4
Do you own a mutual fund ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #5
No NoOneMan Nov 2012 #6
So ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #7
I understand that NoOneMan Nov 2012 #8
Its the only answer that makes sense. jonthebru Nov 2012 #26
Most mutual funds have hundreds of individual stocks wtmusic Nov 2012 #9
I agree if it's a conflict of interest, O should find someone else wordpix Dec 2012 #30
Politics ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #3
Please explain what's progressive about Keystone XL wtmusic Nov 2012 #10
I think you misunderstand ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #11
I do. wtmusic Nov 2012 #12
POTENTIAL CONFLICT ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #13
She's already in a position to influence decisions on the pipeline wtmusic Nov 2012 #14
As a UN Ambassador? Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #15
Boehner and John Kerry invest in tar sands companies FogerRox Nov 2012 #16
I probably invest in tar sands companies wtmusic Nov 2012 #17
1/3rd? I dont think so FogerRox Nov 2012 #19
That's what the OP article says ... Nihil Nov 2012 #20
I think you also misunderstand ... Nihil Nov 2012 #21
That's not what I've said ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #23
Why yes, yes you have. Nihil Nov 2012 #24
okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #25
GOP smear tactics, excuse me, ... CRH Nov 2012 #22
*crickets* frylock Nov 2012 #27
Yep still crikets, I must have bad breath! n/t CRH Nov 2012 #29
sickening limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #18
She'd have to recuse herself--it's not even an issue. MADem Nov 2012 #28
she cannot recuse herself every time Keystone/Canada rears its head, and it will wordpix Dec 2012 #31
Sure she can. It's not the job of the SECSTATE to deal with that shit every minute of every day. MADem Dec 2012 #32
State IS involved b/c Keystone involves a Canada-US pipeline route wordpix Dec 2012 #33
It's a "thumbs up/thumbs down" call--and Rice can recuse--she doesn't have to be the one to make MADem Dec 2012 #34
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