Posted on 09/08/2010 12:10:27 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
When the third-highest-ranking politician in the Obama administration comes to Canada with her energy sidekick, oilsands producers and royalty addicted premiers rush into line for an arm-twisting opportunity.
But House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's voting record, her iffy re-election prospects, her meeting mix of aboriginal and environmental delegations along with her choice of political tagalong suggest the fix is in.
A suspicious observer would think today's visit to Ottawa will be more about gathering input for a future trash-talking of the Alberta and Saskatchewan oilsands than a unbiased hearing of the facts.
(Excerpt) Read more at calgaryherald.com ...
Medusa on her monthly gift..
This is pretty much what I said on the earlier threads. Pelosi is meeting with Canadian environmentalists so she can say that she is killing any deals for Canadian tar sands only because even the Canadians admit that they are destroying the Earth.
But a Canadian investment friend just pointed out to me that BQI is still a good investment prospect, because if we don’t buy Canadian oil sand products, the Chinese will.
In other words, we’re just screwing ourselves—as usual.
The only impact I would fret about driving a 40-foot motor home would be with a moose.
Alberta, Oil Sands, and Stephen Harper are 3 of the best friends the United States has in the entire Galaxy.
Pelosi, of course, is a Socialist enemy of the United States and of everything for which the United States and its freedom-loving people stand; thus any friend of the United States would be Pelosi’s enemy.
The article correctly portrays her group as emissaries from Sauron.
Somebody doesn't understand the American form of government.
Since when to two busybody members of the US Congress have any business trying to tell Canada what to do with her natural resources? Canadians have a right to be justifiably offended by this.
Somebody doesn't understand the American form of government.
Maybe they do. We know the theory (how it is supposed to work), they see the practice.
How long has it been since you saw an organizational chart of the US Government with "The People" at the top?
Pelosi's voting record, her iffy re-election prospects, her meeting mix of aboriginal and environmental delegations along with her choice of political tagalong suggest the fix is in. A suspicious observer would think today's visit to Ottawa will be more about gathering input for a future trash-talking of the Alberta and Saskatchewan oilsands than a unbiased hearing of the facts.
But of course....why are you surprised?
That is the intent of the Green on the outside... Red on the inside Environmentalists...
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