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Posted on 11/06/2011 5:01:40 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Protestors circle White House in oil pipeline row Photo 7:06pm EST
By Jeff Mason and Patrick Temple-West
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters opposed to a new oil pipeline from Canada to the United States circled the White House complex on Sunday to press President Barack Obama to reject the project on environmental grounds.
Opponents to TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport crude produced from oil sands, have dogged the president for months, arguing against the carbon-spewing process of extracting oil from the sands.
On Sunday thousands of men and women, many of them wearing orange vests with "Stop the pipeline" printed on them, lined up around the White House grounds, which include the presidential mansion, the Treasury department and a sprawling executive office building.
Carrying signs that matched Obama's campaign colors of blue and red, some protesters chanted "Hey Obama, we don't want no climate drama" and "Stop the pipeline, yes we can," copying phrases connected to Obama's successful 2008 election effort.
The pipeline controversy threatens to loom over the 2012 presidential race. Obama faces political pitfalls whether his administration approves or rejects the project.
A decision in favor would support Obama's goal of creating jobs and diversifying U.S. energy sources, but it would alienate core Democratic supporters who are already disappointed by his progress in fighting climate change.
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These people are just too stupid for words. Didn’t they get the memo? Haven’t they been paying attention? Do they really have NO IDEA that Obama has no intention of doing ANYthing that might help America actually use our natural resources, a new pipeline construction included?
What the hell? How can they be THAT stupid.
Seriously.
I guess we are in favor of liberating carbon from the oil sands then.
Carbon Liberation Front!
He plays more golf in a year than Bush played in 8 from what I remember.
Yep, 99% in dire poverty and 1% oligarchy is just the way the left and OWS want it to be.
“...what goes around, comes around...”
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I hope the Kenyan’s worst fear ovetakes him.
... as they drove to the protest in their SUV’s wielding Apple iPhones powered by fossil-fuels and manufactured in China using fossil fuels.
What a bunch of hypocrites.
Where in heck did they get these protesters? They have no clue.
1. Feeding energy to America's enemy.
2. Weakening job growth.
3. Making sure the US energy supply is less secure.
Sounds like a good policy to me.
The top 0.000001% will make more money shipping the oil on his railroad.
No need for a new pipeline, CIT has 5,000 new rail cars on order.
http://www.joc.com/suppliers/cit-rail-orders-5000-new-railcars
I'm sure none of them dared to use any Fossil Fuels traveling to Obama’s Taxpayer funded Crib.
I wonder if any of them own any products made of plastic? You know, the stuff that is made from Oil.
More wag the dog.
I wonder, does obama write the script to the plays they put on? Or do the different factions of his protesters collectively get together with obama in a non-smoke filled room in the basement of the white house and write the screen plays for his set in’s and marches?
They are the new soap Oprah’s.... only put on in the street instead of a stage.
A leftist circle-jerk.
Obama faces political pitfalls whether his administration approves or rejects the project.Which means, he'll reject the project while claiming that he's approved it. And the partisan media shills will carry his water once again.
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