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To: smokingfrog

President Obama’s foolhardy energy policy

By Deneen Borelli 7:06 PM 02/06/2012

Fearing a political backlash over his rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, President Barack Obama tried to use his State of the Union address to appease critics of his war on fossil fuels.

By stealing conservatives’ “all of the above” energy policy, Obama is trying to diffuse criticism of his flawed energy policy.

In particular, Obama’s call for more oil and gas drilling in his State of the Union address was meant to deflect attention away from his failure to approve TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada has already invested $1.9 billion in the project and abided by the federal regulatory process, and its pipeline provides a whole new meaning to Obama’s “shovel ready” phrase.

The president’s refusal to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, at a cost of an estimated 20,000 jobs, is proof he is putting his radical ideology before the well-being of American families.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/06/president-obamas-foolhardy-energy-policy/#ixzz1lhaApJAf


50 posted on 02/07/2012 5:35:00 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

I recall that during the last primary, Hussain said that he was planning to make gas go up to 7.50 a gallon, similar to his socialist pals in Europe.

Anyone have a link to that?


54 posted on 02/07/2012 5:41:05 AM PST by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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