Greens: Massive civil disobedience if Obama OKs Keystone pipeline

The Washington Times ^ | 4/22/2013 | Ben Wolfgang

[markomalley]

As the White House moves ever so slowly toward a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, some environmental groups used Monday — Earth Day — to remind the president that approval of the massive project would carry real consequences.

“You’ll see … the biggest spread of peaceful civil disobedience in modern American history,” said Becky Bond, political director of the liberal activist group Credo. The organization has been among the loudest opponents of the proposed pipeline, which would carry oil sands from Alberta, Canada, south through the U.S. heartland to refineries on the Gulf Coast.

Credo helped organize a San Francisco rally earlier this month as President Obama visited the city for a Democratic party fund-raiser. The group says it has nearly 60,000 activists willing to get themselves arrested in protest of Keystone, if it’s approved by the administration.

[markomalley]

Quaking in my boots, I am, over this.

[svcw]

60,000 hahahhahah if they get 10,000 I would be surprised.
These people are delusional.

[Paladin2]

Let the greenies go Galt.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Jan Nap might want to keep an eye on pressure cooker sales....

[basil]

I guess these idiots don’t realize that they, too, use both oil and natural gas........

[BenLurkin]

Problem is, these loons get arrested but never sent to prison.

[abb]

What they gonna do? Stop working? None of ‘em work, anyway!!

[elkfersupper]

We have "massive civil disobedience" now.

The people sounding this alarm haven't seen the tip of the iceberg.

Just wait until the minority of people actually paying taxes in this country just stop doing it.

[Let's Roll]

I guess they like $5 gas and even more unemployment. The arabs have to be underwriting these groups.

[Snickering Hound]

[cripplecreek]

I’ll be opposing it if he tries to attach a carbon tax or other idiocy to it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

All six of them.

[Williams]

We are assuming he will approve the pipeline? I think people underestimate the truly evil nature of Barack Obama.

[ErnBatavia]

The greenies forget that many of us are still pissed at $4.00+ gasoline.....they might wanna watch their little backs.

[cripplecreek]

I think people underestimate the truly evil nature of Barack Obama.

Exactly and we had better be willing to oppose it if he tries to attach green stupidity to it.

[Dr. Sivana]

Time to pass, FAPE:
FREEDOM of ACCESS to PIPELINE ENTRANCES
act and bankrupt them all!

[taterjay]

Won’t they be harming the environment by protesting. Mashing grass, leaving trash etc...

[culpeper]

They are supporting terrorism.

[popdonnelly]

The dictatorship of the crazed environmentalists. Can’t do anything in this country unless they say so.

[Fzob]

“You’ll see … the biggest spread of peaceful civil disobedience in modern American history,”

The funny part is this isn't satire.