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Is This the Reason Obama Said ‘No’ to the Keystone Pipeline?

In rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline project this past week, the Obama administration did exactly what they told everyone they were going to do.

The question many are asking is, “Why?”

Why did the President kill the pipeline deal that so many Democrats, Republicans and labor union leaders support?

Was it done because:

A. – As the administration has said publicly, there is not enough time to do a proper environmental impact study?

B. – Thanks to alternative energy companies like Solyndra, we’re on the path to becoming an oil-free energy generating country?

C. – Billionaire Warren Buffett (and Obama advisor) has an investment in a Canadian railway that would benefit from killing Keystone?

D. – Is it because Brazil, the country whose deep-water oil fields we agreed to fund, is going to be selling us cheap and plentiful oil?

In the case of the environmental impact study argument, it has been noted that the project could begin moving forward and jobs be created as another study commenced. If the findings show that the pipeline’s route needed to be changed, or additional safety measures put in place, those could easily be added to the project.

The Solyndra question answers itself.

Concerning the Warren Buffett investment, Bloomberg News reports:

Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC is among U.S. and Canadian railroads that stand to benefit from the Obama administration’s decision to reject TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.

But what about Brazil? Was the real reason that President Obama rejected the Keystone XL deal because he was expecting Brazil to start selling us some of the cheap oil from their newly-discovered oil deep water oil fields. Estimates of the underwater fields could make Brazil an energy superpower and a very wealthy nation.

In May of 2011, President Obama visited Brazil and pledged massive financial support from America in the amount of $2 billion dollars. Obama also hinted that the money being lent to Brazil should also put America at the front of the line once the oil starts pumping.

The President‘s wishful thinking seems to have been undercut by China’s forceful negotiating.

Last week it was announced that Brazil and China had inked a deal for oil sales, big oil sales.

Additionally, in the wake of the Keystone XL rejection, Canada‘s Prime Minister has talked about building a pipeline to his country’s west coast where oil could easily be pumped into tankers waiting to take the oil to China:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in a telephone call yesterday, told Obama “Canada will continue to work to diversify its energy exports.”

If you wonder what the Prime Minster means when he says “diversify its energy exports“, he is apparently talking about China. The Bloomberg News report continues:

Canada this month began hearings on a proposed pipeline by Enbridge Inc. to move crude from Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia’s coast, where it could be shipped to Asian markets.

As the Iranians inch closer to realizing their threat to block the transport of oil through the Strait of Hormuz and the EU has voted to ban oil imports from Iran, the importance of oil from South American oil is obvious.

Some might argue that the oil underneath American soil and American waters would bring great independence and security.

So why did Obama block Keystone? Is it one of the above? What’s your opinion?

Comments (314)

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  • eramthgin
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:34am

    No the correct answer is three parts.
    1. Didn‘t want to piss off the environment wackos’
    2. Delayed as long as possible to try and not piss off the unions.
    3. Wants to destroy the carbon fuel industries in the U.S. and make us a third world nation. Energy is the king maker.

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    • hud
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:53am

      The bullet proof candidate is ABO

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    • charleyrocks
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:53am

      Prime minister Harper will not wait for a president who is not interested in employing 20 thousand people or more. His agenda is on the wall of the white house. Too bad too because working with mr Harper is a good thing at least the Americans know who their friends are but does the president NOT!

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:57am

      One reason:
      1) It harms America.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:20pm

      What is WRONG with you AMERICAN’S? Since BO won the presidency, you have been fighting tooth and nail against everything he and the progressive republicans stand for! From this the TEA Party was created! From this Beck rallied and helped educate you about the Constitution and the Founding Fathers! From this you now know that the ONLY THING that will save your country will be to stand behind a candidate that has a record, so diverse from BO’s that the media could not possibly muddy the waters! READ HOW TO KILL 11,000,000 PEOPLE, read BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON, today! You are almost at the top of the mountain, you have almost won! Ask any marathon runner; it is the last quarter mile that nearly kills you! But if you MAKE it to the FINISH LINE….you have WON! PUSH ON! PUSH ON! PUSH ON! For GOD and COUNTY, PUSH ON!

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:21pm

      BO is an s O b….Canada has already said the will sell To Asia being BO nixed the pipeline!!!

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    • Marine25
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:29pm

      Our percentage of foreign oil usage in 2011 was 49% Lowest in 58 years. We exported more fossil fuels than we imported for the first time ever. Percentage of buildings using some alternative energy highest ever. Why would anyone want to listen to the “drill baby drill” crowd. If Exxon Mobile could have pumped out another 100 billion barrels of American crude last year they would have exported it at 90 dollars a barrel. Republican energy philosophy benefits big oil and big oil only. Exxon would love for joe sixpack to believe drilling on our beaches will save him a quarter a gallon at the pump. For American production to reduce American gas prices we would have to produce enough oil to significantly raise the world’s supply. And at that point the price would drop equally around the globe not just in the USA. A barrel of crude drawn in Denton, Texas has as much or better chance ending up gasoline in Beijing as it does in Houston. It’s a world market and Exxon is not in it for America, but for Exxon. And if you don’t undestand that, well, Exxon thanks you for your lack of formal education. The oil companies know they can count on dimwits like Palin to make there drilling sound patriotic. Read a book, take a class, turn off the television.

       
    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:35pm

      The answer is both C & D. He always helps his cronies and his contributors. It is called crony governance.

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    • TheCoffinMaker
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:35pm

      This makes no sense. Take coal for instance. The Environmentalists want to stop its burning. Yet, they’re fine with loading it on trucks and trains and dragging it to our ports. Loading it up on foreign branded barges and have it limp and spew its way to China. It’s then unloaded again by truck and train and burned with no regard for the atmosphere.

      You would think the banning of the export of coal would be their top priority. No. Their priority is to destroy our way of life.

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:38pm

      Marine25: How do you see where you are going with your head so far up your ass? Take another hit on your bong and go back to sleep and leave the intelligent folks alone.

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    • beachj11
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:57pm

      Marine 25: I would like to know what your source is. MSNBC? As a petroleum geologist, I can say you are dead wrong.

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    • whereareyourbrains
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:07pm

      or wait til 2 months before his election and announce he changed his mind……………..con man with snake oil to sell working the Americans.

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    • db321
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:10pm

      One Name – Buffet! The Billionaire sell out of America – God Bless Warren Buffet, George Soros and Obama – the Bible tells us if they are worthy of someones blessing they will receive it – it they are not, the Blessing will come back to the person doing the Blessing – I think it is a safe bet that I have three Blessing making a u-turn right back to me. Thank you lord!

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    • IronSights
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:12pm

      He’s just stupid. No mystery if you’ve been following his track record.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:13pm

      @JBLAZE

      Please! Quit sniveling. Bush went through 8 years of the same kind of scrutiny, maybe worse. Besides, BHO is STILL blaming Bush for his own impotence for his entire (1st and hopefully last) term. As though he has hasn’t done enough damage in one term.

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    • fatjack
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:00pm

      Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:16pm

      I am hoping that Gingrich picks a fantastic Vice-President that will attract the independent vote. I don’t know what you are talking about by “third party” unless someone decides to enter the field via third party. Gingrich is smart and can think on his feet, unlike Obama. I am hoping more people see that. He doesn’t bow to foreign dictators, nor hate Israel. A lot of independents (and Democrats) have seen the light of Obama and will not be voting for him.
      ___________________________________________________
      Well stated, but please allow me to finish you last sentence.

      A lot of independents (and Democrats) have seen the light of Obama and will not be voting for him, but the dims will keep quite as obama redistribute their wealth to his selected few.

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    • RonmeyPaulBotsrOdd
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:03pm

      Lets not forget that now libs want a Koch Bros rep to appear for questioning pertaining to their potential financial gain from the project. Funny – not a one wanted a Goldman Sachs rep or Gore to testify about the Chicago Carbon Exchange.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:21pm

      Read his book, study his background, study those who instructed him.

      Destruction of America is the goal. having cheap oil and a better economy is not the goal of communsits trying to bring this country to our knees.

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    • JRB
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:22pm

      As the president has said, under his rein.energy prices will necessarily skyrocket. He will pursue “green” solutions that are not ready for prime time until he is stopped.

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    • ghostsouls
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:25pm

      C. – Billionaire Warren Buffett (and Obama advisor) has an investment in a Canadian railway that would benefit from killing Keystone?

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:07pm

      Stop focusing on the Keystone XL pipeline: It’s a violation of our national sovereignty, and it’s a pro-Union project.

      WE HAVE OUR OWN OIL, FOLKS! We don’t need to have it pumped in from another country (and Alaska’s oil should be boated to the rest of the states, if they want to sell it to us).

      Our energy production is being deliberately stifled. THAT should be the focus.

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:17pm

      E..OBama sold us out once again to George Soros who owns 75% of Petrabras…The Keystone pipeline could severely damage George’s chances at making his Brazilian off shore oil risk pay off Its always about the money and who gets it

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    • TeacherontheRight
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:22pm

      you hit the nail on the head; he wants to fundamentally change this nation into a socialist society.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:27pm

      What ever multiple reasons Obama has you can rest assure it is not in the interest of Americans!

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:37pm

      Marine25
      So in your logic because Saudi Arabia exports most of their oil and only has 10 refineries. Gas there should be about $7.00 a gallon. It is about $1.65 a gallon in US currency. The United States has 137 refineries and ours is $3.40 a gallon on average.Your argument might make sense to another liberal but it is completely ludicrous to us critical thinkers.

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    • EchoHawk
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:39pm

      Two words never mentioned by pipeline proponents, Ogallala Aquifer.

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:59pm

      @MCDAVE

      BINGO! I can‘t believe the Blaze left Soros’ connection to Petrobras out of the story, when Pretrobras figures so heaviny in the speculation.

      I think it’s C, D, and McDave’s E, with a smattering of “Under my Administration, fuel prices will necessarily skyrocket.”

      We keep being told that it takes too long for any president to leave a lasting impact on oil production, but Obama proved that presidents can wreak havoc on years worth of work in a day.

      I suggest whatever Republican is sitting in the Big Chair this time next year should authorize drilling for oil, through a baby seal’s skull if necessary, so we can finally do something *before* oil prices spike the next time.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 4:27pm

      @Doctor: “Keystone XL pipeline: It’s a violation of our national sovereignty”

      How so? Is trade a violation of our national sovereignty? Have they forced us to allow it to be built? Usually I agree with you, but our national sovereignty is not affected at all by a private infrastructure project that crosses borders when it is approved to do so.

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    • gsp9993
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 4:50pm

      So true. Barry hates American businesses and wants them to fail. It’s all part of his retribution agenda.

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    • gj schock
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 5:01pm

      You forgot 4:

      The King of Saudi wouldn’t allow him to spend any more time under his desk! (lol)

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 5:19pm

      @LibertarianRight,

      “How so? Is trade a violation of our national sovereignty? Have they forced us to allow it to be built? Usually I agree with you, but our national sovereignty is not affected at all by a private infrastructure project that crosses borders when it is approved to do so.”

      If it was trucked or boated into the country, I would agree with you.

      But because the method of delivery requires property to lay across the border, and because what we could do to the pipe anywhere within our border could potentially affect property within their border, it means they would be able to tell us what to do with the pipe in our own country. That’s the violation of national sovereignty.

      I’m all for global trade, if it respects national sovereignty. Global trade is fantastic; Read “I, Pencil”, right? This also means that I oppose multi-national companies, because it presumes that a citizen of one country can own property in another country – another obvious violation of national sovereignty (or at least should be).

      (And yes, I oppose multi-citizenships).

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 5:22pm

      “This also means that I oppose multi-national companies …”

      I should say I TRY to oppose multi-national companies. :/

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 5:50pm

      The Illuminating Company (First Energy) doubled electric rates and the Public Utility Comisssion of Ohio (PUCO) LET THEM DO IT.

      This is after they tricked us into buying all those electric appliances with tax write-offs and other incentives. Water heater… stove…

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    • Phoenixsoulfire
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:03pm

      I love how he is making other nations rich as he gets rich as well

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    • arx
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:11pm

      It is treason. Pure and simple.

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    • NES
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:23pm

      It’s to destroy the fossil fuel energy industry:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aukM01UFXh0

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:40pm

      Build the pipeline and end George Soros’s evil controll over our economy…this pipeline can destroy Soros financially…DEMAND THE PIPELINE..

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    • Stopit
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 7:21pm

      RangerRP hit the nail on the head.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:12pm

      Don’t forget : “4. Finish the effort to take us from being the Lone Super Power, to being a totally Defenseless Nation.” (At this point our military runs on oil! IF WE CAN’T AFFORD THE OIL, WE CAN’T DEFEND OURSELVES!!!)

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    • Twobyfour
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:19pm

      A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right: ———–>
      “If it was trucked or boated into the country, I would agree with you.

      But because the method of delivery requires property to lay across the border, and because what we could do to the pipe anywhere within our border could potentially affect property within their border, it means they would be able to tell us what to do with the pipe in our own country. That’s the violation of national sovereignty.”

      So, lemme get it straight. The sale of electricity to NE USA via Hydro Quebec and to WA state via BC Hydro is a violation of sovereignty, because it is not discharged into capacitors that then would be trucked across the border but it is rather delivered by wires crossing the border.

      Do I get it right?
      It is the same principle.

      Then you’re insane.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:21pm

      @ Marine 25
      Our percentage of foreign oil usage in 2011 was 49% Lowest in 58 years. We exported more fossil fuels than we imported for the first time ever. Percentage of buildings using some alternative energy highest ever. Why would anyone want to listen to the “drill baby drill” crowd. If Exxon Mobile could have pumped out another 100 billion barrels of American crude last year they would have exported it at 90 dollars a barrel. Republican energy philosophy benefits big oil and big oil only. Exxon would love for joe sixpack to believe drilling on our beaches will save him a quarter a gallon at the pump. For American production to reduce American gas prices we would have to produce enough oil to significantly raise the world’s supply. And at that point the price would drop equally around the globe not just in the USA. …..
      ***
      Progressive Energy Policy, benefits one world government, by destroying EVERYTHING America stands for. If you’ve truly served your country, you know how much our nation depends on diesel fuel and gas, just to move the parts, and equipment around this country and airplane fuel to move our troops around. Even our nuclear powered ships, get their supplies moved to them on something that’s oil based. If we can’t do these things, WE CAN’T DEFEND OURSELVES! Your comrades in arms have shed their blood that this nation could have freedoms, if Americans can’t afford to transport goods (and themselves) we’ll lose it all.(Cont)

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    • Twobyfour
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:31pm

      Mil Mom, when you see a post with a decidedly lefty tilt and by someone with a mil nick, you can bet that they are MINO (military in nick only). It’s a common lefty trick to feign a degree of authority or credentials.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:32pm

      @ Marine 25 (cont)
      re : we exported more fuel than we imported last year…
      ****
      The reason we exported so much fuel last year is that Americans are using less fuel than ever before. Normally when the price reaches a certain level, American’s cut back on everything, which causes the market to go down because there’s more fuel on the market. Last year, American’s cut back and instead of letting the price drop, someone made the decision to export the difference and artificially keep the price up. THE PRICE OF FUEL IMPACTS EVERYTHING IN OUR ECONOMY! IT’S THE REASON THE PRICE OF FOOD, AND ALL GOODS ARE HIGHER! (There’s a surcharge on everything because of the high cost to transport!) Because of this adding to the cost of production, American manufacturers have another impediment to competing with imports for the American markets and workers see their jobs move out of country! LOWER THE COST OF FUEL, LOWER TAXES, CUT UNNECESSARY REGULATION AND YOU‘LL SEE OUR ECONOMY BOOM AND WE WON’T NEED THE HIGH TAXES BECAUSE THE MONEY GOING INTO THE TREASURY WILL SURGE! IT WAS PROVEN BY BOTH KENNEDY AND REAGAN AND WILL BE PROVEN AGAIN WITH A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT!

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    • angeleyes63
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:40pm

      You nailed it

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:04am

      @Twobyfour,

      “So, lemme get it straight. The sale of electricity to NE USA via Hydro Quebec and to WA state via BC Hydro is a violation of sovereignty, because it is not discharged into capacitors that then would be trucked across the border but it is rather delivered by wires crossing the border.”

      How about we just ignore the enviro-freaks, drill our own oil and/or stripmine our own coal, and then we won’t have to worry about electricity from Canada?

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    • Lamarr01
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:19am

      Barack put the pipeline up for auction. The factions were:

      1) Environmental wackos.
      2) Union construction workers
      3) Oil companies.

      Obama will change his mind to “maybe” when the congress gives him more taxes on the rich, payroll tax reduction and a tax increase. He may use all revenue from the pipeline for the next 20 years to “pay” for payroll tax reductions through the election.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:50am

      @rangerp

      You can also read BHO, SR’s paper on “African Socialism” to get the whole game plan. No private land ownership above a couple acres, redistribution of wealth, making government positions for people not quailified just because they represent what you want to see ethnically. (Sr. said Africans should be in the government even if they weren’t qualified…give them a job that does nothing just to pay them.)

      http://www.politico.com/static/PPM41_eastafrica.html

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    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:13am

      The liar-in-thief is ALL world government driven; his nose grows while his pants are on fire. World government wants the chunnel built from west to east under the ocean; like UK to France. Another reason to connect.. the tunnel under the Pacific will connect us directly to China. Designed for high-speed trains and pipeline? Who cares about people anymore? Governments do not care about us, we are in the way to their insane, sick, twisted utopian nightmare.

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    • Hollywood
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:24pm

      I think CRONY Capitalism is rearing it’s ugly head,once again! Obama funder,and supporter George Soros holds 350,000,000 $ worth of Petrobras stock. Petrobras,is of course the Brazilian State Oil company who inked the deal,for top $,and locked into a long term contract. It was nice of Obama to give them 2 BILLION $ ,of U.S. Taxpayer money to develop their offshore resources,wasn’t it. Americans are so nice, and generous!

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    • its_time_to_arrest_our_government
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:38pm

      its time for us to put Obama in jail. how long are we going to put up with his destruction of this nation with his moronic bull crap. its time for us to put this treasonous butt behind bars. this guy is not even legally in office and hes doing as much damage to this nation as he thinks he can do. its time to wake up and put him in jail. this is treason!

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:37pm

      This POS lied to get elected in 2008, and continues
      to lie to this day….lot of stupid people out there !!
      just check out the BOZOS on MSNBC..

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  • 3monkeysmomma
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:34am

    Republican Voters: If you are serious about getting rid of this job-killing left-wing socialist puppet, than you darn well better pick somone who can beat Obama in the general election.

    If the choice in November is Obama vs. Gingringh, get ready for four more years of this CRAP!

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:38am

      I disagree. Although not a great field to choose from, BHO is simply NOT A CHOICE. We will go to the poll and vote AGAINST BHO.

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:44am

      I know you feel that way, but keep in mind that we are going to NEED the independant swing voters and ultra-conservative constitutionalist types to win.

      Don’t count on the voting for Newt. The Independants will go back to O and the Ultra-right will go third party.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:49am

      Who is the bullet proof Republican candidate? I don’t see one.

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    • kansas hawks 3
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:52am

      I think you are wrong because Newt is just as smart as slick willie ll (Romney) . There are other people running that are smarter than Romney they just don’t look like Romney. People look at the looks not the brains……….

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    • rtlane28
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:01pm

      I agree 100%. I’m no Romney fan but Romney is clearly more appealing to the general public. Very few people have a favorable opinion of Newt.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:06pm

      You may be right on that. Let’s hope enough independents (like myself) see the bigger picture.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:30pm

      You make an excellent point, 3MONKEYSMOMMA.

      I’m a Constitutionalist. Romney and Gingrich are Obama-lite. Paul is harder left on some issues than Obama.

      Unless Santorum is the nominee, I’ll probably vote 3rd party or vote for Obama (at least I know what I’m getting again). Even Santorum is a rotten candidate, but he seems less Progressive than Ginrich or Romney.

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    • MittensKittens
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:32pm

      Hi, I‘m one of Mitten’s Kittens, he’s the Obi One Kanobi of our day…He’s the only hope!

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:16pm

      I am hoping that Gingrich picks a fantastic Vice-President that will attract the independent vote. I don’t know what you are talking about by “third party” unless someone decides to enter the field via third party. Gingrich is smart and can think on his feet, unlike Obama. I am hoping more people see that. He doesn’t bow to foreign dictators, nor hate Israel. A lot of independents (and Democrats) have seen the light of Obama and will not be voting for him.

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    • stairgauge
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:01pm

      I do not count on votes for Newt, I am counting on votes for America, If the people you mentioned take their basketball and go home because whom ever wins the primary is not there perfect choice, then you and all of us can kiss our asses good by. Remember,if that happens then we will all get what we deserve in spades. Thanks for the ride America it was wonderful while it lasted.

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    • ThePostman
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:06pm

      http://wetheserfs.com/blog/2012-election/cnn-poll-shows-ron-paul-beats-obama-in-november-newt-does-not/

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    • ViewPointtt
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:06am

      It was apparent before, but it became indisputably certain that the Repubs and Dems are, in actuality, one snake with two heads after the House of Reps. voted with 30% to pass the NDAA. It is just as evident that the cards are being stacked by the two-headed snake to give obam a second term… simply by giving Americans the same alternatives they previously and rightly rejected. After all, it worked perfectly last time around with Rhino McCain as the alternative. Did Mittens suddenly become less artificial, and more likeable? Did Newty suddenly become trustworthy and honorable? Does Ron Paul suddenly have a real shot at it? Without a clear Republican favorite nominee, the final vote count will be easily manipulated with the coordinated charade and will appear to legitimately re-elect obam and no will be in an adequately qualified position to challenge the lack the fraudulent vote count. Josef Stalin, “It’s not the vote that counts, but who counts the vote.”

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  • uncleherbert
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:33am

    It all has to do with cheap oil and its benefits.

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:46am

      And its benefits are many. So many products come from petroleum. So many and of such importance, many are life-saving and life-improving medical decivices, that we would be hard pressed to live without them.

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  • Melvin Spittle
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:30am

    If you don’t raise the price of oil, you cannot have a socialist revolution!
    How can you have a socialist revolution if you don’t raise the price of oil?

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:38am

      This tree loving H*mo needs a drainpipe moment complete with a rifle in his assets

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:38am

      Also do not forget, if the pipeline does not run into the US, and our oil reserves wind up being Federalized by Obama; then when the oil sea lanes are cut with a conflict between Iran and the US, we will have a full economic collapse faster than anything. This has been done deliberatly. Period.

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    • rtlane28
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:41am

      I love this answer !!!!!

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    • Spyder
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:23pm

      “You! Yes! You behind the bikesheds! Stand still, laddie!”

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:29am

    It is just another excuse. The pipeline was approved but it needed to be moved a little further east so it would not go over the aquifer. Their regulations are killing jobs in the US because the buck does not stop at the President. He wants to ruin the America and he has appointed people that are not worthy and procrastinators. God help us and America if he is re-elected. All those that have been paid to raise havoc will also lose their chance at good, honest jobs and a good future. Love don’t Hate.

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    • My Two Cents
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:00pm

      Obama and the MSM will never muddle the truth with facts when they can use the “environment” as an excuse for bringing us one step closer to third world status.

      There are already some 25,000 miles of petroleum pipelines over the Ogallala Aquifer. One more wouldn’t hurt a thing.

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    • KenInIL
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:33pm

      Obama may have made the right decision for the wrong reason. Maybe the whole idea of the XL (the current Ksystone goes down to about St. Louis – Wood River, IL) was to grab land or sell pipe. MN, IL, IN, MI, OH refineries process about 2M barrels/day of crude. There is no significant source of crude anywhere near by – so all their crude is pumped from the Gulf. Why not replace their Gulf supplied crude with Canadian? AND use the pipelines to the gulf to ship the excess south ??? Makes too much sense. The MN and IN refineries are already set up for tar sand crude. (Any refinery requires mods to process it.)

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    • Do The Right Thing
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:32am

      This article answered a major question for me, which I have been thinking about for several years. So warren Buffet has a large financial interest in rail. Well, the local sawmills have had the loggers around me mowing down hardwoods for 2 or 3 years now, for rail ties. They in turn are sending them to WI for pressure treating, which they are replacing tens of thousands of ties around the country with. The old arsenic treated ties are returning to a local power plant which now grinds them and burns them. This entire cycle is taxpayer funded, to a large degree, in the name of green energy. Something about increasing, by law, the percentage of mandated ‘green’ produced electricity, over coal and NG. My angle on this is that in the last couple of years, my residential electric monthly bill has doubled, and the ‘fuel yard’ where they grind the ties releases tons and tons of old creosote dust lies less than 500 feet from Lake Superior, I’m sure the fish supplies soon will be thoroughly contaminated by spring and stormwater runoff. Governments idea of smart tax expenditures. It sure benefits railroad owners and future toxic waste site remediators, as well as the shareholders of inte***s. It’s a big lake, but it still has an ecostructure worth considering… Meanwhile, the power companies are selling off the 2 or 3 local hydro electric powerdams, to private, wealthy landbuyers. Not enough sticky fingers out there collecting the money off of them, for their electricity, I gue

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  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:27am

    I believe Obama is trying to bring about a “more equitable world” by choking off our supplies of oil and thus our ability to create wealth and compete. He is being a “good global citizen” by trying to level out wealth across the globe. What he is not doing at all is looking out for America or what she stands for. He is helping to strengthen regimes that have a very different vision of the future than we do. China does not care much about human rights at home or across the globe. Obama is risking bringing about another dark age.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:39am

      Won’t be the first time an idiot and his idiot followers brought about a dark age, won’t be the last.

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    • M13
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:54am

      You said “dark age” when refering to Obama. Now you are considered a racist.

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  • lembrandt
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:26am

    None of the four – it is because Obama is *obviously* an anti-American traitor who is doing *everything* he can to destroy our economy and thereby, our country. He is the ENEMY and it makes me want to puke that we have Secret Service agents protecting him.

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    • marthasusan40
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:41am

      You said it perfectly…I do not even need to comment. thanks.

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:44am

      Amen!!!

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    • fixer
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:39pm

      Obama IS the enemy.All military take an oath to protect America from ALL enemies, foreign and domestic.In a time of war,(which we ARE in),TREASON is a crime punishable by DEATH! The Tree of Liberty needs to be watered.

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    • pap pap
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:03pm

      Amen Amen Again

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    • The Scarecrow
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:48pm

      Barak the destroyer

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 5:01pm

      No need for the secret service protection. Who the hell would try to take him out with Joe Bite Me next in line? Biden is an insurance policy money could not buy!

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  • M13
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:23am

    It’s all about wealth redistribution, sending our money to foreign nations that we stole from. That’s what you get from a marxist Obama administration.

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    • MS Patriot
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 6:06pm

      Please explain where we stole all of our wealth? Are you delusional?

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    • From Virginia
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 7:16pm

      @Ms Patriot – He was giving the Maobama reason – not his opinion. Liberals sincerely believe that wealth in finite and any wealth and standard of living we have is because we stole it from someone else. They are THAT retarded.

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    • Twobyfour
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:54pm

      From Virginia, true. However, it‘s other people’s wealth that was stolen form the less fortunate, not their own. Never that!

      Yes, they can hold two contradictory concepts in their minds, without any apparent sign of pain or discomfort.

      My neurosurgeon friend postulates that the physiology is tad different, amounting to a borderline lobotomy. This can be sometimes corrected with aging, or during stressful events that are sometimes referred to as “mugging by reality”, when the brain tries rewire itself to adapt.

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:23am

    Or…
    E. Obama is a Marxist Commie POS…

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  • CommonSenseTalk
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:21am

    If you want a revolution, you must raise prices on fuel. Use all the food you can and turn it into gas. Print, Print, Print money. Have the FDA start regulating gardens and food in every ones home. How about spending 2 billion and drill in America? Do you think a major oil leak in Brazil will not effect America?

    Get ever American depending on the government. SS, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, etc, etc.
    This way if you don’t do what we say we can take away your aid. We can pick a choose who we take away from.

    Big Government is bad. Power must go back to states and the Federal government must only spend what they get. Every American must pay federal tax, even if you get aid. What about paying fair share? Ok maybe only 5% but have to pay something.

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    • code green
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:29am

      Well said.

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    • A Conservatarian
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:42am

      I’ve often wondered… if we decided to toss aside our federal government entirely, would it not be better? Our local governments tend to get a lot more accomplished for their localities than the Federal level ever can and that federal government spends way more than all the states combined.

      Trash the federation and make one large state focusing on municipalities and counties, still have states and a nation, along with a senate and supreme court………….. no federal anything though :) No need for a central bank, the states can agree on a scrip design and each state can control the amount needed within its own borders to facilitate trade (that’s already done in all the federal reserve districts for each district anyhow by private banks, might as well let the states control it).

      Anyhow, that’s the thought – it could go somewhere beneficial I think (and dangerous I’m sure, too).

      Why bring it up? Well, back in the mid 1800′s Washington DC was made the first federal state… with the Patriot Act and the NDAA… all the rest of the 50 states became federal states.

      This cannot continue and has to stop, hence, would it not be better to toss the federation aside for commonwealth… a confederacy… something different?

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:45am

      You’re living up to your name.

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    • Spyder
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:31pm

      “In a society that has abolished all Justice, the only Justice left is to abolish that society.”

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    • rchick
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:55pm

      @commonsensetalk:

      I absolutely agree with your statement about “everyone” paying their “fair share!” I also agree that no matter how much one makes he/she ought to contribute, if even a minimal amount.

      Know what else–and this is entirely off topic–I think everyone should have to write a check to the government to pay their taxes and not have them deducted from their paychecks. Could you imagine the outrage if people actually saw the money in their hands and then had to pay the government? That, in itself would wake up many Americans.

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  • A Conservatarian
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:20am

    You people are posting like there aren’t more powerful people on the planet than Obama or Soros.

    There are and they have much more power than the OS team.

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    • Todd P
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:06pm

      Are you talking about the Reptilians or the Greys?

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  • shelblynn
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:17am

    The more damage Obama is doing the more I am convinced that he is doing it not because he hates America but he hates who is in American. It seems that the talk about race has been brought up by this administration over and over again. It seems very clear who has the real problem about people’s skin color and its not the American people its the people who are in the white house. I bet they hate calling it the white house because they think its racist.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:23am

      The RNC better be paying attention. Obama has no qualms about running ads about “secretive lobbyists”..it’s time for RNC to run a “Connect the dots” ad against Obama. ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION RNC?

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 7:40pm

      Since Obama has been in office, we white people have found out we are the most hated race on the planet.

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  • WhimsyB
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:17am

    He knows the nutty millionaire enviro-actor/actresses will raise him lots of $$ for the campaign. He is beholden to them.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:16am

    As far as I am concerned it should be the states that decide if they want a pipeline to travel through their state. Never in my life has the Federal government decided it was sole KING and chief dictators until Obama came into office. The Federal government should stay out of state business.

    Personally, we should ignore Obama and do it anyway. What he don‘t know won’t hurt him.

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    • Amma K
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:31pm

      Just tell him it is running through the 51st-57th states!! hahahahahaha

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  • drphil69
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:14am

    “Obama also hinted that the money being lent to Brazil should also put America at the front of the line once the oil starts pumping.”

    See, a business man would have got this commitment upfront, in writing. In the end, we won’t get any Brazilian oil, and we probably won’t get the money we “loaned” them back…

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    • gsp9993
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:29am

      So easy to snucker politicians and government. Most don’t have a clue how businesses become successful. It’s certainly not by blowing away billions of TAXPAYER CASH. I for one of Tired OF Paying MORE THAN MY FAIR SHARE to idiots who just burn it away.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:29pm

      The ‘company’ that was“lent” the money will file bankruptcy and the money will never be paid back. Then rising like a phoenix a new ‘company’ will pick up the pieces and charge the USA an exorbitant amount for the oil— reparations you see for some antiquated historical offence done by the USA

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  • Rillobymorning
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:14am

    Obama said no to the pipeline and threw American workers under the bus to pacify his environmental base, for political gain. Nothing more….nothing less. It’s all about me (says Obama in the mirror every morning), and 4 more years to bring about the destruction of the country.

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  • denisp52
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:14am

    STUPID STUPID STUPID? or CROOK CROOK CROOK? or TREASONIST?

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  • COFemale
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:13am

    I say all of the above. It is no secret that Obama and Soro’s are working to collapse the American economy, both punishable for TREASON. Obama is working to be KING and sole dictator. The only way he can do this is make risky investments with the taxpayer dollars and then rally to bail them out.

    We need to get this man out of office before we experience total collapse and find ties where we can impeach and or arrest for TREASON.

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    • Stone Cold Truth
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:36pm

      George Soros reminds me of the mad doctor in ‘The Human Centipede.” Their egos are the same. The only difference is George is making a centipede out of our whole country. Obama is the head.

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  • Gary_K
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:13am

    I believe the answer is:

    E: NoBama wants to destroy America, as it is, so the country can become another sick socialist utopia.

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    • USPATRIOT101
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:18am

      He gave Brazil billions to develope their oil production. They just signed an agreement to sell most of this oil to china. Another idiotic move from your affirmitive action president.

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    • Gary_K
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:26am

      @USPATRIOT : You have that correct, these socialists think we are all stupid and dont pay attention to the news, bit sadily 80% are stupid and dont pay attention to any real news. If these people in the administration are not stopped this country is going down…. soon very soon.

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    • Locked
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:54am

      @USPatriot

      If by “giving Brazil 2 billion” you mean “The US issued a loan, which will be repaid in full” then you might have a point. Also note that Obama himself did not issue the loan; the Import-Export Bank of the US did; and all of the appointees who approved the preliminary loan were appointed by Bush.

      Finally, the bank itself does not use taxpayer funding, as it is self-sustaining.

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    • USPATRIOT101
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:13pm

      locked when barack visited brazil and gave a speach, he specifically said “America wants to be your best customer”. If you think we will see dime one of that “loan” I am less than confidant this will ever happen. We barrowed money from china to “loan” to Brazil? How is that in the best interest of our country. Barack even fails at trying to get us even more dependant on foreign oil.

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 5:05pm

      Locked: You sound like “Locked” is only part of your screen name. The whole name should be Head Up And Locked.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:12am

    Obama wants to cripple the economy of this country every way he possibly can…to make the “transformation” easier.
    Keystone is just one more piece of the puzzle.
    Every time I hear someone praising obama I want to puke. Those who praise him are either complicit…or brain dead lackeys. There is no middle ground with this guy.

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    • spirit of freedom
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:28pm

      does anyone really know how it is that you can abolish this sitting prez and his admin. i have read and seen more than a few ( including retired generals and military personel) that believe and can prove treasonous actions by the whole admin. paperwork has been filed to this effect but is ignored. (last november ) would could people do? it is starting to look like this gov. is tyranical and will have to be taken by force sadly.

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    • KathleenElsie
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:54pm

      1.7 million fewer in the workforce, gas at $3.59 in my state with over $4 a gal projected, imports of oil down (people can’t afford the stuff), this is the future reality for another five years if BHO is re-elected.

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 5:06pm

      spirit of freedom: The answer to your question is a well placed nuke.

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  • LeeroyJenkins
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:10am

    It is because of Buffet and the dismantling of freedom. It was because he believes that they deserve Americas wealth overseas.

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  • Mister July
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:09am

    I‘ll bet it’s the Warren Buffett railroad angle. Follow the money. What makes more sense? A big-time administration insider and presidential donor stands to gain, or Obama really wants Brazil to prosper?

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  • honor007
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:08am

    The Keystone Pipeline is the straw that is gonna break Obama’s back; this is about jobs, and the American people have been educated on this. They are not taking this lightly and his supporters are deflecting due to this.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:17am

      You mean defecting? Although with all the crap that’s sticking to and stinking on Obama, his supporters are probably deflecting too.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:08am

    Billionaire Warren Buffett has an investment in a Canadian railway that would benefit from killing Keystone. So much for the environment. What’s the most environmentally friendly way to transport oil, rail tankers or a pipeline? But hey, Warren wants to pay higher taxes so, I guess it’s OK.

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  • USPATRIOT101
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:05am

    barack will do anything to prevent America from being successful.

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    • netmail
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:22am

      That’s it…hurt America to advance globalism. And the GOP has to run a certain kind of candidate in order to keep Obama from being reelected? How stupid can our culture get anyway???!!! Glenn said he would vote for his left shoe against Obama. Me too.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:29am

      Wait until the S.O.B. get reelected. You haven’t seen anything yet. Don’t let it happen.

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    • USPATRIOT101
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:23pm

      Gonzo You hit the nail on the head. Thats why we all need to stick together and vote this guy out of office. Then we can start the repair work on our nation.

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