And here we have yet another prime indicator that, yes, we are in fact hip deep in the midst of yet another election season. Because there is nothing that drives that point home better than having some leftwing-loon-of-a-Democrat claiming that, yes by golly, he actually does support the building of something like the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Democrat in question, is, of course, none other than ‘Mr. Gasbag’ himself, Steny Hoyer. Steny said he supports building the Keystone XL Pipeline and that he agrees with the State Department’s report that not building the pipeline would increase greenhouse gas emissions. Of course, as is usually the case with Democrats, that support will last only until the next election.
At some little gathering referred to as a pen-and-pad briefing, at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, old Steny was asked, "In the State Department’s report, it said that if the Keystone Pipeline is not built, the method of delivering oil would increase greenhouse gases from 28 to 42 percent, are you in favor of not building …." Steny responded, "If it was not built? Sorry, I don’t understand the question." So the question was then reduced to a third grade level and asked again, "The State Department’s report, it said that not building the Keystone pipeline, the method of [delivering the] oil would increase greenhouse gases. Are you in favor of not building the pipeline, even if it means greenhouse gases will increase?"
To which Steny was finally able to respond by saying, "In favor of not building it? I’m in favor of building it. I said about a year ago, I think in this group, that I was for Keystone." He then went on to say, "I think the State Department is correct." Steny said, "The president has made the observation on numerous occasions and I’ve heard him personally, been with him when he said that obviously we want to be on a path away from fossil fuels, but natural gases are preferable to oil, clean air. Obviously, the extraction process itself is concerning to many people, as it well should be. We need to make sure that it’s safe, no harm to the water." Like we need a dimwit like Steny telling us that we need to make sure it’s safe.
And Steny continued, saying, "But I agree with the president. I agree with the observation you just quoted from the State Department that this would be net positive, not a negative, so I support it." Steny had previously stated in 2011 that Republican efforts to force a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline project was a "stick in the eye" of Democrats who oppose it. Keystone, for those of you who may have been living under a rock for the last few years, is, according to the website of TransCanada, the company in charge of the project, the proposed 1,179-mile 36-inch diameter pipeline that will transport crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to Steele City, Neb. And a majority Democrats are, in fact, against building it.
So anyway, despite the many claims that he somehow actually does support the energy and the jobs that Keystone XL would provide, we should, by now, also be very aware of Barry’s continuing war on all things fossil fuel related and of his bogus concerns about carbon emissions. It has been these ‘concerns’ that he claims as being the reason behind his continuing refusal to approve the pipeline. But I think we all know the real reason for his stubborn refusal to move ‘forward’ with the pipeline, and it has far more to do with politics that some misplaced concern over carbon emissions. Barry would rather direct billions of taxpayer funds to his ‘green energy’ supporters than to do anything that would actually make this country energy independent.
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