Hoffa: Obama should bend on Keystone Pipeline

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2015/01/14/labor-voices-hoffa-obama-keystone-pipeline/21710881/

Labor speaks. Will Obama listen?

[Darnell 8,478]

had a really good analysis presented this weekend at a Oil Symposium at the Rice Institute,

showing that the end-buyer of the petrol products made from this mix

was a foreign buyer - not even this hemisphere.

So - even some temporary gains for USA employment and USA land-lease for the pipeline,

none of that petrol product will be sold in the USA,

as it's already prebought by several foreign companies.

So, sorry, I no longer support this stupid pipeline. I did, for about 3 years, but no more, no longer.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Keystone XL benefits Transcanada and Canada and that's about it. Yes, it will create a few temporary construction jobs in the US but nothing worth mentioning in the long run.

Seems like a lot of risk for very little benefit to this nation.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-13/keystone-s-thousands-of-jobs-fall-to-20-when-pipeline-opens-1-.html

[MyLittlePony 340]

We need our own oil so we dont have to depend on other countries.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Canada is another country. So no to Keystone XL for you, yes?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Canada is another country.

For the time being.

[MyLittlePony 340]

Who taking Canada?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Who taking Canada?

1. Take Canada.

2. ???????????

3. Profit!

[VJ_Messiah 22]

Keystone means jobs. Construction jobs, port jobs and pipeline maintenance jobs.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Is that what the Bible tells you?

[Póg mo 1,749]

Keystone means jobs. Construction jobs, port jobs and pipeline maintenance jobs.

False prophet.

[Pooky 3,781]

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2015/01/14/labor-voices-hoffa-obama-keystone-pipeline/21710881/

Labor speaks. Will Obama listen?

Hopefully not.

But either way, I hope this whole charade comes to a conclusion soon. Dragging out an environmental impact study for 6 years is just a little on the ridiculous side.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Hopefully not.

But either way, I hope this whole charade comes to a conclusion soon. Dragging out an environmental impact study for 6 years is just a little on the ridiculous side.

Obama does not have to run again for office, but Democrats in the House and Senate will. Teamsters and a few other trade unions have threatened to jump over to the Republicans on a few issues, as most of their locals and the general membership find themselves agreeing more with the Republicans on a host of issues, more so than they do with the Democrats. This may be one case where the Teamsters could exert enough pressure on Democrats to override an Obama veto.

Edited January 16, 2015 by I AM NOT THAT GUY