You seem to forget that your oil business buddies have capped all the damn wells, after acquiring oil leases from us. The oil companies are not too damn patriotic, are they. Can you tell me how much income taxes each one of them paid in last year? Feel free to include charts if you so desire.
You seem to forget The Keystone XL Pipeline was for transporting Canadian Tar Sands Oil, not Sweet Texas Crude.
How many American jobs got cut that day ? You would rather get oil from our enemy’s ? Or would you rather get our oil from our allies ?
Very well said Mr Compromise! We do need a more future looking set of young politicians, but not necessarily those from elite or religious educational backgrounds. We desperately need leaders who are champions of the people, not corporations and military.
You don't seem to understand things as they exist in the "Oil Patch" of America. The guys who go out and drill always get laid-off by the company a few minutes after the well is capped. Biden has issued lots of permits for drilling in the USA. My friends who work in the Patch always move from field to field as needed. The problem with your Trump/Keystone deal is that it violated the last homelands of the Ojibwa and Sioux. I will be having lunch with a close friend tomorrow in Bismarck of North Dakota and we will be talking about the 8000 wells that are operative right now in Williston North Dakota. Just because one man is opposed to wheat fields in a certain area, it does not follow that the same man is opposed to wheat farming across the entire west. You need to go to school and learn a few things about reality in America. Biden won the election by millions of votes, because Trump was inept ... and a total ass.
I still like the idea of Elizabeth Warren for President, if not, then Tim Ryan of Ohio. We can fix the country by going after corporate crime and making sure the criminals pay their taxes just like the rest of us. Biden should get tough of the corporate criminals.
Thank you! Zen, you have provided something fantastic. This venue and the work of your team makes it possible for the "hip" community to talk and understand. Your words, your actions, and the actions of those on this forum and those who depend on them, those who interact with them, make it all possible. make it all clear. make it all more than something easily forgotten because now it's been said. and someone may have read it. that actualizes my spirit. that provides a page in history for me, for at least a paragraph. I hope it brings you as much joy as it brings me. ----- President Biden is a saint and no one has a better understanding of the presidency. He has the vision to lead us. He has the vision to guide us. And I believe Americans see that.
The pipeline had Canadian workers, because they hired on in Canada. It's what Trump would call the ORANGES of the pipeline. All American workers who lost their jobs when Trump imposed Tariffs on China, went through the same thing. When Ronald Reagan increased taxes on the truckers and took away their investment credit, they all knew it too. When Nixon gave China most favored trading partner status, they knew it too. It's a Republican tool, when ever they want to attack labor rights. Whenever workers try to organize, the Republicans threaten or take away their jobs.
There is another thing that you seem to have a poor understanding of: The power of Congress under the First Article Of The Constitution. It is called The Commerce Clause. You see, Congress makes the law, then The President signs it into law. After that, the President who is the top guy in the executive branch must see that America's laws are faithfully executed. Trump abused his executive powers, as in giving free land to his oil & gas business buddies. He gave away sacred lands which belong to the American people. Examples of this are The Grand Staircase and The Bears Ears. Trump abused his power to push through the Keystone business scam by using the imminent domain powers. Trump took lands by force so that Keystone could be rammed through. I don't mind if people make money in the oil business; however, I see immorality when the rightful owners are run out so Trump's friends can profit. Biden and his followers live each day with the welfare of their fellow Americans in mind. Biden wants college graduates to have a chance at life, after working so hard in school. Biden wants the medically vulnerable to have protection from viral infections. Biden and Obama did a great job stopping Ebola in its tracks. In contrast Trump and his stupid followers did all they could to spread Covid 19. Now before we continue this un-necessary discussion about Keystone, please tell Trump to uncap the hundreds of thousands of oil wells in Texas and Oklahoma. I am a trucker and gave up after Republican Ronald Reagan and his stupid Elizabeth Dole who he appointed head of the Department of Transportation. Dole wasn't smart enough to change a headlight on a semi-truck, and her new rules put hundreds of thousands of truckers out of work. I know how to run my trucking business and I don't need Republicans to show me an alternative way. I don't want Trump's alternative facts. I like life under Big Joe Biden.
Biden is a great President and he understands that America's laws are written by Congress. In contrast, Trump just told a crowd at a public event for Republican mental midgets that he would, if re-elected, fire all public employees. Trump seems to have a poor understanding of America's laws. These public employees are professionals and experts in their field. There are hundreds of thousands of them. Some are classified and some are contractual. Their positions are written into our laws by Congress ... and signed into law by prior presidents. Trump acts as if he wants to become a dictator who can make up the law as he goes along. Trump's behavior is common among organized crime chieftains. In contrast, President Joe Biden has deep respect for our laws ... and understands our laws.
I already have the results of the election. Next time he might not run, because of his age. And I'll vote for the next Democrat. I will not vote for the Republican, because they are against working Americans, poor Americans, and old Americans.
We need to look into the way Trump got $100,000,000.00 in funding for his hotel last week. I started wondering about it when I heard about all the sanctions against the rich Russians. Maybe they are invested in Trump to protect their money?