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“an act of national insanity”

“ Robert J. Samuelson "is not known for his conservative politics" notes cuzzin ricky President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is an act of national insanity. It isn’t often that a president makes a decision that has no redeeming virtues and — beyond the symbolism — won’t even advance the goals of the groups that demanded it. All it tells us is that Obama is so obsessed with his re-election that, through some sort of political calculus, he believes that placating his environmental supporters will improve his chances. Aside from the political and public relations victory, environmentalists won’t get much. Stopping the pipeline won’t halt the development of tar sands, to which the Canadian government is committed; therefore, there will be little effect on global warming emissions (see?). Indeed, Obama’s decision might add to them. If Canada builds a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific for export to Asia, moving all that oil across the ocean by tanker will create extra emissions. There will also be the risk of added spills. [Politics control Obama's pipeline decision] My inner Lemming makes me continue (like the Hitler Channels) to document the same-old,  same-old about this horrid little man, Obama.. I guess because I do appreciate when some Stauffen-esque character finds the guts to place a "bomb" under the leader's chair.  You never know when one will actually do the job. ”