BHO's "laser-like focus" on job creation... LOL

[AZhitman]

Despite all the post-campaign blather about focusing 100% on creating jobs in America (aren't politicians supposed to stop lying after they're elected?), POTUS punted on a $7 BILLION project that would have pumped an estimated $5.2 BILLION in tax revenue into the coffers.

That's right - under pressure from a bunch of ignorant and misinformed environmentalists, Big B postponed a decision on the pipeline from Alberta, BC to Texas until AFTER the 2012 election. WHY???

Isn't it bad enough that the moratorium on Gulf Coast drilling is STILL in place? People in the southeast are STILL out of work. WHY?

Everything Obama touches turns to unemployment, and it's time to quit giving him and his buffoon Administration a free pass.

A good synopsis of the hypocrisy of his blatant double-speak on jobs:

http://www.mequonnow.com/blogs/communit ... 76818.html

[bigbadberry3]

Oh and the GOP is also focused like a laser on jobs as well, so why are there no jobs if the president and the GOP are both focused on jobs? Oh right, different wave lengths.

[IBCoupe]

Oh, good god. There's so much butthurt in that link.

First paragraph butthurt:

Unfortunately, unemployment continues to rise as a president challenging Herbert Hoover's place as the greatest job terminator in U.S. history continues to read from the teleprompter.

a failed stimulus, mounting debt, repeatedly raising the minimum wage, Dodd-Frank, the socialized health care debacle, or his continual class-warfare rhetoric

Second paragraph butthurt:

the president of hope and change spoke to his swooning minions

the unemployment rate was 7.2% and gas was $1.79

Nearly 1000 speeches later

Want me to continue?

[IBCoupe]

And to Greg's OP, what is it you're upset about? Environmentalists and that haven for environmental thought, the State of Nebraska, have asked President Obama to tell the State Department not to approve a pipeline that runs through Nebraska's water supply. OH, THE HORROR.

Nevermind the fact that TransCanada has said they'll be working with those freakin' greenies, the Nebraskans, to find a satisfactory pipeline route.

And that gulf drilling moratorium, Greg? About that...

[AZhitman]

Excuses and more excuses. Why?

Diminishing someone's position by perceiving it as "butthurt" simply highlights an inability to counter effectively.

Pipelines are the safest way to transport crude oil. Period. Perhaps the enviro-tards would prefer tankers and trucks? After all, they're totally "green".

He didn't postpone it until an acceptable route is found. He punted until AFTER the presidential election, in order to avoid upsetting the ignorant and uneducated voters he panders to. He did so just a couple DAYS after 10K protesters whined and cried about it. This wasn't NEW news, it's been studied since 2008. In fact, preliminary approval of the pipeline had ALREADY been given by the State Dept.

And that gulf drilling moratorium, Greg? About that...

Yes. About that political ploy:

2/3/11: As oil prices continue to climb, a backlog of more than 100 offshore drilling plans for the Gulf of Mexico are awaiting approval from the Obama administration, according to federal data. The federal government has not approved a single new exploratory drilling plan in the Gulf of Mexico since lifting its deepwater drilling moratorium on Oct. 12. There are currently 103 plans awaiting review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.

Your smug is broked'ed.

[AZhitman]

...and, as Gergen says, both sides bear their own fair share of the blame:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/21/opinion/g ... hpt=hp_bn9

However, it is the role of the POTUS to lead. "Leading" is an active, distasteful and difficult process. It typically involves upsetting 50% (or more) of those who follow. And the rewards aren't immediate. Our Prez would do well to understand this, before he sacrifices short-term gain for a legacy of failure.

[IBCoupe]

Excuses and more excuses. Why?

Diminishing someone's position by perceiving it as "butthurt" simply highlights an inability to counter effectively.

When your criticism includes, "LOL TELEPROMPTER," "butthurt" is apt.

Pipelines are the safest way to transport crude oil. Period. Perhaps the enviro-tards would prefer tankers and trucks? After all, they're totally "green".

Perhaps. Or perhaps they'd like an alternative route, like they're asking for. It's one thing to disagree with folks, and it's another thing to make fun of them for what you don't like, but it's another thing entirely to make fun of folks for things they aren't saying at all.

He didn't postpone it until an acceptable route is found. He punted until AFTER the presidential election, in order to avoid upsetting the ignorant and uneducated voters he panders to. He did so just a couple DAYS after 10K protesters whined and cried about it. This wasn't NEW news, it's been studied since 2008. In fact, preliminary approval of the pipeline had ALREADY been given by the State Dept.

He postponed a decision on whether to approve it until after alternative routes had been explored. Regardless of what the State Department said before, Nebraska is whining now.

Yes. About that political ploy:

2/3/11: As oil prices continue to climb, a backlog of more than 100 offshore drilling plans for the Gulf of Mexico are awaiting approval from the Obama administration, according to federal data. The federal government has not approved a single new exploratory drilling plan in the Gulf of Mexico since lifting its deepwater drilling moratorium on Oct. 12. There are currently 103 plans awaiting review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.

Your smug is broked'ed.

Your timing is off.

11/2/11: 13 new permits issued.

And here's why:

Partly that's because operators prefer to have several permits in hand before they lease or mobilize a rig to drill at a site, effectively lining up a batch of work for the contracted vessel, said FBR analyst Benjamin Salisbury.

"For a variety of reasons, they want to have a number of permits lined up to develop a field," Salisbury said. "What we expect to see is operators looking for groups of permits, so they know that after they finish drilling Well A, they have … a next place to move that rig."

Salisbury noted that oil and gas producers are adapting to post-spill safety regulations and permit requirements by bundling similar drilling applications before submitting them to regulators and even developing consortia to share rigs with other operators.

That's a change from the just-in-time contracting practice that was common before the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, when operators could count on regulators swiftly signing off on their drilling permit applications.

[AZhitman]

it's another thing entirely to make fun of folks for things they aren't saying at all.

You've said it yourself - Criticizing something without having an alternate plan is dumb.

Your timing is off.

11/2/11: 13 new permits issued.

As was yours. Glad you finally went and read something more current.

The point remains that delays cost jobs. And those delays were intentional.

TransCanada's gonna build a pipeline one way or another. It might not involve the US at all, if this keeps up. Who knows, they might just run it to a port and let China refine all that oil.

[IBCoupe]

You've said it yourself - Criticizing something without having an alternate plan is dumb.

"Find a way to run the pipeline without running it through an aquifer" is an alternate plan.

As was yours. Glad you finally went and read something more current.

The point remains that delays cost jobs. And those delays were intentional.

And the point remains that there are other reasons for government policy than jobs, which is why the moratorium wasn't put in place to spur growth, but rather to limit further harm.

TransCanada's gonna build a pipeline one way or another. It might not involve the US at all, if this keeps up. Who knows, they might just run it to a port and let China refine all that oil.

...it's planned to run to a port right now. Why do you think it's passing through Nebraska? Because Nebraska's on the way to the Gulf Coast. What's at the Gulf Coast? Our largest shipping center.