Obama Screws Over More Workers

So much for caring more about workers and the unemployed and caring more about the environment.
From Fox News: President Obama announced Wednesday that he will deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, blaming Republicans for imposing a "rushed and arbitrary deadline" which he said did not give officials enough time. 

GOP lawmakers immediately excoriated the president for the decision. House Speaker John Boehner said Obama is "selling out American jobs for politics," and said Republicans in Congress would continue to push for the pipeline. 

The decision does not necessarily kill the project. The State Department said the denial "does not preclude any subsequent permit application" -- and within hours pipeline company TransCanada announced that it would reapply for a permit. 

But the decision at least delays the project, one that unions and GOP lawmakers alike said would be a boon for job creation as well as energy security. 

"Until this pipeline is constructed, the U.S. will continue to import millions of barrels of conflict oil from the Middle East and Venezuela and other foreign countries," TransCanada said in a statement Wednesday, saying it is "disappointed" by the administration's call. "Thousands of jobs continue to hang in the balance if this project does not go forward." 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/18/industry-source-state-department-will-reject-keystone-pipeline-reroute/#ixzz1jrOBUhqD

Well, I am glad Obama took responsibility for killing the pipeline until he is out of office, either in 2012 or 2016.  Obama will never approve this pipeline as long as he is in office.

Further, this crap the White House is giving the lap dogs int he media is pure B.S.  This isn't like the project was brand new and just proposed last month.  This pipeline has been under review for 3 years!  And that is just with the State department.  Wait until the EPA gets their paws on this program.

If the GOP were smart, and they were not, they ought to be running commercials on this starting tomorrow and every GOP candidate ought to be saying this would be the first this they would approve the moment they are sworn in.  But then, the GOP is not that smart.

So, once again, Obama is kill jobs in the name of environmental boogie man.