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The Huffington Post -- Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are taking a well-deserved victory lap. The Obama administration's decision to reject TransCanada's pipeline proposal -- at least for now -- represents an historic win for the environmental movement, and reveals the potency of the emerging alignment between the environmental, anti-corporate, Occupy and other movements.

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Submitted Feb 06, 2012 By: NGC4565

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drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:4,896 Points:390,345 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 5:05:19 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse You are dead on target MontanaMac!
bar1035 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:6,570 Points:934,145 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 4:55:56 PM Ignore bar1035 Report Abuse Sounds like Richard Trumka needs to be the first to move into a cave, so he can show us how it's done.
Gas_Eyes All-Star Author Dallas Posts:859 Points:291,060 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 1:49:02 PM Ignore Gas_Eyes Report Abuse The key is the word "at least for now".
MontanaMac Champion Author Washington Posts:1,068 Points:275,225 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 10:18:27 AM Ignore MontanaMac Report Abuse @DrpepperTx - isn't that the truth. And joseph000, the issue isn't dumb good old boys as you'd truly love to believe. It's that no one has found a current energy source with anywhere near the energy density of fossil fuels. Without a similarly energy dense alternative, replacement is impossible. The guys who invent the viable replacement will be the next energy barons you're trashing today.
joseph000 Champion Author Houston Posts:1,063 Points:205,665 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 10:13:14 AM Ignore joseph000 Report Abuse The problem with weaning ourselves off oil and gas is dumb good old boys. Moving to alternative energy sources, be they solar, wind, tidal, whatever, will in fact create generations of jobs in the millions, it will be great for our economy and for most people. Who it won't be good for is the good old boys that make billions off the old energy system. If they were really smart, they would happily invest into the next technology to make their billions from, but they aren't that smart, they have no idea what will be the next big thing. It scares the hell out of them to even think of a world where they aren't the energy barons. Even scarier is the possibility there won't be a single dominant energy medium, and monopolizing will be far more difficult with possibly dozens of diverse means for consumers to get energy, making actual competition possible to reduce gouging.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:4,896 Points:390,345 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 9:23:39 AM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse NGC4565, great post! Definitely a clear look into the anti-fossil fuel mentality.
YaBassa All-Star Author Michigan Posts:584 Points:152,010 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 9:15:27 AM Ignore YaBassa Report Abuse So tired of politics
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:7,443 Points:1,376,760 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 9:10:40 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse the big question is: why doesn't canada just process this muck in canada? Why do they need to pump the oil 2000 miles to Texas in the first place? who stands to benefit from this pipeline and why?
Reishman Veteran Author Illinois Posts:364 Points:244,915 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 9:00:28 AM Ignore Reishman Report Abuse Lay some pipe!
molebaby96 All-Star Author Tallahassee Posts:719 Points:163,275 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 8:59:55 AM Ignore molebaby96 Report Abuse If you voted in 08 for Obama to prove your not a racist, then vote against him in 2012 to prove your not a dumb ass.
Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:12,497 Points:1,736,045 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 8:49:38 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse "OK - sorry about the original link not working." . Then you notify the moderators to correct the problem. You should have simply posted a working link as a reply to the article, not repost the article. This article reads like an opinion piece, and may not survive anyway...
Evilmaddog Champion Author British Columbia Posts:1,439 Points:593,530 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 8:05:16 AM Ignore Evilmaddog Report Abuse U like sending your money to crazy arabs?????
gs7101 Champion Author San Antonio Posts:3,718 Points:275,630 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 8:03:36 AM Ignore gs7101 Report Abuse Oh please, no one is taking victory laps -- it was the correct decision -- for now.
gs7101 Champion Author San Antonio Posts:3,718 Points:275,630 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 8:02:29 AM Ignore gs7101 Report Abuse Oh please, no one is taking victory laps.
johntxx All-Star Author Texas Posts:678 Points:252,975 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 7:45:34 AM Ignore johntxx Report Abuse Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy): a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.
NGC4565 Champion Author Reading Posts:1,919 Points:385,140 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 7:32:46 AM Ignore NGC4565 Report Abuse OK - sorry about the original link not working.