Posted on 11/18/2014 3:03:25 PM PST by thetallguy24
There’s a debate raging on the Senate Floor right now over the Keystone XL Pipeline, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D – CA) is lamenting how dirty the air is where the pipeline will end, Port Arthur, TX. Specifically, she is using a photo of a playground in the Texas city located near oil refineries showing dark plumes of smoke pouring into the sky and an entirely overcast sky. She claims the air will become even worse if the pipeline is approved.
I’ve done graphic design for many years now and can tell when something is most likely Photoshopped. This is one of these occasions. The picture above that she is using has several inconsistencies. First, while the plumes are black and the sky is completely overcast, the ground is bright with dark shadows as if it is a sunny day. Second, the grey clouds seem unnaturally smooth and flat, looking like the Photoshop user painted over it in a rush like airbrushing. Finally, look at the pictures of the parks in the pictures below in Port Arthur near those same refineries. Clear skies and bright sunny days are seen even when the refineries are shown running in the background.
Barbara Boxer also claims that the pipeline will increase asthma and other medical issues in Port Arthur. It’s claimed that asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rates are higher in Jefferson County, where Port Arthur is located, than the rest of Texas, but Port Arthur is also one of the most impoverished cities. Statewide median household income in 2012 was $51,563, but in Port Arthur it’s much, much lower at only $33,456. Nearly a quarter of the households have an income of less than $15,000. So, while Sen. Boxer seems to think air quality is the reason why there are so many medical issues, a bigger and more apparent factor could be the community’s poverty. Even the mayor of Port Arthur supports the Keystone pipeline as a way to increase employment and reduce poverty.
In the end, it appears Boxer is using dishonest tactics to benefit her agenda, especially since even Harry Reid thinks it’s very likely the bill allowing the Keystone pipeline will pass.
due to the stupidity of the voters
She’s getting desperate. That’s ‘fake without even being accurate!”
The severity of the charges and photoshopped “evidence” outweighs the actual undoctored truth and facts.
I'm convinced. Kill the pipeline!
The name of the photographer is in the lower right corner.
So, she is lying to congress.
That’s Senator Demon!
“The name of the photographer is in the lower right corner.”
Gruber?
It is literally impossible for liberals to tell the truth.
Sen. Boxer needs to uphold her oath to protect and defend the Constitution by rallying Congress to propose an environmental protection amendment to the Constitution to the states. And if the states choose to ratify her amendment then the feds will have the constitutional authority that they need to keep the sky clean and Sen. Boxer will be a hero.
It is phony, and makes me think she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
And that in turn makes me wonder who’s behind Joe Boxer shorts’ push to kill Keystone. I’ve heard before that Warren Buffett would benefit greatly if the pipeline is never developed since he (or Berkshire) owns the entire BNSF railroad outright.
Just wondering if he’s using these politicians like a tool to create a windfall for the railroad.
If McDonald’s can make their triple cheeseburger look appetizing on TV, Barbara Boxer can make Port Arthur, TX look like 18th Century London on the Senate Floor.
ROFL!
“Hilton Kelley, CEDA” ... Google reveals that Hilton Kelley is an environmental activist and community organizer in Port Arthur. CEDA is his environmental group.
Yes, it looks fake, but what does it have to do with Keystone? Wouldn’t the refinery just get the unrefined oil from somewhere else?
Senate rejects Keystone XL bill
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/11/18/senate-rejects-keystone-xl-bill/
November 18, 2014 at 5:17 pm
The Senate narrowly rejected legislation to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the oil industry and Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has staked her political career on the outcome.
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