Posted on 02/24/2015 12:38:37 PM PST by tcrlaf
He’s all for jobs, unless GOP policies create them and they aren’t jobs created by taking from someone else.
President No.
“For those that do not know:
Tom Steyer is the wacko green billionaire who promised 55 million for the Obama library if Obama vetoed the pipeline bill.”
Here is the text of the speech the ‘wacko’ gave at the 2012 Libtard Convention
Hello, California. Hello, delegates. Hello, everyone else from America! I’m Tom Steyer. I’m a businessman, a professional investor, and a proud Democrat. I think Mitt Romney and I share the same income bracket— although I guess we’re never going to know. But the reason I’m here tonight is that Mitt Romney and I don’t share the same vision for the future, especially when it comes to energy. You see, this election is a choice—a choice about whether to go backward or forward. And that choice is especially stark when it comes to energy.
Take Mitt Romney’s approach. Governor Romney would do nothing to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and much to increase it. He would gut President Obama’s investments in clean energy. He wants to keep giving four billion taxpayer dollars to oil companies every year—the very same oil companies pouring millions into the outside groups backing his campaign.
Or we could follow President Obama’s long-term plan for the future for an economy fueled by a safe, secure, sustainable energy supply. During the last several years, we’ve seen tremendous progress on new technologies that can make us energy independent and create thousands of jobs. This is about investing for the long haul, not for a quick-and-dirty buck. This is about taking control of our destiny by doing what Americans do best: out-innovating, out-thinking, out-hustling our competitors. And President Obama has put us on track to do just that—making investments for the long term.
Last week in Tampa, you didn’t hear any plans that would create jobs now or a long-term plan for energy security. You also didn’t hear very many facts. So here are a few: America’s dependence on foreign oil is the lowest in two decades. Even as we’ve tightened our belts elsewhere, America has made record investments in clean energy technologies from wind to solar to biofuels. We’re modernizing our electrical grid to harness more renewable power sources. We’re doubling fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks. And domestic production of natural gas is at an all-time high—natural gas, which, if developed safely and responsibly, could help bridge our energy present to our energy future.
Big things are happening. Thanks to President Obama, America is laying the foundation for the way we power tomorrow. So here’s my question for you: Should we go back to the boom-and-bust, “drill-baby-drill,” polluting energy policies of yesterday, or should we embrace an advanced energy economy that meets opportunity with innovation? Should we settle for an economy built on shifting and uncertain sands, or should we keep building an economy made to last? Governor Romney’s road to the future will lead to dirty air and increasing climate volatility, uncertainty over energy prices, and less security, not more. President Obama’s road to the future will lead us to energy independence, energy security, a safer and cleaner environment, and countless new jobs that can never be outsourced.
Now, I say all this not as the head of Greenpeace or the Sierra Club. I say it as the head of an investment firm that has spent the last quarter-century crunching the numbers and making the tough calls. President Obama knows that advanced energy is America’s future. And my bet, as a business man, is that he’s exactly right.
You know, last week, we heard a lot about Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s philosophy, their idea that if government was dismantled into tax breaks and vouchers, if government just got out of their way, then all of our problems would be solved. Here’s what we believe: We do better together than on our own. Our country succeeds when everyone does their fair share and gets a fair shot. President Obama knows that only by coming together, only by embracing our shared responsibilities, can we meet the tough challenges ahead—challenges like mobilizing an advanced energy revolution and creating jobs, like making sure America is an energy leader. So let’s embrace a vision of a clean, healthy planet—the one God gave us—and not a scorched earth that can’t sustain future generations.
All day long, I make decisions about smart investments and risky gambles. That’s the job of our president, too. President Obama is making the smart investments we need, and my vote for him is an investment in jobs today, energy security tomorrow, and a stronger country for my kids.
IF they can muster an over-ride, “the emperor” will literally “lose it” in public. Let’s pray it happens
Giuliani said that too. I’m not a Giuliani fan, but boy did he hit it out of the park.
Looks like they have 63 votes right now to override the veto. They only need 4 more votes.
Build it anyway.
He vetoed it because that is what Valerie told him to do.
“Build it anyway.”
I’ve been saying that for a long time...
A lot of Democratic Senators are in deep crap because of Obama. GOOD. Fools and traitors need to be punished, the sooner the better.
The Republicans should pass an XL Pipeline bill every week and send it to Obama to veto. What a great visual tool to use against the Democrats.
Juxtapose, poster-style, Obama vetoing any bill and unemployment lines in Democrat-ruled states. LOVE IT!
Entitle it: “Obama vetoes jobs-creating bill, again, and again, and again”.
Suhprize SUHprize!!
Obama the Obstructionist.
Not in the least -- but if I were among the Republicans running Congress, I'd be getting Caligula some popular piece of legislation that he'd need to veto daily.
Luddites.
“This is going to cost Indiana 7,000 decent-paying potential jobs. “
Do you think he gives a f*** about a right-to-work state?
Warren Buffett Profits Hugely from Obama Keystone Decision
Running the oil via railroad will cost much more than running it through the pipeline. Captive shippers have previously complained about the higher rates BNSF has been charging due to the premium Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway paid for the company. BNSF’s higher rates have even affected the cost of shipping food on the railroad. Recently, The National Association of Wheat Grower’s past President Wayne Hurst testified to the Surface Transportation Board that growers are increasingly concerned about the higher cost of shipping on the BNSF railroad.
Buffet also stands to profit from the rising oil costs in the United States. Coal is a major alternative to oil and its derivative, natural gas. Coal also plays a large role in the profits of BNSF. In fact, hauling coal made up a quarter of BNSF’s revenue during 2009, and BNSF railway cars hauled coal more than any other single material. BNSF plans $3.9 billion in capital spending this year, as the company boosts capacity for coal shipments. If oil and natural gas had won out through approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, this could have had a significant negative impact on BNSF’s large coal business.
The Keystone XL permit was denied after loud opposition from environmentalists, this despite the fact that three years of environmental impact studies were conducted by the State Department that determined the pipeline would have “no significant impacts.” Among the groups leading the charge for no pipeline was the group “Bold Nebraska.” The “Bold Nebraska” campaign was funded to a great extent by Dick Holland, an old Buffett friend and associate. Both are big Democratic Party contributors.
No, Dog, he sided with more unemployment and more destruction of America.
This is his agenda and always will be. As long as the end game hurts American worker and the country he is in.
Someone needs to subvert his airway
The occasional spectacular failures of the big wind turbines certainly are well documented. Here are just a few... They can make a hell of a mess for a few hundred feet around, but they don't tend to kill people or spill crude petroleum, so they're limited in damage scope.
Solar farms don't fail spectacularly, as far as I know. They wear out like anything else, but it's a pretty quiet process when they fail.
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