I know, the temptation to spite these guys by sticking it to them on the train is strong, but...
If we can establish economic impact as precedent for a favored lib project, it becomes precedent for others, such as oil access.
I understand what you mean, but I see it this way:
There IS no such thing as a precedent in any of this. It has ALWAYS been that conservative issues simply bend over and take it up the tailpipe and ANY issue gets railroaded, sidetracked and squashed if any liberal principle conflicts with it, period.
Liberals have been doing this for DECADES to conservatives and others who wish to use ANY natural resources for any purpose whatsoever.
I personally feel that they should have their own tactics shoved down their throats until they choke and turn blue on them from lack of legislative oxygen as they have done to us, and until their faces turn red with rage and frustration at the same tactics they have used on us for decades.
I didn’t always feel that way. But I am tired of playing that game. Liberalism is a one-way ratchet for freedom of speech, freedom of commerce, and any other kind of freedom. It never works the other way. Never.
Liberals pick and choose what they will adhere to and follow to achieve their goals, AND WE AS CONSERVATIVES DO NOT. If something suits their goals, they hold it up as a guideline. If it gets in their way, they toss it aside as if it had never existed. It infuriates me, because conservatives do NOTHING OF THE SORT. We value the rule of laws and contracts, and we BIND TO THEM EVEN WHEN LIBERALS USE THEM TO BLOW GREAT BIG GIANT HOLES IN US, and they smirk at our willingness to allow it. The current occupant of the White House is a PRIME example of this, and his acolytes understand it and share in the enjoyment. And they DELIBERATELY and CALCUALTINGLY use that as a WEAPON against us. We see this with economics. We see it with trade. We see it with the Constituion. We see it with personal freedoms. The closest thing to it is the muslim concept of taquiyya...the approval of openly lying to non-muslims as a tool to achieve their ends. There is no morality attached to it, only a naked pursuit and attainment of goals (in their case, achieving the goal of everyone living in The House of Islam)
AND WE LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As you might be able to tell, I have had it up to my ears with liberals. A pox on them, and I mean it.