[org.whodat]

It is their oil, their country, they have the right to build it in their own country, no problem, it is a world market after all. What does the Chinese buying it have to do with anything??? Are you against free trade.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Hey, pal, it doesn't matter to me who buys the oil. Other than the fact that I would rather see the jobs and secure energy go to the US.

I guess you, like Obama, have decided that fewer jobs and less secure and more expensive energy are good for the US economy. Hey, so be it. Good luck with that.

[Smokin' Joe]

It is their oil, their country, they have the right to build it in their own country, no problem, it is a world market after all. What does the Chinese buying it have to do with anything??? Are you against free trade.

Look again at the piroposed pipeline route. That same line would have carried Bakken and Three Forks oil south. THere is so little pipeline capacity now (as has been the case for the past 4-5 years) that oil is being hauled out by rail from the 4th largest oil producing state--North Dakota. Development in the Bakken will continue either way, but it'd be nice to have better infrastructure to deliver it.

BTW, we currently get more oil from Canada than Saudi Arabia, but that could change.

SO who wins and who loses?

Islam wins, China wins, we lose.