“There are no logical reasons to oppose construction of the pipeline other than an irrational liberal ideology that blindly and unscientifically opposes all forms of energy which they themselves do not deem to be sufficiently ‘green’ or ‘renewable’.“
Sorry Gov, Jindal. This has little if anything to do about environmental concern. It’s all about crony capitalism and failing to make sure the right individuals have been adequately “incentivized” to make it happen.
I think, too, that the government occasionally tosses a bone to the envirokooks to let them lie in the corner gnawing on it. "Here, have fun with this for a while."
Would you have preferred if he's said “There are no logical reasons for an honest person to oppose construction of the pipeline...”? Casting overly-strong aspersions on another politician's motives is often susprisingly counter-productive: if a voter supports Alex and is comfortable and Candidate Bob shows that Politician Alex is a crook, such behavior will make the voter uncomfortable with Bob; the stronger Bob's proof, the greater the voter's discomfort with Bob and the more determined the voter's support for Alex. I think leaving in slight barbs like the added words above should be safe (a reader who supports Politician Alex might accept, without discomfort, that 'of course dishonest people could have all sorts of motives' without having to regard such a statement as having anything to do with Alex) and may enhance the effectiveness of the surrounding text (e.g. if the reader can't find any plausible honest motives, a reminder that it's possible for people to have dishonest motives may prompt the reader to consider such things).
I might have liked to see a reference to reasons for "honest people" to oppose a project, but recognize that there's a very fine line between planting seeds of doubt and making people uncomfortable. Slip over that line and many months of work trying to dispel people's Liberal Mind Fog can be undone in an instant.
Yeah?
Then what about them breaching hydroelectric dams, destroying the coal industry, coal gasification, the nuclear industry, the auto industry, every bit of opposition to fracking, denying drilling permits, the ban on offshore drilling, "Carbon footprints" ???
Although it may have little to do with environmentalism, it has everything to do with communism...namely the Watermelon party....green on the outside, red on the inside.