The article just illustrates the insane leftist mindset. Not quite.
Besides wanting to wound, to cripple, to humble America, they left claims to be concerned about environmental damage from potential pipeline leaks and the actual use of the oil in the USofA.
To "Save The Environment" they prefer it be shipped by poorly maintained foreign supertankers across the Pacific and burned in a country that is exempt from Kyoto Protocols and has no functional pollution control measures.
The author of this article did not even bother to investigate the technology NOW USED to exploit the tar sands? The methodology that he describes being employed is ancient. Leaves one skeptical about the validity of this piece of yellow journalism?
It is apparent when you read through this that facts and the truth were secondary to the intents of this author.
Fact number 1 the US has more than enough oil, in one form or another, to not only become self sufficient but a net exporter for the foreseeable future!
Canada is the USA northern connection to oil, Brazil is the southern one. The main difference is that George Soros “that great capitalist friend of the American President” is not increasing his share values with tar sands oil sales! Can one come to the same conclusion with Petro Brazil? Are they not drilling, or about to, in the Gulf where American companies wait two or three times as long for drilling permits?
Wake up Americans; it’s a hard cruel world out there and if you do not buy our oil that’s fine. Lose the billions of investments and the thousands of jobs so your President can “bow tow for votes” from his lefty environmentalists friends.
Obama by his refusal is helping us form deeper commercial bonds with the Communist Chinese! Go figure!