Posted on 05/20/2021 9:42:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
“I've given up expecting Michael to do the right thing. Or the decent thing. Or even the comprehensible thing.” -Dwight, The Office (2011)
It has been hard, during the recent gas shortage in parts of the U.S., to feel too bad for the people it’s afflicted. They have swallowed every piece of climate dogma hook, line, and sinker; they have voted resoundingly for failed Democrat policies over and over and again; they rejected the energy independence of President Trump for a zombie politician hellbent on making Jimmy Carter look like he did a good job.
Granted, the recent havoc wreaked because of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown – the spike in prices and the long lines were – was the fault of criminals. But in the Midwest we have similar chaos on underway … but this time an elected official, not hackers, is playing the role of the criminal.
Without proper authority, Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has forced the shutdown of the Line 5 Pipeline that links Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Operated by the Canadian company Enbridge, the Line 5 Pipeline has for more than 50 years provided essential energy infrastructure to the people of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes area. Whitmer ordered Enbridge to cease operating by May 12 or she would seize the company’s profits because the company was guilty of “trespassing” and “unjust enrichment.”
It has been hard, during the recent gas shortage in parts of the U.S., to feel too bad for the people it’s afflicted. They have swallowed every piece of climate dogma hook, line, and sinker; they have voted resoundingly for failed Democrat policies over and over and again; they rejected the energy independence of President Trump for a zombie politician hellbent on making Jimmy Carter look like he did a good job.
Granted, the recent havoc wreaked because of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown – the spike in prices and the long lines were – was the fault of criminals. But in the Midwest we have similar chaos on underway … but this time an elected official, not hackers, is playing the role of the criminal.
Without proper authority, Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has forced the shutdown of the Line 5 Pipeline that links Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Operated by the Canadian company Enbridge, the Line 5 Pipeline has for more than 50 years provided essential energy infrastructure to the people of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes area. Whitmer ordered Enbridge to cease operating by May 12 or she would seize the company’s profits because the company was guilty of “trespassing” and “unjust enrichment.”
Obviously, Whitmer’s terrible plans are drawing attention.
Refinery workers whose union dues are (doubtless) funneled to Democrat campaigns are protesting. Five members of Michigan’s congressional delegation have demanded President Biden intervene. Canadian National Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan has argued that this violates a treaty between our two countries. After the Colonial crisis, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has had a come to Jesus moment on the value of fossil fuels. Even Michigan’s Democratic attorney general, who wants to shut the pipeline down herself, has said Whitmer can’t close Line 5 without a court order.
All this comes at the same time that Whitmer has caught heat for flying a private jet – the worst-polluting device on the planet – from Michigan to Florida. One hopes that the governor will see the light and end up doing the right thing. Or the decent thing. Or even the comprehensible thing. But the more likely outcome is that she will be forced to.
It is unacceptable to threaten our straits for Ontario.
The simplest thing is for Canada to get out of the straits and quit using us.
Warren wants his money back.
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