[sparkscoffee] Re: How much does it cost to buy the U.S. Senate?
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- Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 22:00:19 -0400 (EDT)
RR
In this case keep up the good work. I never said Obama was perfect.
Comrade B
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From: Ron Ristad <ristad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: sparkscoffee <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, May 8, 2014 4:23 pm
Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: How much does it cost to buy the U.S. Senate?
Kelly,
The Keystone pipeline that Obama is blocking would transport oil from the
Canadian Oil Sands to the U.S.. The reason why it is being blocked is because
Warren Buffet, one of Obama's biggest contributors, owns the rail cars that are
currently being used to transport this oil to the U.S. at a considerably higher
cost the pipeline would be. The "environmentalists" that are supposedly
blocking it claim that it could harm the environment when the fact is that
there are already millions of miles of oil pipelines in the U.S. and none that
have caused any environmental damage. At the same time there have been
catastrophic rail car accidents that have caused considerable damage to both
people and the environment.
The part of the southern part of the Keystone pipeline that delivers oil to the
Gulf was completed last year and began shipping oil on Jan 21st. Obama had no
issues with that.
-RR
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From: Kelly
Sent: May 8, 2014 2:02 PM
To: "sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: How much does it cost to buy the U.S. Senate?
I think it's funny how the pipeline issue is being cast as an environmental
issue. This completely masks the real economic issue here. A massive source
of cheap fossil fuel energy that could power a resurgence of the American
economy has been discovered right here on our own continent. Refining and
selling locally to Americans would result in dramatic price reductions in
gasoline and other petroleum distillates. But there's more money in selling it
overseas, so the big oil companies need to build a pipeline to get the oil to a
seaport where it can be put on ships and sold for a higher profit. Oil
companies will get their cake and eat it too. They'll sell local oil overseas
wherever they can maximize profits, while at the same time, keeping a lid on
local supplies and therefore price.
If you support giving Keystone their pipeline you're supporting continued
outrageous prices at the gas pump.
Kelly A.
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 07:50:44 -0600
From: ristad@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sparkscoffee] How much does it cost to buy the U.S. Senate?
To:
Left wing billionaire pledges $100 million to buy the Senate.
-RR
One man has answered the question, "How much does it cost to buy the U.S.
Senate?" The price tag and his name came to light as the only plausible
explanation for an otherwise inexplicable event.
Two months ago, an even more bizarre spectacle than usual took place on the
Senate floor. From the evening of March 10th through to the next morning, about
30 Democratic senators held a 14-hour+ speechathon. The event was billed as an
attempt to push America into addressing "climate change." Translation: It was
meant to publicize measures that would rectify so-called 'global warming' and
protect against environmental 'threats' such as the oil and gas industries....
Thomas Steyer...has been called the most influential man in America with whom
next to no one is familiar...
... Steyer hosted a recent fundraiser at his San Francisco home that netted the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee $400,000 and where Senate Majority
Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and the six other Democratic senators in
attendance openly discussed plans for ...[ the] talkathon, according to
reports."
In other words, the speechathon was planned at the billionaire's home in Reid's
presence. The uber-influencial Reid is the same Democratic Senator who
lambasted the billionaire Koch brothers for their donations to Republican
causes and campaigns. On March 10, the Business Insider reported Reid as
stating, "I'm trying to find a Republican – somebody, anybody – who will raise
an objection to two brothers trying to buy America." Apparently, Reid wants
only the Senate to be up for sale, and only to a Democratic buyer.
How Much Did it Cost ... Steyer and the Democrats?
So what was the Senate's price tag? Let's see ... the talk-a-thon reportedly
lasted 15 hours. With the dangled pledge of $100 million to Democrats, Steyer
was able to buy (or rent) the floor of the Senate at a rate of $6 million an
hour. I agree with the twitterer who wrote, "Who says Congress is broken?" The
fact that someone is willing to pay $6 million an hour for it is a clear
free-market sign of its worth. Correction: This has nothing to do with the free
market.
How Much Does the President Cost?
Political commentary sites are openly speculating on whether Steyer can buy
Obama's final decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would supply vast
quantities of Canadian oil to the U.S. The project has strong bipartisan and
public support; even two lengthy environmental analyses by the State Department
couldn't point to any major environmental impact. Nevertheless, as the Sunshine
State News (Fla., April 25) reported: "Never mind the Kochs. After assessing
who did what bad to America lately, I nominate Tom Steyer for the top of the
list. Last week the billionaire hedge fund manager from San Francisco bought
off the White House to the tune of $100 million in order to delay the Keystone
XL pipeline decision." (Note: Steyer retired some while ago from the hedge fund
business.)
Predictably, Landrieu broke Democratic ranks to castigate the delay. She called
Obama's decision "irresponsible, unnecessary and unacceptable" – a move to
satisfy extreme radicals while sacrificing 42,000 jobs and billions from the
economy. Other Democrats, such as Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska, joined her.
The man who bought the Senate floor, the man who bought Obama ... Thomas Steyer
may also become the man who thwarted Keystone and drove Canadian oil toward
China. If he fractures the Democratic Party, however, he may cost them more
than he can deliver.
"When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer"
- Stevie Wonder "Superstition"
...
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