03-22-2012, 11:28 PM
hal wrote::agree:
I don't like it. Environmental considerations aside, any time the gov't spends billions to facilitate large corporations making billions, I object.
This will result in lower gas prices? How does that work? Of course the answer, "dude, MORE OIL - duh!" is wrong, but the it takes a sentence or two to counter it. The public doesn't have the attention span for that...
But this was a predictable move - the repubs were getting ready to grill him on this one...
Assuming that environments are protected, I wouldn't object to the project IF the oil industry was nationalized. Since it isn't - let Exxon pay for it since they will be the chief beneficiaries...
Exactly! This is purely a campaign move so that the president can appeal to those who are buying the republican propaganda that he's not letting anybody drill or otherwise develop american petroleum.
I hate it that he wastes our time and money pandering to the republicans but if that's what it takes to beat them at the polls then I guess it's not the most harmful way of going about it.
I call bullshit to cbelt3's claim that there is such a thing as a "democratic faithful". The republican party demands loyalty and lockstep policies. In comparison, making the democrats all go the same direction is like herding cats.