Liberal Activists to Protest Job-Creating Oil Pipeline
Actor Danny Glover, a perennial protester, plans to march with other liberal activists outside the White House in the summer heat to protest a proposed oil pipeline that would bring crude oil from Canada to U.S. refineries in Texas, creating tens of thousands of jobs in the process.
TransCanada says its proposed Keystone XL pipeline will give the U.S. a consistent and reliable supply of oil -- supplying roughly half the amount of oil the U.S. currently imports from the Middle East and Venezuela -- once it's completed.
Because the proposed pipeline would cross the international border near Morgan, Montana, a presidential permit issued by the U.S. State Department is required for the project to proceed. Glover and his fellow celebrity-environmentalist protesters want the Obama administration to deny TransCanada a permit.
In an open letter obtained by Politico.com, Glover is urging Americans to join him: "[W]e want you to consider doing something hard: coming to Washington in the hottest and stickiest weeks of the summer and engaging in civil disobedience that will likely get you arrested."
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Do as I say,and do it NOW.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 4:27pm.
OK Danny stay far away from this..
Walk there starting now...Lefty KoOk
The U.S. $13 billion Keystone pipeline system will play an important role in linking a secure and growing supply of Canadian crude oil with the largest refining markets in the United States, significantly improving North American security supply.
You Didn't Build That.
I own TransCanada stock.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 12:47am.
Whereas Glover is head of the "Progressives for Regressive Economic Policies" liberal group.
I have a better idea
Submitted by Moosebuster on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 12:47pm.
I have a better idea...let's just start opening up and developing America's OWN vast oil and gas reserves and putting Americans back to work.