Pipeline or Not, Lots of Canadian Crude Oil is Headed to the US

Marita Noon The Heartland Institute 3/28/2013

Environmentalists mistakenly think that blocking the Keystone pipeline will prevent crude oil, derived from Canada’s oil sands, from being extracted and from being conveyed into the US to be refined into gasoline, asphalt, and other products that are important to the transportation and manufacturing sectors. Their ultimate goal is […]

At least somebody benefited from Obama’s ‘no’ on Keystone XL

Tina Korbe HotAir.com 1/24/2012

…Guess who owns the rail line that handles 75 percent of North Dakotan oil shipping? Ah, yes! The Oracle of Omaha! Warren Buffett himself!

Hayward summarizes perfectly:

For some reason, nobody from BNSF or Berkshire Hathaway would return the AP’s telephone calls, but oilman Harold Hamm told them he was sure […]

George Soros Helped Craft Stimulus Then Invested in Companies Benefiting

Wynton Hall Big Government 11/21/2011

Billionaire George Soros gave advice and direction on how President Obama should allocate so-called “stimulus” money in a series of regular private meetings and consultations with White House senior advisers even as Soros was making investments in areas affected by the stimulus program.

It’s just one more revelation featured in […]

Buffett may benefit from Keystone XL pipeline delay

Billionaire Buffett’s Bakken Boom

Editorial Investor’s Business Daily 11/16/2011

Energy Policy: Killing the Keystone XL pipeline may help one of the world’s richest men get richer. North Dakota’s booming oil fields will now grow more dependent on a railroad the president’s economic guru just bought.

Stop us if you see a pattern here. About the […]

House passes sweeping FAA bill without LaTourette’s union-loving amendment

Carol Greenberg Conservative Outlook 4/1/2011

Update: I have the names of the 16 Republicans who voted “yea” for LaTourette’s amendment:

Ros-Lehtinen, Diaz-Balart, Emerson, Gibson, Jones, King (NY), LaTourette, Smith (NJ), Grimm, Runyan, Johnson (IL), LoBiondo, Platts, Reichert, Rivera, Young (AK).

Earlier today the House passed its sweeping aviation bill pretty much down party lines, 223-196.

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