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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22...93523.html

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This shit never gets old. The truth is that if you looked at your own party with as much scrutiny you'd probably be a Republican

President Barack Obama was forced to cancel the permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline because the Republicans made him do it.

That's the explanation coming out of the White House this week -- Republicans played politics with the issue, and the president had no other choice, said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.

"In terms of Keystone, as you all know, the history here is pretty clear," Carney told reporters Tuesday at his regular press briefing.

"And the fact is because Republicans decided to play political with Keystone, their action essentially forced the administration to deny the permit process because they insisted on a time frame in which it was impossible to completely approve the pipeline," Carney said.

Carney's assertion was challenged by ABC News' Jake Tapper, who questioned how Obama could claim to have an "all-of-the-above approach" to energy production if he "turned down" the pipeline permit. "And you blame the Republicans for making it political?" Tapper asked.

Carney's response: "But the president didn't turn down the Keystone pipeline. There was a process in place, with long precedent, run out of the State Department because of the issue of the pipeline crossing an international boundary, that required an amount of time for proper, for review, after an alternate route was deemed necessary through Nebraska at the request of the Republican governor of Nebraska and other stakeholders in Nebraska and the region that needed to play out, to be done appropriately. You can't review and approve a pipeline, the route for which doesn't even exist."

The pipeline has been reviewed and delayed by the Obama administration for three years to make sure it met environmental safety standards and was in the country's national interest. When the president tried to delay his final decision on the project for another year -- and after his re-election campaign -- Republicans forced the issue passing a law requiring that he make a decision before the end of February.

Obama, who has been under increasing pressure by the environmental community to stop the project, made his decision in January, and said "no." It is not in the country's best interest, it turns out, to construct a 1,700-mile pipeline from Canada to Texas to bring oil to the U.S. and create 20,000 jobs.

And besides, it's the Republicans' fault Obama had to say no.

—Audrey Hudson

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Right from the horse's mouth:





She says the Girl Scouts partner with Planned Parenthood at ~0:30.

The GOPer is right. The Girl Scouts is not a wholesome organization. Look at this link and skip to the footnotes and their links. One of the footnoted articles cites a book in which Girl Scout staffers claim about a third of their paid staff is lesbian.



Do you want your daughter to have women like this as role models and caretakers?

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Basilransom serves up the best Kybosh sometimes.

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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/201...e-machine/

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I feel this map illustrates how ridiculous his veto of the pipeline is;



Is that one pipeline really going to devastate the environment when all of these do not?

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Va. gov. supports abortion ultrasounds, denounces TSA scans?

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=120&sid=2764956

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Rush Limbaugh calls Georgetown Law student a 'slut' and a 'prostitute'

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/03/rus...73277.html

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(02-28-2012 01:50 PM)JayMillz Wrote:  Va. gov. supports abortion ultrasounds, denounces TSA scans?

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=120&sid=2764956

These two things are in no way equivocal and its ignorant to put them together like this as if you're calling out a hypocrisy.

TSA scans invade privacy by violating your right to be protected from unwarranted search as an American.

The Ultrasound lets the mother know that she is about to - at the very least - stop a human life from beginning for no reason other than she's irresponsible and makes poor life choices.

Please, point out republican hypocrisy all day long - God knows both sides of the aisle need a good lambasting so that the american people can get out of this "my team vs your team" mentality we have - but make sure than when you do, your point is both valid and intelligent.

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Gotta love the Koch Brothers/ALEC small government crowd, lol