Op-ed:

The real reason Obama didn't want to build the pipeline

By: Diane Sori

There was a simple way to have created over 20,000+ jobs....the building of the TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL Pipeline Project that would have run from Canada to Texas.  This project would have created countless thousand of jobs for Americans, both directly and indirectly, would actually have benefited the environment and wildlife, and helped us cut our dependence on foreign oil.  But Obama refused to do this and I know why.  But first some facts.

Some say the oil harvested from this line is 'dirty oil,' well, hello.....ALL oil is dirty before it's refined.  The job creation just to build the line itself would have been mind boggling as would the support industries, like housing, restaurants, hotels etc. that would be needed for the workers and their families.  And it could have be insisted upon that the actual pipe used be made right here in the USA!  Talk about job creation!

As for the environment, this pipeline would have actually helped wildlife survive the harsh winters because the animals would have been able to congregate around the heat given off by the pipe.  The more that could survive the winter because of this, the more that would survive to be able to breed in the spring and thus increase the endangered populations.

This pipeline would also have helped bring down the price of gasoline because we would have been able to refine that oil right here in the US into the gas we need, thus automatically lowering the price per gallon.  The price could actually have fallen to just one dollar per gallon because the price of a barrel of oil would have dropped to less than $40 per barrel simply because there would have been more of a supply available.  Therefore, OPEC would not have been able to keep jacking up the price as they currently continue to do.

There also would have been NO need to fear massive leaks because the pipeline would have been built in sections, and if something happened to a specific section, that section would then be shut down, thus having minimal affect on the environment.

But wait......if the pipeline was built and Americans were put back to work, they would then come off Obama's handouts and welfare rolls causing him to loose their votes.  This was the real reason why Obama did NOT want this pipeline built,.....it was all about votes and getting him re-elected.

But now he sees that he needs the this very pipeline he was so opposed to to be built, even if it's just a section or two.  And why...because Obama did NOT foresee the tremendous rise in the price of gas. Americans are hurting at the pump and he intends to use that hurt for his own political gain even if it means building something he does NOT want built.  He'll throw us a bone or two, the price of gas might drop a bit, and he'll claim it was because of his willingness to build the pipeline.

But he will NOT fool us...we know his whys and his wherefores...and we will NOT fall for his devious ploy.  Yes, Americans are hurting, Americans need relief at the pump, Americans need jobs, Americans need a future free of this man, and hopefully come November we will get just that, and then we can begin to recover.