Op-ed:

The Scarlet V x Three = U.S. Entry

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

 

...But it's the words and truths not spoken that are way more important than either the musings of Obama or the actions of Joe Biden for missing from the discourse is the fact that Democrats dare not cut off Latin American oil processing or they in turn will cut off the Democrats southern border vote garnering operation. A simple case of tit-for-tat with our country willingly being sold out by two presidents all while certain Latin American countries see their government officials prosper both monetarily and via their now being able to rid said countries of unwanted, economy draining, human baggage...human baggage the Democrats willingly take into our country as these folks have the much coveted “Scarlet V” deeply imprinted on their foreheads.

 

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Op-ed: 

The Scarlet V x Three = U.S. Entry 

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

I'm mad, angry, and seething all rolled into one for with my being part of the Republican/Conservative movement I have been bearing witness to my beloved America being destroyed by the collective Democrat party enemies within, and they're doing so one policy at a time. And it started on day one of the Biden/Harris administration...with the “Scarlet V”...“V” as in future votes...being the driving force.

And with that said let me begin by saying that as we all knew he would, Joe Biden on said day one, did indeed change via executive order the border policies President Donald Trump had put into place...successful policies that had cut the number of illegals entering our country to the lowest numbers in decades. And Biden did so to such a degree that, in my opinion, border enforcement has basically become an all out free for all much to the chagrin of those legal immigrants waiting patiently, some for years, to not only enter our country but to become productive members of our American society...productive members as opposed to those coming solely for the promised “free stuff.”

“Free stuff”...conservative America's curse for Joe Biden knows well that the more folks he lets into our country the more votes Democrats will garner, votes happily secured at the expense of we middle class taxpayers who will, of course, be facing a tax increase to pay for all the said “free stuff.” But does Biden care about that...no he does not for caring about the middle class is not now nor has it ever been part of the Democrats agenda.

And when it comes specifically to actual border security or now the obvious lack thereof, the Democrats agenda becomes quite simply an agenda of unabashed idiocy hiding behind a total lack of transparency where not only is the true cause of increasing illegal numbers being toned down but outright ignored. And on the rare occasion when some reason for the now called “surge”...or as Biden likes to say the “non-crisis”...is given it's always either Trump's fault or as per Kamala Harris' recent words of blame, “food insecurity, hurricanes, or covid-19.” And if to add insult to such a nonsensical injury Harris tacked on “corruption, violence and poverty, the lack of economic opportunity, the lack of climate adaptation and climate resilience, and the lack of good governance," good little drama queen that she is.

After all, it was only a matter of time before the lie known as “climate change”...as in the “weather”...was blamed for certain folks suddenly and opportunistically needing their Biden promised share of “free stuff” coupled, hopefully, with a guaranteed lifetime welfare ride...which has led to the resurgence of folks beating down our southern border doors. And beating our doors these anything but suffering folks have done as way too many cross into our country not only wearing Biden T-shirts but with i-Phones in hand; computers stuffed into their backpacks; $200 Nike sneakers on their feet; women carrying Prada, Gucci and Coach purses; and most folks looking quite well fed. And dare we forget the drug dealers looking to make “mucho dinero” off the habit of the addicted, plus other criminal sorts now left to roam free and turn America's streets red with the blood of their next innocent victim.

Simply, the current southern border fiasco is and will will remain a man-made mess...a Joe Biden simmering cauldron of a mess with Kamala Harris happily stirring the “Scarlet V” filled pot. And that pot continues to be fed with now an additional $310 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars going to Central America as part of a $4 billion regional strategy the Biden administration recently signed on to where he pledged to "address factors driving migration from Central America," yet he never really addressed what those factors are.

However, no matter any words to the contrary, migration it is not...invasion it is. And the fact is that these folks would be better served not coming here to be both an economic and a societal drain on our country, but staying in their home countries and working together to oust their own corrupted "powers that be" from office...ousted either via the ballot box or with force if need be.

I'm now beyond angry...on the way to seething for sure.

And than there's Biden's job killing, also day one executive order canceling of the Trump approved permit for the Keystone XL oil and gas pipeline...the pipeline that would have moved 830,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Alberta, Canada's tar/oil sands to refineries to be processed here in the U.S...U.S. processing that would have replaced the current processing from Latin American countries thus creating thousands of well-paying jobs for American workers.

And this is the very pipeline that would not only create additional adjunct jobs and industries as well, but would also have helped rid us of any remaining dependency on any form of foreign oil. But than again why wouldn't Biden cancel what's good for our country as what he did follows in lock step with Obama's blocking of the very same pipeline because,“the pipeline would have too heavily favored Canada while producing additional greenhouse gas emissions,” or so he said and erroneously claimed.

But it's the words and truths not spoken that are way more important than either the musings of Obama or the actions of Joe Biden for missing from the discourse is the fact that Democrats dare not cut off Latin American oil processing or they in turn will cut off the Democrats southern border vote garnering operation. A simple case of tit-for-tat with our country willingly being sold out by two presidents all while certain Latin American countries see their government officials prosper both monetarily and via their now being able to rid said countries of unwanted, economy draining, human baggage...human baggage the Democrats willingly take into our country as these folks have the much coveted “Scarlet V” deeply imprinted on their foreheads.

Am I mad about this...let's just say my anger is now red hot.

And lastly, for now anyway, Biden again, as expected, reversed President Trump's travel ban on certain countries with majority muslim populations for the same reason...he needs their “Scarlet V.” And while saying with a straight face that, “The United States was built on a foundation of religious freedom and tolerance...” omitted from Biden's anything but constitutional discourse was the fact that a majority of those from majority muslim countries, and those from certain African countries as well, want to come here not just for the “free stuff” in exchange for their votes, but to turn our country into the very cesspools they left behind.

The word “invasion” once again comes to mind.

And know that muslim neighborhoods have some of the highest crime rates in our country, and that more and more of those neighborhoods are now being allowed by our liberal courts to become “Sharia No Go” zones...no police or non-muslims allowed. And dare we not forget the number of muslims now in Congress...muslims like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Talib who hate this country and all she stands for...yet their numbers in both the House of Representatives and in state legislatures do continue to grow with each and every election. And this does not even include the terrorist aspect of this said population...but no matter for these folks will vote Democrat most every time. 

The “Scarlet V” is a powerful incentive that allows the Democrats to ignore this and other said truths, and to say I'm now seething puts it mildly at best.

But the bottom line is this...we Republicans and conservatives know well, with the Constitution's own words to back us up, that the United States of America was never intended to be the world's dumping ground no matter the ever so poetically pretty words engraved on the Statue of Liberty's plaque. Yet sadly under current Democrat party rule that seems to be exactly what we are becoming. And to that I say the “Scarlet V” and the Democrats be damned.

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Op-ed:

My 20 Top Reasons Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio bit.ly/2cpXuRd

I have written countless times about why Hillary Clinton must never become our president and why traitorous Hillary Clinton at least belongs in prison for life with no possibility for parole. But now with Election Day starting in less than 24-hours I thought the best way to remind people of the nightmare a Hillary Clinton presidency would bring to our beloved America was to create a simple list of what I believe is Hillary’s most grievous of sins and most traitorous of actions and hope my words help guide the undecided voters still straddling the fence and the so-called ‘consciences voters’ into doing the right thing…as in voting for Donald Trump.

1.    A Hillary Clinton presidency would be Barack HUSSEIN Obama’s surrogate third term in office

2.    Benghazi…blood all over Hillary’s hands    

a)     Hillary was directly involved with Obama’s guns and weapons running operation from Gaddafi’s stored weapons in Tripoli to Benghazi to Turkey to Syria placing said guns and weapons into the hands of the ‘supposed’ anything-but Syrian rebels who are actually a tentacle of ISIS

b)     Hillary ignored over 600 requests for additional security from Ambassador Stevens

c)     Hillary arranged for the 17 February Martyrs Brigade to ‘take-out’ Ambassador Christopher Stevens with collateral damage Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods be damned

d)     Hillary gave the ‘stand down’ order to those wanting to aid those trapped at the Benghazi compound

e)     Hillary lied to the families of the dead heroes about a YouTube video provoking the attack

3.     Simply…emails, emails, and more emails…many classified and/or top secret... emails deleted and 'bleached' after they were subpoenaed with her actions now being covered for by the traitor FBI Director James Comey

4.     Hillary wants our guns…period…as she is determined to do away with the Second Amendment

5.     Hillary will appoint ‘advocate’ justices to the Supreme Court turning the court to the hard left for a generation or more

6.     Hillary is an islamist who like Obama will not utter the words ‘islamic terrorists’ nor will she admit that we are at war with islam…all islam

7.     Hillary has left a string of dead bodies in her wake…Vince Foster and so many others…suicides, car accidents, sudden heart attacks, and attacks in broad daylight with robbery not the motive

8.     Hillary was the original architect of the Iran very bad nuclear deal

9.     Hillary is not a supporter of Israel as she is pushing for a Palestinian state (for a people who do not exist) that jeopardizes Israel’s security

10.  Hillary sold out 20% of America’s uranium for $2.35 million while as Secretary of State where she reviewed the sale of the Canadian company Uranium One to Russia’s state atomic energy agency, Rosatom

11.  Hillary’s hand is all over the fiasco that became Libya after she helped orchestrate the overthrow of Gaddafi…which in turn morphed into the failed Arab Spring

12. As Secretary of State Hillary voiced but token opposition to Obama’s announced withdrawal date from Iraq instead of insisting on negotiating for a much better ‘Status of Forces Agreement’ that would have allowed for a U.S. military presence to remain in and stabilize Iraq

           a)    failure to do so directly and unequivocally led to the birth of ISIS

13. Hillary wants ‘Open borders’ and ‘Open trade’

a)      Hillary wants to increase the number of Syrian anything-but-refugees by 500%

b)      Hillary has promised an amnesty bill within her first 100 days in office

c)      Hillary supports and wants more sanctuary cities

d)      This woman has no clue about economics 101 not with her saying “Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create job"

14.  Hillary wants to keep us beholden to Arab oil and will not build the much needed Keystone XL Pipeline

15.  Hillary is a climate change loon…it’s the weather you dolt...and a staunch supporter of a One World government...both pushed by the U(seless) N(ations)

16.  Hillary wants to keep parts of ObamaCare and replace other parts with what was known as HillaryCare back when Billy-Boy was president…and if you think ObamaCare is bad...complete with bureaucrats making medical decisions and skyrocketing premiums...HillaryCare is even worse as it's just another name for socialized/universal anything but medicine

17.  This vile woman supports and is a proponent of late-term abortion yet claims she is an advocate for children, women, and families

a)      Hillary defended a man who she knew raped a 12-year old girl and tore into the little girl on the stand claiming she wanted to be raped, all while getting the rapist off with an extremely light sentence and later laughed about it with a reporter

b)     Hillary is a doormat who condoned then covered for her whore of a husband’s many affairs sending a very bad message to women everywhere

18.  Hillary is an integral part of the ‘money laundering’ done by the Clinton Foundation and its assorted corrupted ‘pay for play’ scenarios including:

a)     giving $165 billion worth of arms sales to 20 nations…some of whom don’t like us very much…after they donated to the above said Clinton Foundation and…

b)     approving the sale of 80 Boeing fighter jets to Saudi Arabia after the Clinton Foundation received money from Boeing and Saudi Arabia

c)   taking mega millions of dollars from Arab countries that don't like us very much

19.  Hillary was bought and paid for by heavy-hitting Wall Street players as witnessed by her financial disclosures showing that from April 2013 to March 2015, she received $21,667,000 in supposed ‘speaking fees’

20.  Hillary choice of ‘friends’ and advisers leaves much to be desired as she surrounds herself with the vile likes of Sidney Blumenthal, George Soros, Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills, Donna Brazile, Debby Wasserman-Schultz, and others too numerous to mention…showing what kind of folks would comprise a Hillary Clinton administration

So there you have my top 20 reasons…except for the top 5 not necessarily in order of importance…as to why Hillary Clinton must never become president but believe me I could list 20, 30, or even 40 more. But most important of all that goes without saying is that we cannot and must not allow a socialist, lying, criminal, islamic-condoning, murdering traitor to ascend to the highest office in our land, because if we do America as we know and love her…America as a republic...will be gone. And saddest of all will be that our Founders and Framers’ dream of "Life. Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" will have died because the fence straddlers and so-called ‘conscience voters’ allowed those who wanted ‘freebies and handouts’ to trump us all.

Always...TRUMP/Pence 2016  #NeverHillary  #DrainTheSwamp

Op-ed: 
Keystone is Dead...But Only Until January 2017 
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on http://cprworldwidemedia.net/

Barack HUSSEIN Obama has been president for almost seven full years now and in this time this man has done every and anything...has used every and any excuse...to kill projects that would be good for the American economy...projects that would help stimulate economic growth. And he held true to form when just last Friday he vetoed the building of the Keystone XL oil pipeline citing climate change as his main reason why followed by concerns about the impact on the environment, and a Republican agenda that over-hyped the pipeline's benefits.

In other words, TransCanada's $8 billion project whose 1,179 mile pipeline would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of crude-oil from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast...a project that would have created thousands of American jobs, pored millions of dollars into our economy, and helped to cut our dependence on foreign oil...the brethren's oil...has been vetoed primarily because of the WEATHER.

“America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change...and, frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership,” Obama said as he tried to make us believe that climate change is anything but the WEATHER.

And know his veto...a veto we knew would come from day one...came conveniently mere weeks before a December U(seless) N(ations) summit meeting on climate change. And to that affect Obama feared approval of this pipeline would have damaged what he wants as part of his legacy on environmental issues...that being his helping to broker what he calls a “historic agreement” committing the world’s nations...committing the U.S...to set in place new policies to counter global warming...to counter the 'WEATHER.' 

And herein lies the farce behind what Obama claims is the main reason for vetoing the Keystone XL Pipeline. Remember, there is NO such thing as global warming or its newest moniker de-jour...climate change...for it's the WEATHER...naturally occurring WEATHER cycles and NOTHING more. And Obama's excuse that rising sea levels caused by melting glacial ice is a result of climate change is the same excuse the eco-wackos and 'know-NOTHING-at-alls' like Al Gore love to cite as the chief effect of climate change. But I hate to tell Obama and his cronies...NO actually I enjoy telling Obama and his cronies...the fact is that most, if NOT all, tide gauges show NO discernible rise in sea levels at all, and NONE show any acceleration over the past 20 years. In fact, last year a record amount of sea ice was recorded in Antarctica, ice increased in the Arctic, and record snows and cold were recorded worldwide courtesy of a naturally occurring Polar Vortex. And the once endangered polar bears are now thriving and increasing in record numbers, while Lake Superior had only three months in the entirety of 2014 that was completely ice-free.

So much for Obama's rising sea levels and melting glacial ice as the reason for vetoing the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Another fact often touted by the climate change/global warming 'bunch'...and another Obama reason NOT to build the pipeline...is that man caused the increase in CO2 levels worldwide and that those levels will continue to rise to dangerous levels if said pipeline comes online. Well here's a shocker 'the bunch' does NOT want you to know...last year NASA launched a satellite specifically to measure CO2 levels around the globe, with the assumption that most of the CO2 would be coming from the industrialized northern hemisphere. But much to the climate change/global warming 'bunch's' chagrin, the satellite's findings showed rising CO2 levels emanated instead from the rainforests in South America, Africa, and China. And why so...because rising CO2 levels are due to the naturally occurring and ongoing decay of plant and animal matter. So, Obama loses again on his argument that Keystone would increase CO2 levels. 

And let's NOT forget that Obama sings the doomsayers line that climate change/global warming has caused “the forced migration of millions of people” due to escalating heat...which too has been proven false as we are actually entering another 'little ice age.' Saying the heat has caused a widespread agricultural/economic collapse that could, in time, happen here is also NOT true as there is NO widespread agricultural collapse other than certain crops being affected by the cyclic droughts and floods that have occurred in certain areas of the world since man first learned to till the soil. 

In fact, the Obama touted 'supposed' economic collapse is NOTHING but a manufactured crisis to suck-in tax dollars as the world's most powerful governments...including our own...use climate change/global warming to gain more power through taxes...taxes such as the 'Cap and Trade' and the Carbon Tax. And remember, the global elitists...Obama included...actually profit from carbon taxes and other 'so-called' green energy laws as they buy into the nonsense that the structural causes of climate change are linked to the current so-called capitalist hegemonic (authoritarian) system, as bloviated at last summer's gathering of environmental groups in Venezuela...groups whose main goal was and is to attack free-market capitalism.

So while Obama says the environment coupled with climate change/global warming is his reason for vetoing the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline...the stuff of fairy tales, myths, and lies...the scientific truth is that the Earth heats up and cools down in cycles as our planet's axis tilts and as our orbit moves closer than farther away from the sun. And NOT to be forgotten is that the sun itself has active and dormant states as well, including periods of solar flares that also affect the climate here on Earth. And Obama knows this yet he still vetoed the pipeline simply because his 'brethren' would NOT be happy...NOT happy at all.

Saying the pipeline "would not serve the interests of the United States” that it is “not in the country's national security interest,” Obama once again proves where his true allegiances lie for how can cutting our dependence on foreign oil NOT be in America's best interest especially when said oil can be drilled for, processed, and refined, right here in the U.S.A...along with creating all the jobs that go along with it. Also citing falling gasoline prices as another argument against the pipeline...prices which can go up at the whim of OPEC...Obama added that he believed Keystone has had an "over-inflated role in our political discourse,” and that “the project's potential to create jobs and the potential environmental threats were exaggerated.”

A statement like that sort of plays both sides against the middle I would say.

'Political discourse' played to the hilt for while environmentalists squawked for years that extracting petroleum from the Canadian oil sands would produce about 17% more greenhouse gases/carbon pollution than the process of extracting conventional oil...it would be "unlikely to significantly impact the rate of extraction in the oil sands," were the exact words in the 11-volume State Department report concerning the pipeline. And the report also showed that construction of the pipeline itself would have little if any impact on whether that type of oil was burned, because it was already being extracted and moved to the U.S. market by other means, as in via rail and existing pipelines.

There goes Obama's claim about the negative environmental impact of the pipeline.
 
Obama also claimed that by "most realistic estimates... maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline would be created.” And to that I say 'LIAR' as TransCanada's CEO Russ Girling, said the project would create 42,000 jobs..."ongoing and enduring" jobs. And former House Speaker John Boehner said before retiring that, "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." Both a huge difference from Obama's low-ball 2,000 jobs figure.

And the report also showed that NOT only would above said 42,000 jobs be created...'spin-off' jobs supported by construction workers who purchase materials for said project or spend their wages in the economy would be created as well, resulting in significant economic growth to the tune of about $3.4 billion or approximately 0.2 percent of the U.S. GDP...so the jobs excuse of Obama's clearly does NOT hold true either.

As for Obama's bloviations that the State Department findings do NOT show a lowering of oil or gas prices, or a significant reduction in American dependence on foreign oil, once again, and might I say par for the course, he is LYING.

Currently oil prices are still controlled by OPEC although their hold on price control is slipping somewhat due to the ongoing problems in the Middle East. And while oil prices should work off the premise of 'supply and demand'...as in when 'supply and demand' increases prices should drop and decrease. However, right now OPEC retains control of oil prices through a 'pricing-over-volume' strategy, because the fact is that oil remains the worldwide 'preferred' source of energy...windmills and solar panels don't cut it...and that translates to demand NOT volume controlling the prices.

But a wrench of sorts has been thrown into the mix with the discovery of shale in the U.S. And as per the Energy Information Administration, thanks to that discovery, this year U.S. oil production is expected to reach 9.7 million barrels, surpassing the 9.6 million barrels per day that was produced in 1972. And we are NOT the only country now getting oil from shale...over the past two years China and Argentina have drilled more than 475 shale wells between them. Also, Australia, Columbia, Poland, and Algeria, are exploring the possibility of extracting oil from shale...meaning those countries demand for Arab oil will also be dropping resulting in OPEC losing even more control over the pricing of exported oil.

And that scenario could work here as well for the more shale oil we produce coupled with the more actual oil wells we drill...the less we will have to depend on foreign oil...on Arab oil...on the brethren's oil. And what extra oil we do need...if we actually need any...is much better coming from America-friendly Canada (we currently import 36% of our oil from Canada but unfortunately many U.S. refineries ship the bulk of it abroad in the guise of refined fuel) than it is from let's say Saudi Arabia...or worse from Iran...which thanks to Obama's very bad nuclear deal will soon be flooding the market with millions of stored barrels of oil. And while that might lower gas prices temporarily the only ones truly profiting from that will be Iran itself...America's enemy, Obama's friend. 

And while the U.S. is sitting on the world’s largest untapped natural oil reserve...a reserve that would NOT only mitigate the over $400 billion sent overseas to other countries, but a reserve that could create millions of jobs and put the country back on a sound financial footing, Obama still refuses to do anything about it, instead willingly keeping us dependent on his brethren's oil. And true to course, while 61+% of Americans support the building of the pipeline...with those NOT supporting it being the wacko environmentalists, the liberal progressives, and the socialist sorts...all of whom hate everything about our capitalistic based society...Obama decides to side with them instead of with the wants of 'We the People.' 

So by his vetoing the Keystone XL Pipeline...which helps the brethren continue their reign over America's energy needs, and in turn allows them to both control and manipulate America's role in the Middle East...the true agenda of Barack HUSSEIN Obama is once again in the open for all to see...and for Congress NOT to do a damn thing about. Hurry up January 20, 2017...just saying.

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Op-ed:   

A tale of a pipeline going nowhere

By: Diane Sori

“If Republicans want to legislate, I’m still willing to offer them a vote on Keystone in exchange for passing energy efficiency.”

- Harry Reid's LIE before he blocked the vote on both bills

We all know the Obama administration has repeatedly rejected, delayed, and thumbed their nose at approval for the Keystone XL Pipeline, construction of which would have put thousands of Americans back to work and would have helped to cut our dependence on foreign oil...on Arab oil. In fact, even after the pipeline was deemed to have minimal impact on the environment, our traitor-in-chief...whose signature is the needed last step for approval of the pipeline...recently announced a final decision on said pipeline would be put-off 'indefinitely'...meaning until after the November mid-term elections. But the reality is that of course he would as passage would upset his brethren's sensibilities as well as help to turn the tide of the election in favor of the Republicans who have championed the pipeline since day one.

And now on top of this...and just like I predicted in last Thursday's op-ed (Kerry and the pipeline...more reasons to seethe http://thepatriotfactor.blogspot.com/2014/05/op-ed...)...Harry Reid has indeed blocked the vote on the bi-partisan Shaheen-Portman’s 'Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act'...blocked the vote on five Republican amendments attached to the bill including ones to speed up natural gas exports and oppose EPA regulations on future power plants...blocked the vote to approve and start construction on a pipeline that is good for state, local, and national economies...blocked the vote on a pipeline that would increase tax revenues and jump start economic activity across the board.

And he's blocking the vote by using a parliamentary maneuver known as 'filling the amendment tree' (a procedure used by the Senate Majority Leader to offer a sufficient number of amendments on a specific piece of legislation to 'fill the tree' so that NO other senator can offer an amendment) to do his dirty work. And this translates into Harry Reid just having done Obama's bidding for him. 

Piggy-backing on the specific amendment seeking to prevent the EPA from imposing new greenhouse gas regulations on coal-burning power plants, and with all 45 Republican Senators and up to a dozen Democratic Senators supporting the bill, going to vote would have finally forced a long-awaited decision on the project to be made after years of Obama's stonewalling a vote...after years of Obama catering to the environmental lobby.

Saying Reid was "stifling the voice of the American people" by refusing to allow amendments to the energy bill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell objected to 'Prince' Harry's offer to call for an up-or-down vote on the energy bill alone (a bill to supposedly increase energy efficiency in residential, commercial and federally-owned buildings, increase conservation efforts, and train workers to be better prepared to work with energy-saving technologies) but he promised a separate vote on Keystone would be forthcoming...yeah right...like any promise Reid makes can be taken as truthful...I think NOT.

Now the Senate will once again miss a chance to approve or disapprove both the Shaheen-Portman energy bill and the pipeline bill...and Harry Reid and Barack HUSSEIN Obama could NOT be happier.

And the shame in all this is that the $5.54 billion Keystone XL pipeline (running 1,179 miles from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to refineries on the Gulf Coast, and with the U.S. segment being 875 miles long, going through Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska)...is owned by TransCanada (a U.S.-friendly Canadian corporation that builds, maintains, and owns oil and gas pipelines, power plants, and natural gas storage facilities in North America) and would have created 13 plus thousand construction jobs alone for Americans (NOT counting the adjunct industries needed to service those actually working on the pipeline; NOT counting the pipeline ancillary jobs including 7000 manufacturing jobs, service workers, engineers, surveyors, occupational health and safety professionals, managers, teamsters, etc; and NOT counting so-called 'spin-off jobs' jobs which come after the pipeline is complete and oil begins to flow, which TransCanada believes could be up to 118,000 jobs created), as well as having helped streamline energy production while at the same time being environmentally sound. 

And here's the kicker that Harry Reid chooses to ignore...according to a series of national (including Gallop and Pew) and state-specific polls and surveys released last week, the Keystone XL Pipeline is overwhelmingly supported by 61% of the American people with only 27% opposing the pipeline (in fact, about 82% of Republicans, 65% of independents, and 51% of Democrats back the project, and 85% believe the pipeline will create a significantly high number of jobs). And true to form, NO matter the wishes of the American people and NO matter the number of jobs that would be created by the pipeline, Harry Reid...good Democrat and Obama loyalist that he is...is placing the special interests of major Democratic donors...as in the rabid environmentalist groups who are NO holds barred fighting the pipeline...is placing the personal wants of both Barack HUSSEIN Obama and his muslim brethren ahead of what's best for America and the American people. 

Par for the course of a far-left zealot whose cohorts include 'Botox-Queen' Nancy Pelosi and Hillary 'What Does It Matter' Clinton...and let's NOT forget he's the man who is up to his eyeballs in dirty dealings concerning the feds government land grabs. And remember, Harry Reid could care less about any project that would create jobs that help facilitate long term economic development and recovery, enhance state revenues, and bring our country closer to energy independence.

So the bottom is that as long as Harry Reid controls a Senate that still has a Democratic majority, the battle over the pipeline will continue on and come to a grinding halt vote-wise as the environmentalists continue to squawk that the pipeline will worsen global warming and result in hazardous oil spills (NO it will NOT)...and who most importantly pad Harry Reid's pockets...against those on the right who say Obama should have approved the pipeline long ago to create jobs and lessen our dependency on foreign oil.

And now, sadly, that battle continues because one man had the power to block the vote. Something is wrong here...very wrong indeed.

Op-ed:  

Kerry and the pipeline...more reasons to seethe
By: Diane Sori 

 

"Compliance with a subpoena for documents is not a game."
- Darrell Issa's response to John Kerry's refusal to testify on Benghazi

What a surprise this is NOT as our ever-loving Secretary of State, John 'Swiftboat' Kerry, will NOT comply with the subpoena he received to appear on May 21st before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. But hey, this is the very same man who last year went yachting and kayaking as Egypt was on fire.

In a statement released by State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, it appears Kerry had prearranged plans to be in Mexico on the day Issa wanted him to testify, but if truth be told he needs to cancel those plans and reschedule them for another time as right now Benghazi trumps all, and anyway Mexico needs him butting into their business as much as Israel needed him butting into theirs.

“We were all surprised, quite frankly, that instead of working with us and reaching out to us and offering first an invitation to testify, that Chairman Issa jumped immediately to subpoenaing the Secretary,” Harf said.

Typical response as Issa knew what the answer would be NO matter what date he put on the subpoena as this administration and all in it are masters of excuses and running away...as in Obama jetting off to a Las Vegas fundraiser in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attacks. And while the State Department spokeswoman did say they are still open to discussing a possible Kerry appearance before Issa's committee at some other point in time...like they really have a choice...this stonewalling just delays the inevitable as Benghazi is NOT going away NO matter how the Democrats wish it would. Remember, the reason Issa issued the subpoena in the first place is that all in the Obama administration refuse to give answers... truthful answers that is. And NO matter how much the Democrats whine that the Issa investigation...along with the newly announced 'select committee' headed by Trey Gowdy...is NOTHING but political posturing by the Republicans it...Benghazi... still is NOT going away...period.
 

And know that political posturing has NOTHING to do with this subpoena as the reason John Kerry is being called to testify is because he...the man who became Hillary 'What Does It Matter' Clinton's replacement and who now has access to all the Clinton State Department's Benghazi documents....and now his State Department failed to produce all the documents "to meet its legal obligations" relating to the Benghazi attack and the State Department's response to it when Issa asked for them.

“This disregard for the rule of law is even more disturbing considering your agency’s role in encouraging governments throughout the world to respect the rule of law and the authority of representative government brought to office through free and fair elections,” Issa said in a letter to Kerry.

And of course playing tit-for-tat the State Department's response was, "We strongly disagree with that...We've produced tens of thousands of documents." Yeah they have but NONE of what they produced dared to produce the truth about what happened that fateful night...all the released documents proved was the existence of LIES and cover-ups...something Issa and the rest of us already knew.

And then adding to this is that last week Speaker of the House John Boehner...after fearing for his Speaker position and only because of that...announced he is creating a 'select committee' to examine all things Benghazi and that Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) would head the investigation that would include seven Republicans and five Democrats...that is if the Democrats do NOT boycott this election-year investigation that could add to their election problems on top of the problems they're now encountering because of ObamaCare.

Again thinking only of themselves and getting re-elected to their cushy jobs instead of doing what's right for the country and doing what's right for the families of Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty...the Democrats prove their loyalties continue to lie with the Obama agenda instead of with the truth. 

 

And so as we wait for the vote to authorize the 'select committee'...expected to come sometime this week...'Prince' Harry Reid is trying to stall yet again a Senate vote on the Keystone XL Pipeline...a pipeline that would put thousands of Americans back to work...because supporters of the bill want it voted on as an amendment to an energy efficiency bill that is up for vote next Tuesday. NOT yet announcing how amendments will be handled, Reid knows a standalone vote on the Keystone bill would avoid the risk of it becoming part of said energy efficiency bill...a bill that could result in a veto from Obama.

57 Senators...three short of the 60 needed for passage...have put forth a bi-partisan bill to authorize an immediate start to construction of the pipeline. Sponsored by Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and John Hoeven (R-ND) this bill would try to bypass the Obama administration's long review process that would essentially stall a vote until after the November mid-terms. And Reid just might pull it off because right now there is NOT enough support to overcome a filibuster from Democratic opponents of the pipeline...you know those Democrats in the money pockets of the big environmental lobby.

So now we have the Benghazi investigation getting much unneeded added drama thanks to Mr. Swiftboat himself and 'Prince' Harry once again being a thorn in all things good for America...and you wonder why I'm seething again...but hey...Michelle Obama says her life is more difficult than a soldier’s so all must be OK on the home front...yeah right.

Op-ed: 

A few questions of 'so when'... 

By: Diane Sori 

 

So many questions that need answers...so many answers that will probably NEVER be gotten...

So when is Sean Hannity (and now Mike Huckabee as well) going to apologize to Cliven Bundy for the nasty things he said about the very man standing strong against a federal government run amok. Calling him a racist and such Hannity...of all people...listened to the New York Times edited version of Bundy's 'supposed' racist remarks instead of listening to the entire unedited interview. And with this liberal rag of a newspaper doing what Hannity should have known they'd do...as in editing, splicing, and pasting together Bundy's words to fit their leftist agenda...the saddest thing of all is that Sean Hannity fell for it. Shame on him but now he needs to make amends and do so by putting on his big boy pants, man-up by eating some crow, and apologize 'ON-AIR' to Cliven Bundy for listening to and accepting as facts the words of the likes of The New York Times...case closed.

So when are those here in our country who think there's a Republican 'War on Women' going to wake up and realize that it's the left...the Democrats as in Obama and crew...who NOT only are the ones perpetrating the LIE about a 'War on Women' here at home but who actually condone the inequality women face in many parts of the world. Condone it for NO objection was raised by our American delegation to the U(seless) N(ations)...on Obama's orders perhaps...when Iran was unanimously elected to the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a commission dealing on a global level with gender equality and the advancement of women. So now Iran again sits on this all-important commission with nary an objection by any delegation even knowing their dismal record on women's issues...doing NOTHING even when given the opportunity to speak-up against this appointment.

Iran, the country where the hijab is mandatory dress for all woman venturing out into the streets and public places...Iran, the country where divorce is a husband’s right but where a woman must prove her husband has either abandoned her, is mentally ill, abusive, or a drug addict, for her to get a divorce...Iran, the country where child custody, inheritance, and ownership laws side overwhelmingly with the man...Iran, the country where women are NOT allowed to be judges or hold high-ranking positions in the government...Iran, the country where honor killings are the acceptable norm and adultery is a crime that holds the woman accountable for the very evidence that will be used against her, and where her testimony is worth half that of a man’s...that very country will continue to sit on a commission dealing with women's rights and equality. But hey...this goes hand-in-hand with Obama's pandering and acquiescing to his islamic brethren by his allowing Iran to pull the wool over the world's eyes concerning the issue of their becoming an anything but peaceful nuclear power.

So when are the leaders of the G7 nations...the leaders of the now anything but 'free world'...going to accept the fact that their mere condemnation of Putin's actions in and around Ukraine...actions that could escalate into a larger conflict that could devour the entire region...and their slapping of even more useless albeit targeted sanctions on Russia all while Russia counters them by raising interest rates for a second consecutive month in an effort to limit the economic damage caused by these very sanctions...will amount to absolutely NOTHING against a man hell-bent on rebuilding the Russian Empire.

When will they realize that imposing sanctions of any sort instead of sending a strong united military show of force to the area...and the token 600 troops Obama is sending to the area is NO show of force...will NOT get the 'Russian Bear' to pull back his troops. When will these leaders realize that Vladimir Putin is the winner of this game as he orders new military drills near the border with eastern Ukraine and as Russian aircraft enter Ukrainian airspace, doing so as he sits back and laughs over how far down the path to humiliation and defeat his American counterpart, Barack HUSSEIN Obama, has led our beloved country...how far down this path he, Vladimir Putin, has manipulated and played the president of the world's last remaining superpower.

So when will Barack HUSSEIN Obama stop beholding our country to his muslim brethren in regards to keeping us dependent on Arab oil. When will he approve the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline that would put thousands of Americans back to work and help them get off the government welfare rolls and us away from OPEC oil price manipulation. When...probably NEVER...NOT even after the November mid-term elections for to do so would take away people's allegiance to the party that feeds them and would raise the ire of those this miserable excuse of a president caters, panders, and bows down to.

So when will this administration finally get it that the once-called 'Roadmap to Peace'...the now 'anything but peace talks' between the Israelis and the Palestinians...is over and that it NEVER had a chance to succeed for trading land for peace will NOT now or ever work when those who want the land want ALL of the land. And when the talks involve a two-faced desert rat like Mahmoud Abbas, a man who would rather make deals to form a 'unity government' with Hamas terrorists who "will not give any cover for any negotiations with the enemy" than make peace with Israel, you just know the time has come to pack your bags and go home. That is go home and let Israel do what Israel needs to do to ensure its survival now and forever.

So when will Hillary 'What Does It Matter' Clinton finally accept the fact that we patriots will NOT ever allow her to forget her role in the murders of four Americans at Benghazi. And she knows we know what she is so trying to hide and that it will haunt her every move if she dares choose to run for president in 2016. So when will we finally get to the bottom of why the feds really want Clive Bundy and his cows off 'public' lands...and when...and I want a date for this one...when can we finally get rid of the monstrosity know as ObamaCare.

So again, so many questions that need answers...so many answers that will only be gotten when hell freezes over or when some brave soul decides to put America first and sings like the proverbial canary...but sadly I will NOT hold my breath for that one.