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Hillary Clinton’s Pants Are on Fire

August 4, 2011 at 6:50 PM 2 comments

They think we’re total idiots.  I.e., I don’t believe this for a second (i.e., filed under Dumbed Down and They Think We’re Idiots):

Clinton says TransCanada working to upgrade safety of oil pipeline from Canada to Texas

A Canadian company that hopes to pipe oil from western Canada to Texas is working with U.S. officials to develop safety standards beyond those required by law, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday.

The new standards should ensure that if a permit for the 1,900-mile pipeline is issued, “the project will be as safe as it could possibly be,” Clinton said.

“We’ve been clear from the beginning that the safety of the pipeline is one of our highest priorities,” said Clinton, who is expected to decide on the project by the end of the year.

The State Department has authority over the pipeline because it crosses an international boundary.

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Among other changes, the company has agreed to build the pipeline 4 feet below ground, instead of 3 feet…

Email this to your grandkids and ask them to bookmark it and read it again in 10 years. By then, advanced countries (those who are, today, weaning themselves of oil) will be living off of renewable energy and the U.S. will be creaking along, tearing up its national parks and wildlands for any shred of oil it can find.  And, sadly, it will be dealing with oil spills because, as is true today, the people who are in charge of monitoring this shit are in bed with the oil companies.

So, hey Hillary, sounds good but I know better.

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