Earth to Houston: abort the Frackpipe!

"The Canadian prime minister has already said to the American president, if you don't want to build this pipeline to bring – create 20,000 American jobs and bring oil through the United Statesto the largest refinery complex in the world, Houston, I want to put it straight west in Canada toVancouver and ship the oil direct to China," Gingrich said at the debate.

"You'll lose the jobs, you'll lose the throughput, you'll lose 30 or 40 years of work in Houston."

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And think of all the jobs "created" from the environmental damage this will allow!

Think of all the private prisons that will swell with middle class Americans that protest this for eternity!

Think of poor, poor Houston. Corporate Welfare knows no boundaries.

A State Department analysis of the Keystone plan pegged the job gains as far fewer than 20,000. The report estimated that "The construction work force would consist of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 workers, including Keystone employees, contractor employees, and construction and environmental inspection staff."

get off the Frackpipe!

"Robert Rector, a senior research fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, questioned whether some people classified as poor or low-income actually suffer material hardship. He said that while safety-net programs have helped many Americans, they have gone too far. He said some people described as poor live in decent-size homes, drive cars and own wide-screen TVs.

"There's no doubt the recession has thrown a lot of people out of work and incomes have fallen," Rector said. "As we come out of recession, it will be important that these programs promote self-sufficiency rather than dependence and encourage people to look for work."

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"About 97.3 million Americans fall into a low-income category, commonly defined as those earning between 100 and 199 percent of the poverty level, based on a new supplemental measure by the Census Bureau that is designed to provide a fuller picture of poverty.

Together with the 49.1 million who fall below the poverty line and are counted as poor, they number 146.4 million, or 48 percent of the U.S. population. That's up by 4 million from 2009"

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One hundred million hungry wide screen TVs, starved for the power to tune IN, turn ON, and drop addiction to oil.

Get off the Frackpipe!