The U.S. Senate Should Not Take Up And Vote On The Keystone XL Pipeline

Reports out of Washington say the U.S. Senate could vote on approving the above pipeline soon in order to by pass President Obama and the process.  U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu says the democrats need 15 votes to avoid a fillibuster and that so far they have 10 votes.  If the bill does come up and passes, that means the minority party in the Senate (republicans) would supply the majority vote. 

This writer thinks the senate idea is a bad one and that the process should play out.  The senate vote if approved would only affect one phase of the pipeline and then have to wait on the Nebraska Supreme Court to rule on that portion of the line that runs through that state that the people have protested.  Those officials in the senate who have become the spokeperson for the Oil and Gas Industry and who receive campaign contributions from them have put the dollar above America's best interest.

Let Canada and the Oil companies make the case for themselves.  They can not tell congress how much of that oil will stay in America and or how much will be exported.  They also have not told the real story why they want to build the pipe line.

Make no mistake, this pipeline if built will not make America less dependent on foreign oil and very few permanent jobs will be created.  Ameican soil should be used for creating long lasting jobs and to contribute to the well being of the country.  President Obama still holds the veto pen and hopefully he will use it if he has to prior to the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling. 


This commentary written by John Lucia.

Fox News: The Plastic Cable News Network

All one has to do is watch one news program on their network and you see them all.  Both their male and female host reports are a mirror image of negative comment about the President and his policies.  How is it that one network can hire so many plastic people that allow themselves to be used in that manner.

Most of their female host are attractive and the camera angle makes sure the viewers see a lot of legs.  I guess Fox News thinks they can be plastic and do what the men do, abandon facts to fit the storyline of negative comments and out right falsehoods.

The network has a large viewer base we are told that are faithful.  This writer does not doubt that but why do the network and its hosts enjoy telling stories that they know are false to their faithful viewer base.  It is some thing the faithful base should be concerned about.

I'm reminded of a book written by a Fox News employee who left the network and said in the book the producers at Fox during the George W. Bush administration would never allow any thing negative be said concerning Bush or his administration on the network.  "Fair and Balanced?"  The people at Fox News knows its a crock.

America was not built on fear or falsehoods but at Fox it is their staple.  The Benghazi scandal is not a scandal: the ACA's death panels and other fear related stories about the Act do not exists:  the list goes on and on and every day there is a new Obama scandal that is created to invoke fear in Fox's viewing audience.  And make no mistake there will be many more fear related talk between the November congressional elections and the Presidental elections of 2016.

The republicans in congress and Fox News have become "A band of brothers" who are incapable of dealing with the truth and facts.  Our fore fathers who built America would never have accepted the ideology of either one.


This commentary written by John Lucia.