Myra P. Saefong and Michael Kitchen reported in The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch column yesterday that “Oil futures ended with a weekly gain of 2%, modestly higher for Friday’s session, as traders assessed the latest data on U.S. jobs, manufacturing and consumer sentiment for clues on demand prospects.”
They added that “London-traded Brent crude futures rallied as unrest in the Middle East region intensified with the bombing of the U.S. embassy in Turkey.”
At the same time, Timothy Gardner of Reuters via Drudge, wrote an article on Jan 31 headed “Keystone pipeline decision to languish until mid-June”
Mr. Gardner went on that “A series of steps still have to be taken by the State Department, where the decision will be made because the 830,000 barrels per day crude oil pipeline crosses the national border. The pipeline will link Alberta's oil sands and North Dakota's Bakken shale fields to refineries and ports in Texas.
The State Department did not comment for this story, but last week a spokeswoman said it did not anticipate making the decision before the end of March. Previously, the department had hinted the decision could come in the middle of the first quarter.”
I’ve included a link to the the story whereas I find the whole situation to be incredible. Obama Admin Delays Keystone Pipeline Decision Another 6 Months…
What I simply can’t understand is how it can be that a bunch of bureaucrats who have practically nothing to do whatsoever, sit back and diddle themselves while billions of U.S. citizens hard-earned dollars get banked by sheiks and camel-jockeys in the Middle-East.
Why doesn’t anyone in Congress speak up and demand that the pipeline be opened immediately? Why isn’t it a priority of the highest order? And worst of all, why doesn’t anyone really push back against these phony delays while all the rest of us continue to get fleeced due to nothing more than environmental lobbyist’s pressure?
In summing it up then, we just had the situation in Benghazi where the State Department didn’t get involved or provide needed protection for our four diplomats. Then they didn’t stop the leftist militant group in Turkey responsible for the suicide attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara last Friday. There have also been eight other attacks on U.S. embassies since Mrs. Clinton took office.
So, my question for today is: Exactly what does the State department do? And where and when do they do it? Because since they apparently do nothing here or overseas it looks to me like they don’t even exist at all.
That's it for today folks.
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