Frackin' Mess

(Cartoon by Steve Sack/Minneapolis Star-Tribune (2/23/14.  Click on image to enlarge.)

The president still hasn't given any strong hint as to his decision on building the Keystone Pipeline.  In fact, he made it clear that the decision won't come any time soon.

From the L.A. Times:

 President Obama told the nation’s governors Monday that a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline could come in a matter of months, signaling he did not intend to let a recent court ruling derail his decision on whether to approve the much-debated project.

If that decision comes in the next two or three months, it just might land near the Primary Elections in many states.  I suspect that is his plan:  if he gives the green light to the plan, he's removed one of the issues from the GOP, at least temporarily.   The trouble is that he is going to piss off the environmental and liberal wing of his party who just might not show up.

And the excuse suggested by Steve Sack in his cartoon, that shipping by train is much more dangerous than a pipeline, just doesn't wash.

Stopping the fracking here and urging Canada to do likewise just might.  In the meantime, we'll just hope that governor's will get involved, like the one in Nebraska who got behind some property owners and who convinced a judge not to let the pipeline go through that state.

A pox on all their houses.