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XL Pipeline Back on Center Stage

 

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." ~ Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe

Senate and House Republicans are working on ways to get the XL Pipeline project back on track after President Obama bowed to pressure from his leftist nut-case, environmentalist wacko supporters in refusing to approve it.

Nebraska U.S. Senator Mike Johanns has joined 43 other Senators in support of a bill that would allow the pipeline to begin construction in the U.S. while TransCanada and the State of Nebraska work out the new route through the state and around the Sandhills.

Johanns told the Omaha World-Herald's Joseph Morton, "The president gives speeches about energy security and creating jobs, but this legislation would actually do it. Our bill approves the pipeline while allowing Nebraska and TransCanada the time they need to find the right route through our state," Johanns said. "This pipeline is not only a national priority because of the energy and jobs it will bring, it's also a Nebraska priority."

One Democrat currently has signed on to the bill and that's, no not our Democrat Senator Ben Nelson but West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who unlike Nelson, sees the common sense logic to the pipeline.

Over in the House, Speaker Boehner has said that they will pass this legislation as well but in their case, they are looking at tying it to a piece of legislation that Obama wants such as the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act.

Stay tuned . . .

 

 

ObamaMotors A Negative Charge To Its Dealers

the Green Energy sham continues at ObamaMotors . . .

It appears that U.S. consumers outside Holywood are just not buying President Obama's new electric cars. An article in Automotive News on-line reports that General Motors dealers across the country are balking at taking any more of Mr. Obama's Volt cars.

Apparently, dealers are having trouble selling the few they already have and don't want to increase their inventory of cars that no one wants. Oh, and then there's the little issue with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's investigation into the risk of fires in the Volt's battery pack.

All of this Washington central planning brings to mind this quote:

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy."  ~Ernest Benn

 

 

Deja Vu?

Nebraska Democrats are scrambling to find someone to run for U.S. Senate . . .

Former Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey (D) is pondering whether to run for the Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson.

Senator Nelson told everyone in late December that he will not seek re-election in 2012 and that left Democrats in Nebraska and Washington scrambling to find someone to run in November.

Interestingly enough, the search left Nebraska and headed east, way east to an address in New York City.

It appears that Mr. Kerrey is very interested and I guess the fact that he doesn't live or have a home in Nebraska doesn't seem to matter to Democrats.

He's a warm body with name I.D. in Nebraska and would immediately be a credible challenger for the Republican candidate.

The question for Nebraskans is just who is this version of Bob Kerrey.

Kerrey has always been a bit of a free spirit; kind of a Jerry "Governor Moonbeam" Brown want-a-be. What's interesting is that since he left the U.S. Senate, he has spent his time in New York City, in fact he lives and works in New York City. Now, I love visiting New York City but its leftist political environment is another thing.

You remember that salsa commercial where the cowboy looks at the jar and then he says, "New York City?" in complete disdain and disbelief?

Well, I think Nebraskans may come to say the same thing if Kerrey actually decides to run.

Here's a taste of uber-New Yorker Bob Kerrey per our friends at American Crossroads:

                 

Nelson Makes Decision on 2012

With the holidays, I've been in and out and late tonight was catching up on the news. And what do my wandering eyes see but that Senator Ben Nelson will not seek re-election.

Click here for the article in the Omaha World-Herald.

I'll look at this a bit more after next week . . .

 

Now Is The Time For Nelson To Show Leadership

We've seen and heard the political ads that tell us Ben Nelson is a leader and a doer. Well Mr. Nelson, it's time you Lead and Do.

The United States Senate has not produced a budget in over 960 days. Let me do the math for you:

960 days    365 days in a year    = 2.63 years

It's been almost THREE years since the Democrats who control the Senate have produced a budget. Budget bills from the House are stacking up against the door of the Senate and yet nothing for:

THREE YEARS

If I'm a Republican for the U.S. Senate, I'm hammering Nelson every day on this. This alone disqualifies this guy for another six-year term. We'd would all get fired at our jobs if performed our job this way.

Ridiculous . . .

 

I Just Woke Up From A Nightmare . . .

unfortunately, it's a nightmare in reality . . .

 

 

Farmers Win Only Because of Election Politics

it just keeps coming at us . . .

President Obama and his minions throughout the Federal Government for the past 2 ½ years have basically viewed our lives as their personal chess pieces by implementing regulation after regulation after regulation. If it moves, Obama-ites theorize, either implement new regulates or pile on to those already in place.  

Among the recently proposed was to make farmers who operated tractors, combines and semi tractors on rural roads, get a commercial driver’s license like professional truck drivers.

You can only imagine what the great majority of farmers thought about this one. They can be a rather independent and conservative lot.

But something happened on the way to the barn. The Feds have announced that they have changed their collectivist minds and so, "never mind"!

Did pressure from farm state Senators become too great or did folks in the Obama 2012 campaign cabal in Chicago realize they had just given Republicans a fat, hanging curve ball that could easily be swatted out of the park? I don't think they give a hoot about farmers, rather, I imagine they could envision a campaign ad by Republicans that even soccer moms could relate to and drive their suspicion and dislike even further lower of Obama.

When your poll numbers are already in the tank, the last thing you need to do is give opponents more political fodder and further re-enforce a doubting electorate.

Regardless of why, thankfully this one has gone by the way side. One down and hundreds of thousands to go . . .

When Unions Lose their Soul

It's sad really that a great majority of the Unions in this country have lost their way. There once was a time when Unions actually had some value but those days are long gone. Today, a great many Unions, and more specific, Union Leadership has sunk to the lowest rung in our society:

Thuggery

Below is a video from the Romney for President campaign. As you watch, think about Wisconsin and remember the horrible actions of Unions there earlier this year. I guess I'm not sure how the every day working mom and/or dad can even be a part of such organizations. This has to really make you proud to be a Union member . . .

 

Nelson Votes With Reid to Defeat Cut, Cap and Balance!!!

Boy, I have to give it to old Ben, I thought he would vote to move the bill forward to save his own hide here in Nebraska but instead, he voted to kill the bill in the Senate.

Congratulations Senator Nelson you now have added this to your growing list of utter failures as our U.S Senator.

So let me ask you one thing Ben, what's your plan? I'm listening. Hmm, silence . . .

Oh that's right YOU DON"T HAVE ONE.

Nelson and his fellow Democrats have not produced a single budget in over two years. TWO YEARS

As your employer, let me tell you something.  When an employee doesn't do his job for two years, I think his employer has the right to fire him.

Let you now be on notice, on the night of November 6, 2012, you Ben Nelson will be served with your termination notice, a nice big old PINK slip that you can take back to McCook.

Amazing . . . just flippin' amazing . . .

Reality Makes The Best Message

Back on July 2nd I posted a political ad by American Crossroads, a political action group headed by former Bush White House members Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie.

This week they have come out with round 2.

American Crossroads will run the ad nationally but will also target the states of Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada and Virginia.

For those of us in Nebraska, American Crossroads' website states, "Additional state-specific ads will focus on Senators Bill Nelson of Florida, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Sherrod Brown of Ohio. The ads encourage constituents to contact the Senators and say no to more taxes, spending and debt.

It will be interesting to see if Mr. Nelson complains about outside groups trying to influence the 2012 race.

Anyway, here is the latest ad from American Crossroads: