editoriaLIES

Kind of funny (not 'funny ha-ha') that on the same day Rex ran a column complaining about those darn lying political groups misinforming the public the Times Union ran an editorial misinforming the public (aka 'lying') about the Keystone XL pipeline. I think we know who you need to punch, Rex, and you don't even need to leave the office. Get out the abacus, cuz the lies fly in this one:

THE ISSUE:

The President rejects a massive oil pipeline.

THE REALITY:

He had no choice.

Of course he did. Lie #1.

The truth is that if anyone is to blame for the fate of the project -- which still could win presidential approval, albeit under more responsible circumstances -- it's the Republicans in Congress.

"The truth is"? That's a good one. It's also a lie. Obama could easily have given the OK that his underlings have already given after an exhaustive 3 year review. Lie #2.

Mr. Obama had no choice but to reject a plan thrust upon him last month during an unrelated debate on tax cuts.

Lie #3, it's been in review for 3 years.

Lie #4, the environmental impact statement came out in August, which is when the GOP, unions, and others began pushing for its approval since there was no major impact cited. One issue in one state was to be dealt with in revisions to the routing. It was not "thrust upon him last month" unless you want to argue that he ignored it for 5 months before being confronted with it again.

more evidence, supposedly, of Mr. Obama's inability or unwillingness to create jobs. Never mind that supporters of Keystone XL are suspected of wildly exaggerating how many workers it would employ.

See this *points at insane grin on face that may be indigestion or insanity*? That's me when I see the liberal media daring to complain about "wildly exaggerating" jobs in the same breath as "Obama", master of "jobs saved or created" and citing the completely unsubstantiated millions of jobs that were "saved or created" by the porkulus, many of which were temporary and cost on the order of $250,000 each. Hypocrites, much?

The GOP strategy backfired. It was apparent that the environmental review of a project of this magnitude could not be completed in anywhere close to the 60 days that the Republicans had demanded.

Ummm...the environmental review is DONE (see link above). There was no requirement for another review - all Obama had to do was agree with the comprehensive/exhaustive one already done...5 months ago...and side with his union buddies over his green buddies. Lie #5.

Mr. Obama's decision Wednesday doesn't preclude further review. But it will require the Keystone XL project's more sincere advocates to abandon partisanship and seriously embrace science.

Lie #6. Doesn't embrace science? Are you kidding? They're going to spend $7 billion on a pipeline they spent years designing and shepherding through reviews without meeting the "science" standards of liberal newspaper editors? This is exactly what is wrong with central planning elitists like the TU editorial staff that think they could do a better job with more "science" than a giant corporation employing (presumably) hundreds of engineers and scientists on multi-billion dollar projects.

Lie #7. Partisanship? The GOP supported it. Leftist unions supported it. The sometimes left-sometimes right Chamber of Commerce supported it. The only ones acting in a partisan manner are Obama and the media defending him for killing a project that had already been reviewed and was ready for conditional approval. All the bipartisanship appears to be on the 'support' side.

Really pathetic stuff.

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Rep. Barton apparently gave an Obama surrogate a righteous beatdown over their delay and obfuscation of the facts:

“Our concern at this point, sir, is that we did not have time to do the analysis,” said Jones, who heads the Bureau of Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs...

But Barton, who had already pointed out that the administration had 40 months to examine every aspect of the project, rejected the answer, interrupting Jones.

“Well, we fought and won World War II in less time than it’s taken so far to evaluate this project,” Barton said. “I mean, with all due respect, it is an insult to the American people to say that you need more time.

“There are 10 other agencies that have reviewed this project and – correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding is that the Corps of Engineers approved it, the Department of Agriculture approved it, the Department of Interior approved it, the Department of Transportation approved it, the Environmental Protection Agency – believe it or not – approved it, the Defense Department approved it; the Justice Department approved it, the Homeland Security Department approved it and the Department of Commerce approved it. Only the State Department, which I believe, by law is required to look at the International implications since its trans-Canada -- only the State Department did not approve it.”

Do you need to be told who to punch, Rex?