Hmm… this is ‘interesting’…….Kind of adds a little ‘dimension’ to the topic-, like “the Rest of the Story”.

And pokes a bunch of holes in the ‘environmental’ platform!

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad owns all of the rail lines in the US connecting to western Canada, and they haul 80%+ of the crude from Canada to the Midwest and Texas, or charge other Short Line railroads a fee to use their tracks.

BNSF charges $30 per barrel to haul the oil, where the Keystone pipeline would cost $10 by the State Departments own estimates.

BNSF is owned by Berkshire-Hathaway whose chairman is Warren Buffet.

In the last 2 election cycles, Buffet gave extensively to democrat causes and candidates, including $40K+ to Obama in 2012. He also bundled and hosted numerous fundraisers for Obama.

If anyone here believes the pipeline isn’t being blocked by Obama on Buffets behalf, you’re totally wrong.

Buffet could stand to lose $2B+ a year if the pipeline goes in, and he makes that same amount every year it’s delayed.

So to protect his buddy Buffet’s coffers so the Democraps will keep getting checks, Obama is willing to let Canada sell it’s oil to China, and to hell with the Americans getting a chance to have cheaper gasoline prices.

This is crony capitalism at it’s finest, and what is making people mad at our government and capitalist system.

“And now you know…….. the “rest of the story.”

Scary, huh?

Anyway, I was watching the news and I saw mention of the fact that schools are starting in Albuquerque in 2 day. Why the hell are kids going back to school in the heat of summer. I remember going back to school in early September, not early August. I guess kids are not allowed to be kids anymore. Local schools go back next week.

I go before the county commission tomorrow. Just a lodger’s tax presentation.

Thinking of a bike trip this month.

The teacher asked the president if he would like to lead the discussion on the word ‘tragedy.’ So our illustrious president asked the class for an example of a ‘tragedy’.

One little boy stood up and offered: “If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, that would be a tragedy.”

“No,” said Obama, “that would be an accident.”

A little girl raised her hand: “If a school bus carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone, that would be a tragedy.”

“I’m afraid not,” explained Obama. “That’s what we would call great loss.”

The room went silent. No other child volunteered. Obama searched the room.

“Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”

Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand. The teacher held her breath.

In a quiet voice he said: “If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Obama was struck by a ‘friendly fire’ missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy.”

“Fantastic!” exclaimed Obama. “That’s right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”

“Well,” says Johnny, “It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as hell wouldn’t be a great loss… and you can bet your sweet ass it wouldn’t be an accident either!”

The teacher fainted.