- Trump just signed an order to with hold funding from foreign non-profits that offer abortion counseling. This is typical of shallow Pro-Life thinking. If they considered the consequences of their actions they might see that many of the babies that they insist must be born to live a life of poverty and strife will grow into the same adults that they want to throw in jail, keep out of the US, and off the welfare roles.
- It was reported that one of the last (classless) acts of the Obama administration was to authorize $220 Million to the terrorist Palestinian Authority, despite a GOP request to hold back those funds. Trump should claw-back those funds and give a refund to people like me who actually pay taxes.
- There has been a huge flap about how many people attended the Trump inauguration, and the subsequent handling of the "alternative facts" given to the press. I think the Trump staff is right when they say that the liberal press taunted them with comparisons of the attendances at previous Obama inaugurations. How could Trump not fire back with exaggerated claims of a million an and a half bodies as far as the eye could see?
I chalk this up to "irrelevant information" designed by the TV news editors (on both sides) to fill time because they have nothing of substance to talk about. These days every time I see a news show with more than two guests, I switch to Comedy Channel. These goat rodeos with panels of 5 or 8 people are unwatchable and bereft of useful information. Don Lemon is the worst. He should be fired if for no other reason than being drunk on camera on New Years Eve.
- As he promised, Trump has acted to remove the block that Obama had put on the Keystone XL pipeline. I think this is a bad idea. Here are my reasons.
- The pipeline is intended to bring Canadian oil to Texas for export..
- The shale oil that is being extracted is the least pure oil, accessed by fracking.
- Fracking uses a lot of fossil fuel to power the extraction engines. Thus it is much less efficient than other *available* sources of oil.
- Many of the involved private landowners and civil authorities in the path of the pipeline object for various reasons.
- America is already independent of foreign oil. This oil will be exported at low/crude tax rate to foreign refineries.
- It is a short term jobs creator. Admittedly, thousands will be employed to create the pipeline, but once finished less than a hundred permanent jobs will be created.
- Does does not lower fuel prices in the US. May actually result in regional increases.
- Accidents can and do happen. This is a project that does not benefit 99.4% of Americans.
- The only real beneficiaries of this project will be the Oil companies and construction companies involved.
- Check out my facts at: https://www.nwf.org/pdf/Global-Warming/KXL_Myths_vs_Facts.pdf
Who you gonna believe? The lying oil companies or the National Wildlife Federation?.
2 comments:
Rick said, "I think you're mostly on the mark, but neglected to do your research on the Palestinian issue. From the Jerusalem Post:
"Congress had approved the allocation of the funds in budget years 2015 and 2016, but a handful of members from the House of Representatives placed holds on them to protest Palestinian moves to join international organizations, the AP reported.
"The executive branch of the US government traditionally respects congressional holds, but is not legally bound by them," according to the Congressional Research Service. The funds, which are to be used for humanitarian purposes, will support “political and security reform as well as help prepare for good governance and the rule of law in a future Palestinian state,” the AP reported."
So the funds were authorized by a Republican-majority Congress, not Obama, and were being blocked by a "handful of members," not the GOP generally.
Regardless of whether you think we should be funding the Palestinian Authority for any reason, to characterize this as a "classless" Obama act is, in my opinion, unwarranted. If it will make you feel better, I'll give you back your share of taxes that went to this expenditure, which I calculate as 0.000734 cents.
Hey Rick, thanks for setting the record straight. If I wanted to do research before expressing my opinion, I might be able to publish my thoughts in a paying venue. I thought the sneaky passage of the ACA was classless too. (Don't get me started about the current president.)
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