DECISION SHIFT – The Obama administration is about to make a major decision on whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that would bring oil from Canada to our Gulf Coast refineries. The decision was expected to be made by the State Department, but President Obama now hints that he personally will make it. It is critical that the pipeline be built. It will make us less dependent on the Mideast, and will add thousands of jobs. Modern technology can allow us to do this safely. Obama can appeal to his pre-industrial-age base by deciding against the line, and he'll make the Mideast oil nations happy. Or, he can appeal to the majority of Americans, even at the risk of some Saudi grumbling, or whatever they do over there. I'm not betting either way.
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