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 Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_39" style=""><br clear="none" class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_1_1415311189942_11215" style=""></span></div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_42" style=""><br clear="none" class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_1_1415311189942_11217" style=""></span></div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_45" style=""><br clear="none" class=""
 id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_1_1415311189942_11219" style=""></span></div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_48" style="">Geez, Mr. Hansen, I didn't say I approved, I was just trying to explain why some people--mostly large Texas oil companies and the Canadian </span>Gov't might have the hots for the project. Here's an illustration of the current pipeline route, which is called Keystone, and the route for the expansion (called Keystone XL). There was a bottleneck at Cushing OK, but Transcanada bought a pipeline that ran from Texas to Cushing and reversed the flow, allowing more oil to flow south to Texas(Gulf Coast Project) instead of relying on
 Midwest refineries.</div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida  Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><img class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_1_1415311189942_12014" src="http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/w300-35b5eddce7c682182b516176939f8bd8.jpg" alt="Photo - " style=""><br clear="none" class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_1_1415311189942_11908" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_6" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_8" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue',
 Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_8" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> There's a lot of controversy over where the refined products would end up. Right now the refineries in the Texas free-trade zone bring in crude from Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, and export refined products tax free. A lot of diesel goes to Europe and China where there's more demand than in the US. The XL expansion allows refinery expansion, as it would carry about as much crude as they now import from the aforementioned countries.Of
 course, the companies deny  their increased export intentions.</div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_8" style=""><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/16/news/economy/keystone-oil/" class="" style="">Where Keystone's oil will go</a><br class="" style=""></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_0" class=""><table class="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;"><tbody class="" style=""><tr class="" style=""><td class="" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td rowspan="5" class="" style="width: 1px;
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 #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 6pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 20pt;"> </div></td><td class="" rowspan="5" width="1" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td class="" colspan="2" style="width:
 100%; vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';"><div class="" style="line-height:16.5px; background-color: #ffffff; height: 135px; width: 245px;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;"><span class="" style=""></span><span class="" style=""></span><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/16/news/economy/keystone-oil/" class="" style="text-decoration: none !important; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 100%; font-size: 18px; display: block;"><span class="" style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal;margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; color: #000000; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline-block;">Where Keystone's oil will go</span></a><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: #999999; max-height: 81px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow: hidden;" class="">Supports say Keystone will cut U.S.
 reliance on foreign oil. Critics say the crude will be exported. They're both right.</div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td colspan="2" class="" style="height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 4pt;"></div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td class="" style="vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div class="" style="font-size: 0pt;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/16/news/economy/keystone-oil/" class="" style="color: black; text-decoration: none !important;cursor:pointer !important;" target="_blank"><span class="" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 11px; max-width: 145px; min-width: 85px; overflow: hidden; max-height: 13px; word-break: break-all;"><span class="" style="vertical-align:middle; font-size: 9px; line-height: 11px; color: #999999;
 -moz-text-size-adjust: none; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; text-size-adjust:none;">View on <span style="font-weight: bold" class="">money.cnn.com</span></span></span></a></div></td><td class="" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div class="" style="max-width: 100px; min-width: 80px; overflow: hidden; text-align: right; line-height: 11px; max-height: 13px; font-size: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align:middle; font-size: 9px; line-height: 11px; color: #999999; -moz-text-size-adjust: none; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; text-size-adjust:none;">Preview by Yahoo</span></div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td colspan="2" class="" style="height: 9px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="height: 9px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 9pt;"></div></td></tr><tr
 class="" style=""><td class="" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_8" class="" style="">  <a href="http://missoulian.com/news/local/will-keystone-xl-pipeline-s-oil-be-exported-or-stay/article_eb54bbae-f875-11e0-aeb1-001cc4c002e0.html" class="" style="">Will Keystone XL Pipeline's oil be exported, or stay in U.S.?</a></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_1" class=""><table class="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;"><tbody class="" style=""><tr class="" style=""><td
 class="" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td rowspan="5" class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td class="" rowspan="5" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 168px; height: 168px; background-color: #000000;border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 168px;" align="center"><a href="http://missoulian.com/news/local/will-keystone-xl-pipeline-s-oil-be-exported-or-stay/article_eb54bbae-f875-11e0-aeb1-001cc4c002e0.html" class="" style="text-decoration: none !important; color: #000000 !important;"><img alt="image"
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 border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 20pt;"> </div></td><td class="" rowspan="5" width="1" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td class="" colspan="2" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';"><div class="" style="line-height:16.5px; background-color: #ffffff; height: 135px; width: 245px;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;"><span class="" style=""></span><span class="" style=""></span><a href="http://missoulian.com/news/local/will-keystone-xl-pipeline-s-oil-be-exported-or-stay/article_eb54bbae-f875-11e0-aeb1-001cc4c002e0.html" class="" style="text-decoration: none !important; color: #000000 !important; line-height:
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 style="">  Of course, with crude prices dropping to $80 per barrel, both tar sands and fracking are becoming imperiled. Are the Saudis dropping the prices to kill both competitors, or are they in league with the US and Europe to undermine the Russian economy (which is based on oil exports)? You see, even us libruls have conspiracy theories. <img src="https://s.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo1.gif" alt="*:) happy" title="*:) happy" class="" style=""></div><div id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_8" style="background-color: transparent;" class=""><a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2014/08/15/albertas-oil-sands-among-riskiest-energy-plays-in-the-world-report-says/?__lsa=c622-83a8" class="" style="">Alberta's oil sands among riskiest energy plays in the world, report says</a><br class="" style=""></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px;
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 style=""></span><a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2014/08/15/albertas-oil-sands-among-riskiest-energy-plays-in-the-world-report-says/?__lsa=c622-83a8" class="" style="text-decoration: none !important; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 100%; font-size: 18px; display: block;"><span class="" style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal;margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; color: #000000; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline-block;">Alberta's oil sands among riskiest energy plays in the w...</span></a><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: #999999; max-height: 81px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow: hidden;" class="">Some of the world’s costliest energy projects are in Alberta’s oil sands and some could be cancelled without higher oil prices, according to a new report</div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td colspan="2" class=""
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 background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_8" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="">But don't worry, our President will continue to "kick hippies" They're now saying they may approve XL if the State Dept., not Congress has the final say:</div><div id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_8" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div
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 class="link-enhancr-card-description link-enhancr-element">The president did not say he would veto a bill on the pipeline.</div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 4pt;"></div></td></tr><tr><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="font-size: 0pt;"><a href="http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/223100-keystone-small-aspect-of-bigger-energy-picture-obama-says" class="link-enhancr-card-url link-enhancr-element" style="color: black; text-decoration: none !important;cursor:pointer !important;" target="_blank"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-view-on" style="display: inline-block; line-height:
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 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_7_1415311189942_14" style="display: none;"> <div class="" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"> <div class="" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="" dir="ltr" style=""> <font class="" size="2" face="Arial" style=""> On Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:15 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> wrote:<br clear="none" class="" style=""> </font> </div>  <br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""> <div class="" style=""><div class="" id="yiv2470709147" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""></div></div><div class="" style=""><div class=""
 style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""></div></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""></div></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""></div></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style="">JEESH ! </div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">How about a link to substantiate your "claims", Mr. Force?</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">What a pack of lies !</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">Foreign trade
 zone?</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">Mostly diesel?</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">How's this for a question . . .</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">A water main (80,000 [EIGHTY THOUSAND] gallons per hour) in Los Angeles, broke a few months ago.  It took city crews 90 (NINETY) minutes to respond.</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">How soon would you anticipate crews to respond to a broken pipeline (estimated 830,000 [EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND] barrels per day) in a farm field out in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska over the Ogallala Aquifer (which provides drinking water to 80% (EIGHTY PERCENT) of the midwest population?</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class=""
 style=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="https://nextgenclimate.org/keystone/keystone-xl-and-the-ogallala-aquifer-the-stakes-couldnt-be-higher/" style="">https://nextgenclimate.org/keystone/keystone-xl-and-the-ogallala-aquifer-the-stakes-couldnt-be-higher/</a><br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style="">And, what pipeline is currently being used to deliver oil to Houston . . . as you claim?<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div class="" style=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style=""><font
 class="" color="#000000" style="">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">  </span></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">Tom Hansen</span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">- John Lennon</span></div><div class="" style=""><span class=""
 style="">  </span></div></div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yqt24498" style=""><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style="">On Nov 6, 2014, at 6:38 PM, Ron Force <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" ymailto="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com" style="" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=rforce2003@yahoo.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><blockquote class="" type="cite" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div class="" style="">Yep, Texas likes it:</div><ul class="" id="yiv2470709147yui_3_16_0_1_1415311189942_11160"
 style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><li class="" style="">The main purpose of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is to make this oil available for export. Keystone XL would divert Canadian oil from refineries in the Midwest to the Gulf Coast.</li><li class="" style="">These refineries are in Foreign Trade Zones where oil may be exported to international buyers <i class="" style="">without </i>paying U.S. taxes. (PSR Website, but easily found elsewhere)</li></ul><div class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:12px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;">The refined product would be mostly diesel, bound for the European market.
 Beneficiaries are Texas refineries. Some oil is already arriving by pipeline. Keystone XL is just an expansion.</div><div class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;"><span class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">Ron Force<br clear="none" class="" style="">Moscow Idaho USA </div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="display:block;"> <div class="" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"> <div class="" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande,
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 <font class="" size="2" face="Arial" style=""> On Thursday, November 6, 2014 5:29 PM, Sue Hovey <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" ymailto="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" style="" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=suehovey@moscow.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">suehovey@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class="" style=""> </font> </div>  <br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""> <div class="" style=""><div class="" id="yiv2470709147" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style="">Saw a big banner from Houston, "WELCOME KEYSTONE."<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147yqt34847" style=""><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style="">On Nov 6, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Scott Dredge <<a
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 wrote:<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><blockquote class="" type="cite" style=""><div class="" style="">

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<div class="" dir="ltr" style="">Or it could be considered 'The Best News from Yesterdays Election' depending on your political stripe and / or profession.  Is anyone taking bets on Keystone XL?<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><hr class="" id="yiv2470709147stopSpelling" style="">From: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" style="" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=thansen@moscow.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">thansen@moscow.com</a><br clear="none" class="" style="">Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 12:20:33 -0800<br clear="none" class="" style="">To: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" style=""
 onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=vision2020@moscow.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br clear="none" class="" style="">Subject: [Vision2020] The Worst News from Yesterday's Election<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><table class="" style="padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;max-height:1000000px;width:877px;"><tbody class=""
 style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;max-height:1000000px;"><tr class="" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;max-height:1000000px;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="" style="padding:5px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:middle;max-height:1000000px;"><span class="" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;max-height:1000000px;display:block;min-height:20px;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/8479786/http://io9.com/the-worst-news-from-yesterdays-elections-1655150025" style="max-height:1000000px;height:76px;vertical-align:middle;text-decoration:none;display:block;"><font class="" color="#000000" style=""><span class="" style="">Remember Senator Inhofe (R-OK) calling climate change "the greatest
 hoax ever perpetrated on the American people" and comparing the Environmental Protection Agency to the GeStaPo? Guess who will be the next chair of the Senate's Environment Committee.</span></font></a></span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="" style="padding:5px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:middle;max-height:1000000px;width:80px;text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/comments/8479786/Remember-Senator-Inhofe-R-calling-climate-change-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-American-people-comparing-Environmental-Protection-Agency-to-GeStaPo-Guess-who-will-be-next-chair-of-Senates-Environment-Committee" style="max-height:1000000px;text-decoration:none;"><font class="" color="#000000" style="">(227) </font></a><div class="" style="padding:0px 0px
 4px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:bottom;max-height:1000000px;height:16px;visibility:hidden;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="">Courtesy of <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://io9.com/" style="">io9.com</a> at:</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://io9.com/the-worst-news-from-yesterdays-elections-1655150025" style="">http://io9.com/the-worst-news-from-yesterdays-elections-1655150025</a></div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">--------------------------------------</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""><b class="" style="">The Worst News from Yesterday's
 Election</b></div><div class="" style="">Filed November 5, 2014 3:30 pm</div><div class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style="">Senator James M. Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who calls climate change "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people" and compared the Environmental Protection Agency to the gestapo, will <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120134/climate-change-denier-james-inhofe-lead-environment-committee" style="text-decoration:none;">"almost certainly"</a> be <span class="" style="">the next chair of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee.</span></span></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style="">Senator Inhofe, who is poised to become the most powerful senator on the environment, is the same man who has compared the
 scientific consensus over manmade global warming to <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2006/07/24/6477/inhofe-third-reich/" style="text-decoration:none;">Adolf Hitler's conception of the Jewish conspiracy</a>.</span></div><div class="" id="yiv2470709147ecxinset_placeholder_1607297863" style="padding:0px;"></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style="">Now, you might be asking yourself: <i class="" style="">Wait, is this the guy who compared the demonization of carbon dioxide to Hitler's demonization of Jews? </i>No. You're thinking of <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://io9.com/climate-change-denying-physicist-compares-carbon-dioxid-1607297863" style="text-decoration:none;">climate-denying physicist William Harper</a>. Senator Inhofe has a completely different Third-Reichian climate change theory. <a rel="nofollow"
 shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2006/07/24/6477/inhofe-third-reich/" style="text-decoration:none;">In a 2006 interview with Tulsa World</a>, Inhofe said of the scientific consensus on manmade climate change:</span></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style="">"It kind of reminds... I could use the Third Reich, the big lie," Inhofe said.</span></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style="">Only Inhofe kind of flubbed the reference*. The "Big Lie," (or Große Lüge, in German) was a term <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie" style="text-decoration:none;">coined by Adolf Hitler in </a><i class="" style=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie" style="text-decoration:none;">Mein Kampf</a></i> to describe the propaganda technique of Jews who
 purportedly told lies "so colossal" that no one would believe "others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously." (Yes, the climate scientists in this analogy are the Jews.)</span></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style="">So, to clarify:</span></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style=""><span class="" style="">"</span><span class="" style="">Jews are carbon dioxide that we are demonizing" = William Harper.</span></span></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style=""><span class="" style="">"C</span><span class="" style="">limate scientists are Jews spreading lies" = Oklahoma Senator James M. Inhofe, the man likely to chair the Environment and Public Works Committee when the GOP takes control of the Senate next year.</span></span></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style=""><span class="" style="">And to make matters worse, </span><a rel="nofollow"
 shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/11/meet-new-climate-denier-caucus" style="text-decoration:none;">Inhofe will be joined by a few climate-denying friends</a><span class="" style="">.</span></span></div><div class="" style="padding:0px;"><span class="" style=""><small class="" style="">*Of course, Inhofe almost certainly meant to attribute the notion of a "big lie" to the third reich itself, as opposed to Hitler's conceptions of Jewish conspiracy, but we're not going to spend any more time sifting through his intentions, because the fact is that dissecting the meaning of any analogy that conflates climate scientists with Nazis is patently insane.</small></span></div></div><div class="" style="">--------------------------------------<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . .
 .</span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div class="" style=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" target="_blank" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style=""><font class="" color="#000000" style="">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">  </span></div><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">Tom Hansen</span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div class="" style=""> </div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none" class="" style="">=======================================================
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