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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Factcheckers Call Bullshit On Keystone XL Jobs Claim [View all]PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)13. number hasn't changed
50 = 50
I remember when the Republicans slammed the Census jobs. Oh they are so temporary. yep. but at least we get something out of it. seems awfully expensive for 50 jobs let alone any spill becomes a mini Chernobyl and will never be cleaned up
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Pic Of The Moment: Factcheckers Call Bullshit On Keystone XL Jobs Claim [View all]
EarlG
Nov 2014
OP
You'd have to tap dance like hell to sell that shit to even a bunch of Cheney-loving cowboys, I
MADem
Nov 2014
#19
Keeping in mind these are the same types who cherry picked the intel to claim Iraq had WMDs....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2014
#21
environmentalists can't fix this bullshitting while ignoring the main tool used to
certainot
Nov 2014
#12
Oh... But we'll need more cops and military police to stop terrorists from bombing the pipeline!
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#14
Is he including oil spill clean-up jobs, PR people to excuse the oil spills as unforeseeable
tclambert
Nov 2014
#17
Politifact found State Dept est of 35, yes 35, permanent jobs from Keystone to be accurate
Bill USA
Nov 2014
#27
I'd like Van Jones for President. He'd never win, but he'd be my first choice in the primaries...
freshwest
Nov 2014
#42
I don't care how many jobs it doesn't create, I desperately want oil company CEOs to continue
aint_no_life_nowhere
Nov 2014
#33
There is no doubt we are dependent on this industry… not by choice, though
MrMickeysMom
Nov 2014
#46