by Burkely Hermann
It
was a cold, dreary day. Right after I heard the articulate, fiery man
speak to a crowd of about fifty for over an hour, I went up the stairs
to get my book signed. That fiery man was Chris Hedges, a vocal
participant in the Occupy movement and anti-corporate activist. When I
got my chance, I asked Mr. Hedges if he had expected President Obama to
voice approval of the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline after he
had
previously rejected it.
Hedges said that he did expect Obama to voice his approval for the
project because of what was said when the pipeline was rejected. Sure
enough, those activists that cheered at the rejection of the pipeline
missed these telling words:
The Secretary of State has recommended that the
application [for the pipeline] be denied…I agree…This announcement is
not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but [on] the arbitrary
nature of a deadline.
Obama even hinted at his future support of the pipeline: “[there may
be] development of an oil pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf of
Mexico.” These deceptive words used by the President made me think: Is
the president heavily influenced by Big Oil or is the statement he made
in the 2008 campaign, “I don’t take money from oil companies” true?
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