Approving Keystone XL Pipeline Would Create Jobs and Lower Gas Prices

The answer to our country's economic doldrums is to reverse the price of gas. The consumers' disposable income has been reduced to critical levels. The pie can be sliced as many times as you want but if the pie doesn't get any larger we get hungrier and hungrier. The American people seem resistant to change and resistant to learn what they can do to coerce the political machine to take the global lead and say to the rest of the world "we are the true standard for independence".

We need to be self sufficient and self sustaining. We need to educate the rest of the world from our own back yard show them how to to keep the paint from chipping off the walls, how to soothe a crying baby, and how to keep the lights burning when our neighbors' go out.

Plentiful "back yard" petroleum will stop the climbing energy prices but it will not stop the greed of stock market speculators. That is a whole different saga.

Dave of NC 2:17PM August 04, 2011

The fact that nothing has been done regarding the pipeline since 2008, is a pretty good indication that the government cares nothing about doing anything to better this country! The government staff make enough money so that they are not effected by high prices in gas, food etc. so why would they want to help us by approving the construction of the pipeline?

Bill of NC 6:51AM August 03, 2011

Congress nor Mr. Obama give a tinkers damn about the legal citizens of the United States of America. They care only about their own personal wealth. I don't recall Obama threatening congress. They would get their payday and vacation on the backs of the elderly, and our military. Lets fire them all and start over.

Angela Clark of OH 4:01PM August 02, 2011

All of you environmentalist who are against drilling for oil and against the pipe line should try cutting your lights off and stay clear of the gas pumps.Just about everything made where we use in our homes has something to do with oil.There is enough oil that has not been taped here in the United States to last for years to come.sure we need alternative fuels like burning salt water,,but we have lagged so far behind in this field it will be years down the road in the making.AS i see it no mater what the out come there will always be a demand for oil.

Robert Turner of NC 11:19AM August 02, 2011