Sanders: Trump ignored millions by moving forward with pipelines - Polidicks

[QUOTE=MuTAnT;51723354]I struggle to stomach political speeches usually but Sanders is frankly inspiring.[/QUOTE] I still remember the first time I was exposed to Sanders. Oddly enough it wasn't about wealth inequality, it was about gays in the military. Seeing him go off on the dude like he did, it really spoke to me. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjDqS3FG_w[/media]

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;51720427]Remember when we could have had Bernie? The Rifleman remembers.[/QUOTE] I voted for him then, and I will vote for him now.

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;51720427]Remember when we could have had Bernie? The Rifleman remembers.[/QUOTE] Bernie is actually president over on Earth One, we just live in one of those fucked up "What if?" realities.

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;51720427]Remember when we could have had Bernie? The Rifleman remembers.[/QUOTE] The fact that Bernie was thrown out the window just because of the novelty of having a female president fucking kills me.

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;51723753]I still remember the first time I was exposed to Sanders. Oddly enough it wasn't about wealth inequality, it was about gays in the military. Seeing him go off on the dude like he did, it really spoke to me. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjDqS3FG_w[/media][/QUOTE] 21 years later, he still holds those values and convictions shown here. Man... America really fucked itself.

[QUOTE=Bread_Baron;51724155]Bernie is actually president over on Earth One, we just live in one of those fucked up "What if?" realities.[/QUOTE] this feels like one of those realities where the Chosen One died two minutes in and all his companions had to pick up the slack

Based on this article from New York Times, the keystone pipeline is not predicted to have that large an effect on our climate, BUT it does set a bad precedent that the US is not interested in investing into renewable energy which IS the future of our energy source. [quote=New York Times] [url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/us/politics/keystone-dakota-pipeline-trump.html]ARTICLE LINK[/url] Keystone and Dakota pipelines provided Mr. Trump with visible ways to demonstrate action. As proposed by TransCanada, an Alberta firm, Keystone would carry[B] 800,000 barrels a day from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast.[/B] Republicans and some Democrats said that it would create jobs and expand energy resources, while environmentalists said it would encourage a form of oil extraction that produces more gases that warm the planet than normal petroleum. Studies showed that the pipeline would not have a momentous effect on jobs or the environment, but both sides made it into a symbolic test case. The State Department estimated that Keystone would[B] support 42,000 temporary jobs for two years[/B] — about 3,900 of them in construction and the rest through indirect support, like food service — but only 35 permanent jobs. Similarly, the government concluded that [B]Keystone’s carbon emissions would equal less than 1 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States[/B].[/quote] I don't understand how there can only be 35 permanent jobs created from this. That doesn't seem right. My point is we need someone to [I]SELL[/I] Trump on the idea of investing in renewable energy *ahem-Elon Musk-ahem*. Trump will go with whatever is proven to be the most profitable which in the long run must be green energy. We just don't have the infrastructure quite yet, but that is another opportunity to create jobs, which Trump loves oh-so-much

[QUOTE=Aphtonites;51724460]The fact that Bernie was thrown out the window just because of the novelty of having a female president fucking kills me.[/QUOTE] That's the surface level identity politics. I'm sure she won popular votes in primaries due to this, but the DNC was much more invested in the fact that she was a party democrat than whether or not she was a female.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;51725774]That's the surface level identity politics. I'm sure she won popular votes in primaries due to this, but the DNC was much more invested in the fact that she was a party democrat than whether or not she was a female.[/QUOTE] Pretty much. If you think the DNC just pushed her because she was a female you're not too bright. The Clintons have been a juggernaut in the modern Democratic party and have an absurd amount of pull, connections, and supporters.

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51720678]I'm not convinced Bernie would have won, Socialist is a hard sell in America.[/QUOTE] It's kinda funny in a sad way how one part of Trumps supporters seemed like the type to think that "He's gonna remove socialism in this country, taxation is theft @ so forth". Then he wants to build a massive pointless wall.

How do I make my voice heard regarding this? I heard it's entered public review.

[QUOTE=Popularvote;51735767]How do I make my voice heard regarding this? I heard it's entered public review.[/QUOTE] Contact your local representatives and the state senators and encourage as many people as possible to do the same. Once they hear your grievances they might feel their constituents are opposed to it and could change their minds. Make sure they realise votes are on the line regarding the issue.