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KansDem

(28,498 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:43 PM Jan 2012

Sorry, Rep Whitfield….but you are a liar.

“We’re not going to be subpoenaing the Koch brothers … because the Koch brothers have nothing to do with this project,” Whitfield snapped.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002220900

Before you embarrass yourself further, you’d better read this—

Report: Koch Industries Oil Affiliate Has Major Interest in Tarsands, Keystone XL Pipeline
By: Scarecrow Wednesday October 5, 2011 6:45 am

The good folks over at InsideClimateNews have been tracking the assault by Koch Industries on the environmental and health regulations and global climate science.

Now they’ve come across a link between Koch Industries and the Keystone XL Pipeline project and tar sands oil development. And the link was sitting there in plain sight.

Much of the focus on the tar sands oil extraction and the various legs of the Keystone XL Pipeline was naturally on the companies that extracted the oil and the companies involved in the pipeline construction and operation. But the obvious question was, who’s buying the tar sands oil and shipping it through the pipeline? Well, the answer is, an affiliate of Koch Industries.


—more—
http://firedoglake.com/2011/10/05/report-koch-industries-oil-affiliate-has-major-interest-in-tarsands-keystone-xl-pipeline/

[font size="1"] Ah, I love the smell of exposing lying Republicans in the morning...and noon and night!
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Sorry, Rep Whitfield….but you are a liar. (Original Post) KansDem Jan 2012 OP
A republican lied? Quick, call the media!1!! louis-t Jan 2012 #1
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