Dave Heineman showed up recently to ask the Feds to deny the TransCanada pipeline permit through Nebraska. Or at least through the part of Nebraska that sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer. My immediate reaction:
Where the hell has Governor Heineman been all this time?
The pipeline isn't exactly fresh news. Folks have been protesting it for many months. The permit could be approved before the end of the year. And now Heineman shows up? Just how effective does he think he's going to be at such a late stage in the game?
I can't help but assume Heineman's belated action is nothing more than a political ploy. By waiting until the decision was all but made to pipe up, he gets immunity either way. If the permit comes through, he gets to talk about how the evil Feds don't listen to the states, Obama hates Mother Nature, and so forth. If the permit is denied he gets to take credit. Since he's so late to the party he doesn't actually have to put in much work. It's a total win-win for him.
Or maybe I'm too cynical. But that's one of my most endearing qualities, right?
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I think you are spot-on. That was exactly my thought. Way to take a stand at the 11th hour. And he looks like a turtle. Just sayin’ ...
Don’t think there’s any question about it. If he was really against the pipeline he could have easily pushed something through the legislature when he had the chance.
I can’t believe a politician would make a political ploy.
“Inconceivable!!”
Around our house he is known as “Touche”
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