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President Obama: Free the Keystone XL Pipeline

Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

Keystone Pipeline Obama on Keystone XL Pipeline —Stop the Energy Freeze@Facebook

Keystone XL Pipeline No More Excuses –Image: Reince Priebus/RNC@Twitter

(L.A. Times) Welcome to the “Year of Action.” In last weeks SOTU speech, President Obamav vowed to do whatever he has to, to help the economy.

Last week, the State Dept issued a much awaited study on the Keystone XL Pipeline, it found that there would be minimal climate impact concluding, that if the pipeline from Canada is not built, it could result in significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions because the alternative means trucks and railways used in the transporting of fuel are more carbon intensive than the pipeline.

Full article here by Jonah Goldberg at Townhall.com

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Historically High Number of People Will Be Locked Out of Labor Force Because of ObamaCare

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

The D Word Depression Era Unemployment

(CNBC) An historically high number of people will be locked out of the workforce by 2021 because of ObamaCare, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released today.

In related economic news from the CBO it is estimated that the labor participation rate which is already historical lows is projected to further drop to 60.8% by 2024 should things remain the same.

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ObamaCare Network ‘Healthcare.gov’ Vulnerable to Cyber Attack

Monday, February 3rd, 2014

ObamaCare Oops!!! –Image: Tea Party Patriots@Twitter

(Washington Free Beacon) U.S. Intelligence agencies last week urged the Obama Administration to check ‘Healthcare.gov’ for malicious software after learning that developers linked to Belarus government, a former Soviet republic, closely allied with Russia helped produce the website and inserted malicious code that could be used for cyber attacks, raising fresh concerns that private data posted by millions of Americans will be compromised.

On the 20 January, I wrote here that Hacking Expert David Kennedy who appeared before Congress, told FOX News Chris Wallace subsequent to his testimony, how easy it was to penetrate ‘Healthcare.gov’ and gaining access to tens of thousands of enrollees personal information.

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