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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsexxon-mobil commercial...'projects like these (keystone) could create 1/2 million jobs'
no other facts presented, just this bullshit. the catcher is 'could'
Cirque du So-What
(25,972 posts)but a multitude of issues prevent that eventuality.
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)spanone
(135,871 posts)badtoworse
(5,957 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)Building prisons to house everyone whose name begins with the letters g through r would create jobs.
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)Expanding our energy infrastructure adds value; you're examples do not.
spanone
(135,871 posts)badtoworse
(5,957 posts)Profit is a motive in virtually every part of the energy business and I don't have a problem with it.
spanone
(135,871 posts)Snake Alchemist
(3,318 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)Amonester
(11,541 posts)Even in the plastic keyboard keys we type on...
No need to expand the list.
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)...whoops...edit for spelling.
FSogol
(45,525 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)"exxon-mobil commercial...'projects like these (keystone) could create 1/2 million jobs'"
...that's a lie.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002186785
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/1002184196
spanone
(135,871 posts)safeinOhio
(32,714 posts)however I would like a written guarantee of the number of jobs, pay and how much less gas will cost me. You see, I've been burned before.
NeverEnuff
(147 posts)If a mouse had wings it could be a bat!
Initech
(100,100 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)What will ExxonMobil do to make good on its promise? Or are the jobs they're promising really going to be hazardous clean-up crew jobs when they cheap out again on the pipeline construction like they did in Alaska? Something tells me that the incredible mess the oil companies have made of the North Shore will get a little more attention when they do the exact same thing in Nebraska.
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)you can generate Big Numbers. Look at Rush Limbaugh.