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Suspicions Verified... BNSF Outrage..!!
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DrafterX Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 8:40 AM EST
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,564
BNSF Railroad and
"The Rest of the Story"

Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Railroad owns all of
the rail lines in the US
connecting to western Canada .
They haul 80%+ of the crude oil
from Canada to the Midwest and
Texas , or charge other short
line railroads a fee to use BNSF
tracks.

BNSF
charges $30 per barrel to haul
the oil. The proposed
“Keystone pipeline” would cost
$10 per barrel according to
the US State Department’s own
estimates and perhaps a lower
amount as reflected in other
estimates.

BNSF
is owned by Berkshire-Hathaway
whose chairman is Warren
Buffett. In the last 2
election cycles, Buffett gave
extensively to Democrat causes
and candidates, particularly
Obama in 2012. He also
bundled and hosted numerous
fundraisers for Obama. If
anyone believes the pipeline
isn't being blocked by Obama
on Buffett’s behalf, you need
to seek immediate medication.
On this basis, Buffett could
stand to lose $2 Billion a
year if the Keystone pipeline
goes in and he makes the same
amount every year it's
delayed. Is this “crony
capitalism” at its finest or
what? .


Film at 11..... Mellow
DrMaddVibe Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 9:19 AM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,513
I already told everyone all of this...was gonna happen...did happen and will continue to happen!

This is what we get for not putting in more refineries!
DrafterX Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 9:33 AM EST
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Posts: 98,564
DrMaddVibe wrote:
I already told everyone all of this...



ya, I remember.... but I got this in an e-mail this morning.... Mellow
jackconrad Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 9:50 AM EST
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Posts: 67,461
No surprise here..
teedubbya Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 10:00 AM EST
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Posts: 95,637
We do need to get all the money out of politics.
TMCTLT Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 10:02 AM EST
Joined: 11-22-2007
Posts: 19,733
teedubbya wrote:
We do need to get all the money out of politics.




Good luck there....money is to politicians that crack is to the addict sadly. d'oh!
DrafterX Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 10:03 AM EST
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I think Obama is just waiting for someone to suggest renaming the pipeline to 'The Obamaline'.... Mellow
HockeyDad Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 10:41 AM EST
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Posts: 46,164
Just imagine if Tony Stewart was the engineer on a BNSF train.
cacman Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 10:43 AM EST
Joined: 07-03-2010
Posts: 12,216
teedubbya wrote:
We do need to get all the money out of politics.

LMFAO!!!
The 1%er's and their money ARE the politicians.
I'm still confused how a person working a $175,000/yr job as a public servant can become a multi-millionaire in a few short years?
DrafterX Offline
#10 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 11:05 AM EST
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They prolly wrote a book.... Mellow
TMCTLT Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 11:13 AM EST
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Posts: 19,733
cacman wrote:
LMFAO!!!
The 1%er's and their money ARE the politicians.
I'm still confused how a person working a $175,000/yr job as a public servant can become a multi-millionaire in a few short years?



I think it gives them the inside track on " Who's ASS " to kiss or ****** to lick etc.....thus opening up opportunities to Get Rich. Well that and insider trading
( You know that thingy that's ILLEGAL for everyone But Them!!
cacman Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 11:38 AM EST
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Posts: 12,216
DrafterX wrote:
They prolly wrote a book.... Mellow

Or started a foundation…Huh
DrafterX Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 8:14 AM EST
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,564
Think
I think I'll start one.... Please send donations to 'The Human Fund'... cash is preferred... Mellow
Abrignac Online
#14 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 8:51 AM EST
Joined: 02-24-2012
Posts: 17,329
Summary of the eRumor:
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF), owned by President Obama-backer Warren Buffet, would lose billions of dollars in oil freight if the Keystone XL Pipeline were approved.


The Truth:
This hoax has been circling the Internet in an email that went viral.

The claim that BNSF owns all the railroad lines that connect the United States to western Canada is false. Canadian Pacific Railway operates some 14,000 miles of rail that extend from provinces in western Canada down through the Midwest.

BNSF, meanwhile, operates 32,500 miles of track in 28 states and two Canadian provinces, the company said on its website.

The eRumor’s claim that BNSF transports 80 percent of the oil imported from Canada is mathematically impossible. Berkshire Hathaway, BNSF’s parent company, said in its 2013 annual report that BNSF transports about 500,000 barrels of oil per day. That accounts for about 10 percent of oil produced in the lower 48 states.

The United States imports up to 2.2 million barrels of oil from Canada per day, according to an NPR report in April 2012. BNSF would have to transport 1.76 million barrels of oil per day to account for 80 percent Canadian imports, which is far beyond the company’s capacity.

The eRumor’s claims about the cost of transporting oil by rail vs. pipeline also appear to be incorrect. According to an April 2014 New York Times report, it costs about $5 per barrel to transport oil via pipeline, and $10 to $15 to transport oil via rail.

The claim that President Obama refuses to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline because Buffet stands to lose billions of dollars in oil freight is also false.

Experts have said that a combination of rail and pipeline is needed to handle the volume of oil being transported in the United States. Neither system will have the capacity to transport all the oil. Buffet weighed in on the issue in an interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune in Mach 2014.

“I think the Keystone pipeline is probably a good idea for the country,” Buffet said.

Buffet added that he wasn’t sure if it would be cheaper to transport millions of barrels of oil by pipeline or rail over the course of 100 years.

The eRumor was correct on one point, however. Buffet has been a longtime supporter of Obama. Buffet has a well-documented history of making campaign contributions and hosting fundraisers, as ABC News reported in 2011.

Posted 04/25/14

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/Burlington-Rail-Road.htm#.U-y-FoXp-So



I suspect the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
DrafterX Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 8:59 AM EST
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