Susan Rice and husband worth...

[BudBro 183]

Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations whose name has been floated as a possible secretary of state nominee, may soon face opposition from the environmental lobby over what the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) called a potential financial conflict of interest on Wednesday.

 

According to her May 2012 financial disclosure, Rice has an investment in TransCanada Corporation worth between $300,000 and $600,000. TransCanada is angling for the State Department’s permission to build the final portion of the Keystone XL pipeline — a 1,700-mile conduit for crude oil between Canadian deposits and Texas refineries.

 

If she were confirmed as secretary of state, Rice would have final authority to green-light the large section of the pipeline project still languishing in regulatory purgatory.

 

Canada’s oil sands contain untapped petroleum deposits in a semi-solid state that can be extracted with specialize pumps, pressurized steam or commercial solvents. The nation’s deposits, especially those in the province of Alberta, are considered the most abundant on earth.

 

Environmentalists oppose the oil sands pipeline project, claiming that transporting crude oil over long distances could jeopardize the integrity and purity of the Ogallala Aquifer in the event of a significant spill. That 174,0000 square mile underground reservoir contains the water needed to irrigate 30 percent of America’s cropland.

 

“[A]bout a third of Rice’s personal net worth is tied up in oil producers, pipeline operators, and related energy industries north of the 49th parallel,” an NRDC blogger wrote Wednesday, “including companies with poor environmental and safety records on both U.S. and Canadian soil.”

 

“Rice and her husband own at least $1.25 million worth of stock in four of Canada’s eight leading oil producers, as ranked by Forbes magazine. That includes Enbridge, which spilled more than a million gallons of toxic bitumen into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River in 2010 — the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history.”

 

Rice’s disclosure form — a document required of high-ranking executive branch employees — shows that she and husband Ian Cameron, a longtime ABC News producer, have a net worth between $26,344,219 and $38,826,000. (The form requires only a range of valuations for each asset.)

 

In 2009, the Center for Responsive Politics ranked her the wealthiest member of the executive branch.

 

Rice’s asset holdings, with Cameron, include more than $1 million in exchange-traded gold, an investment in Toronto Dominion Bank worth between $1 million and $5 million and substantial cash deposits with the Royal Trust Corporation of Canada.

 

Those deposits include between $1.26 million and $2.56 million in Canadian dollars, and between $1.71 million and $2.56 million in U.S. dollars.

 

xl pipeline will likely be approved by rice if she becomes sec of state. i guess that seals it then. despite covering up the murder of americans by the obama administration, she should get the job. sh**t, with an energy portfolio like that, she should be president.

[wiffleball 4,796]

despite covering up the murder of americans by the obama administration,

 

 

Focking Stupid. Even for you.

 

One more for the 'ignore' list.

[BudBro 183]

Focking Stupid. Even for you.

 

One more for the 'ignore' list.

awwww.... ....dammit. i knew i'd get blamed for running misssilles over there and recruiting alkada members. that sucks.

[hoytdwow 202]

xl pipeline will likely be approved by rice if she becomes sec of state.

The secretary of state has nothing to do with domestic issues. HTH

[BudBro 183]

The secretary of state has nothing to do with domestic issues. HTH

straight from the article you didn't read....ready?

 

If she were confirmed as secretary of state, Rice would have final authority to green-light the large section of the pipeline project still languishing in regulatory purgatory.

 

greenies are calling it a conflict of interest. greenies are leftists. there could be an internal conflict within the communist party leadership.

[MedStudent 56]

Rice will get opposition from the right for her nomination because the other candidate being talked about is Kerry. The republicans want Kerry because Massachusetts would have to hold a special election to fill his senate seat and they think Scott Brown would win.

[hoytdwow 202]

straight from the article you didn't read....ready?

 

Of course I didn't read your breitbart posting. Why would anyone?

[BudBro 183]

Of course I didn't read your breitbart posting. Why would anyone?

i know...right?

[DankNuggs 305]

Rice will get opposition from the right for her nomination because the other candidate being talked about is Kerry. The republicans want Kerry because Massachusetts would have to hold a special election to fill his senate seat and they think Scott Brown would win.

He would win

[BudBro 183]

Rice will get opposition from the right for her nomination because the other candidate being talked about is Kerry. The republicans want Kerry because Massachusetts would have to hold a special election to fill his senate seat and they think Scott Brown would win.

interesting. obama must not have much concern about brown winning that seat since he's pushing for rice.

[Voltaire 5,448]

interesting. obama must not have much concern about brown winning that seat since he's pushing for rice.

President Obama doesn't "push for" anyone. He decides.

 

Everybody else "pushes for."

[IGotWorms 4,060]

I thought you guys wanted the Keystone pipeline?

[Voltaire 5,448]

I thought you guys wanted the Keystone pipeline?

 

Maybe they want to get Greens upset at her and realize that Greens don't read hack fake conspiracy sites.

[IGotWorms 4,060]

 

Maybe they want to get Greens upset at her and realize that Greens don't read hack fake conspiracy sites.

 

Or maybe they're just batsh!t insane. Look up "delusional disorder". Describes Mr. Budbro here to a tee.

[BudBro 183]

I thought you guys wanted the Keystone pipeline?

i said "hire her" in the op. hard to follow, i know, without all the reading and what-not.

[BudBro 183]

Or maybe they're just batsh!t insane. Look up "delusional disorder". Describes Mr. Budbro here to a tee.

i didn't figure any of our resident leftists would recognize any of the various hypocrisies. so, yes, i'll be the delusional one.

[The Moz 71]

Would you rather buy from the Arabs?

[Voltaire 5,448]

I think the whole Benghazi thing is delusional bullsh*t. But even more delusional bullsh*t within the other delusional bullsh*t is Susan's Rice role in it. She's not in charge of diplomatic security, she's not in charge or the response team.

 

As for the Keystone pipeline thing -I don't know if it's true or not- but if it is, it's a plus. I like the pipeline idea: lots of good private sector jobs to build/maintain it, less dependency on the Arabs, cheaper gas.

 

Actually, let me back off... the government wouldn't pay for the pipeline right, that'd be the oil companies? The government just removes the red tape and uses eminent domain whenever the route crosses private property, -maybe require spill insurance and liability for leaks -it doesn't actually cost taxpayers anything? That would make sense.

[Phurfur 70]

President Obama doesn't "push for" anyone. He decides.

Everybody else "pushes for."

 

Yes, but it takes him weeks to do it.