As The World Turns: Episode 45, "Under Pressure"

Tonight's episode of the surprise cable television hit, the adult soap, Keystone XL: "Under Pressure."

The Nebraska legislature, under increasing pressure to do something .... well ... does something.

Spoiler alert!

Nebraska’s legislature passed legislation on Apr. 11 allowing the state’s Department of Environmental Quality to study a new proposed route for TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline.

LB 1161 passed by 44 to 5 votes, more than the two-thirds required, and suspends portions of an earlier pipeline siting law enacted late last year.

It was nice to note that 44-5 is more than two-thirds.

In tonight's episode the Speaker of the Nebraska legislature is played by Freddie Mercury. The sergeant-at-arms is played by David Bowie.

The opening crowd scenes are Nebraskans cheering that the TransCanada pipeline is one step closer to reality.



Opening lyrics:

Mm ba ba de
Um bum ba de
Um bu bu bum da de
Why don't we give it one more chance?
Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure - that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da - that's o.k.

[Seriously: if this bill was simply to allow a government agency to conduct a new study, how long is this whole process going to take? If it's not a sham study, it has to take at least a year to do a comprehensive study. And 5 voted against it, even though TransCanada is going to end up paying for it.]

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