Now cometh Her Excellency Gretchen Whitmer, esteemed…cough, cough, Governor of the Great State of Michigan. A few days ago it was announced that Enbridge would have to shut down a pipeline carrying oil and gas through the Straits of Mackinac lake bottom. The pipeline is nearly 70 years old and the company continues to have a valid easement through the Straits. At issue, per Whitmer is the “unreasonable risk” of continuing to operate the pipeline.

Is it unreasonable? Not a clue.

But I call bullshit on her statement:

“Most importantly, Enbridge has imposed on the people of Michigan an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes that could devastate our economy and our way of life. “

Detroit Free Press, November 13, 2020

This bullshit statement is pure hypocrisy. Michigan’s economy and way of life is the furthest thing from the care and concern of Her Excellency. Consider the Covid-19 restrictions that Her excellency has placed upon the populace of this once proud workforce–some of the most restrictive in the nation. To what end? The economic devastation to the state’s economy is massive directly due to the shutdowns within the state. Numerous small businesses shut down permanently. Hometown pharmacies closing sending patients to some chain retailer based out of state. So many people wondering “now what?”

And the way of life? Bullshit. Her Excellency has aligned herself with political positions opposing Michigan’s way of life. Perhaps she has forgotten that Michigan is known as the Automobile Industry Capital of the World? Automobiles that run on gasoline, a petroleum product.

ummm…. o-i-l.

I need more research but I can’t help but wonder if shutting down the pipeline has more to do with Joe Biden’s “transition away from fossil fuels” than the safety of the Straits of Mackinac.

So Your Excellency, I call BULLSHIT! And you smell as if you’ve rolled in it.