Dorchester Times: Fox Business Reports From Main Street Dorchester

Monday, February 1, 2021

Fox Business Reports From Main Street Dorchester

You heard it here first.

When President Joe Biden made the conscious decision last month to kill the jobs of thousands of Americans by halting construction on the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline, the Dorchester Times reported it would have an impact on the economy here in Saline County and the surrounding area.

Now, reporting from main street Dorchester, Fox Business and Lou Dobbs Tonight has confirmed it. (See the 5:00 mark of this video. Also, Fox News has published this article with the Dorchester dateline.)

A report that aired on the network this evening, Feb. 1, discussed the economic ramifications of Biden's move to revoke the pipeline's permit. (Biden was urged to kill the project by those who still have their jobs, such as longtime Democratic fundraiser and environmental activist Jane Kleeb, a resident of Hastings.)

According to the Keystone XL website, the project would sustain about 11,000 U.S. jobs this year alone – including 8,000 union jobs – and generate $1.6 billion in gross wages.

When factoring the jobs that support and supply the pipeline, there are estimates that the jobs killed by Biden's executive order could cost our region of the country hundreds of thousands of well-paying positions. Perhaps even more.

As one Saline County official told us, the county "will definitely feel a hit" from Biden's monarchial decree.

Mike Rowe, the former Discovery Channel star from "Dirty Jobs," told Fox Business that the Biden administration's clean energy push comes as Americans rely on the fossil fuel industry more than ever. As Rowe said, its “not just at the pump. It's not just oil and natural gas or clean versus dirty. It's the yoga pants. It's the plastic on the keyboard.”

Rowe added that “energy can't be the enemy” in America. “Even if our government turns its back on fossil fuels, the country can't. No matter what we want, we can't do it.” (Even Jane Kleeb -- as she works to destroy jobs and is worshipped by news reporters -- wears and uses fossil fuels daily. But when is the last time she has actually produced a good or commodity for her fellow man?)

15 comments:

AnonymousFebruary 1, 2021 at 9:17 PM
What happens when it leaks not if it leaks what’s it going to cost after it gets into the drinking water.
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cynical richardFebruary 1, 2021 at 11:44 PM
........said it before ...........say it again .................. somewhere between our forefathers fighting wars for freedom and civilization .................... life just got too damned easy .............. the young amongst us are about to find out ................... life can get damned hard in a hurry..............................
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AnonymousFebruary 2, 2021 at 10:28 AM
You know what else we don't have anymore? Milkmen, water carriers, lighthouse keepers, ect. Why? Because we figured out better ways to do the job. If your job is dying, move to electric. There's more jobs now than ever? Can't find it in your location? MOVE!
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AnonymousFebruary 2, 2021 at 2:55 PM
Typical. Ignoring the fact that the majority of the "thousands" of "lost jobs" are PROJECTED and TEMPORARY jobs. And ignoring the fact that clean energy can create even more jobs. I don't have an issue personally with the pipeline, but get your facts straight for once and stop misleading the public.
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country cousinFebruary 2, 2021 at 3:51 PM
Ever have vinegar and water on your salad? They don't stay mixed, you have to shake them up. If oil leaks, it being lighter than water will separate to the top and able to be cleaned up.
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AnonymousFebruary 2, 2021 at 4:59 PM
If you lost your job, be sure you hold those responsible accountable.
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Will hillbillyFebruary 2, 2021 at 6:52 PM
Oil and water don’t mix
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Middle RangerFebruary 3, 2021 at 4:16 PM
"According the Keystone's website?" Maybe you should check some other sources. Likes Forbes, perhaps "For the Keystone XL Pipeline, construction job estimates have ranged from 2,500 to 9,000. TransCanada, the S. Federal Government and the Global Labor Institute at Cornell University all produced interesting studies on this issue. Nearly all construction jobs for this project would be temporary."
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AnonymousFebruary 5, 2021 at 10:36 AM
Love this blog!!!! Thanks for the update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AnonymousFebruary 5, 2021 at 7:55 PM
Hope all these job killing people come around here soon to see the damage they inflict. They don't care about you because they're brainwashed and hate most of their fellow humans, I can tell you that much
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AnonymousFebruary 6, 2021 at 9:51 AM
Wake up and smell the money. Warren Buffett, a major contributor to the Democrat oligarchy, is very much behind this. Why? He owns Burlington railroad, which is hauling the oil out of Canada as we speak. The financial sector also wants to see China keep growing and this oil will be going to the Chi-Coms to fuel their industry.
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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."