Happy Monday – If you live in Montana, maybe you’ve noticed that TransCanada is airing several informational ads about the Keystone XL pipeline. That’s the pipeline that may go through eastern Montana.

One of the proposed routes takes the pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, through Montana to Steele City, Nebraska.

Note: To my readers from Iowa, Alberta is a province of Canada and not a state in the United States.

It seems almost everyone has an opinion about the pipeline. Just yesterday CNN reported, “Hundreds of students and youth organizers were arrested outside the White House Sunday as they protested against the Keystone XL pipeline under review by the Obama administration.”

While I am in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline, maybe someone should protest the performances in these informational videos. In my opinion, they are far from Oscar-worthy.

So I had to see if there were more videos! There are! There are seven videos and they range in length from 1:00 to 2:40.

So today I am a video critic!  In honor of the just-completed Winter Olympics, here are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal winners of the seven Keystone XL pipeline promotional videos!

BRONZE: This one is titled, “Pipeline Safety & Inspection.” The answers from the expert do not flow well.

SILVER: This is the long one and it’s called, “Not An Export Pipeline.” They kind of kill the audience with too much information. It also looks like the expert is reading notes on the table.

GOLD: The title of this one is “Benefits To Montana & Landowner Relations.” This one gets the Gold partly because they talk about the money the pipeline will bring to Montana. The questions from people sitting around the table are painful to hear.

If you want more, you can see the other videos HERE.

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