Paul Ryan is a Very Serious Man

I think, if you give them time, Senator McCain will explain that the Ukraine crisis is a great reason to "build the dang fence" and Ron Paul will explain how this is why we need to abolish the Fed.

But one derpgasm at a time...I give you Rep. Paul Ryan, former vice-presidential candidate and very fit person:

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Wednesday argued that President Obama needs to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline because of the crisis in Ukraine. 

While one component of the drama in the region is over natural gas supplies tied to Russia, Ukraine is not actually in need of the oil that would be produced by building the Keystone pipeline. According to the Energy Information Administration, “Only a relatively small portion of the country’s total consumption is accounted for by petroleum and other liquid fuels.” And, since the Keystone XL pipeline would take years to build, there’s virtually no chance that it would be of use for the escalating Ukrainian crisis even if oil were in play. 

But that didn’t stop Ryan from arguing that building the pipeline would send a “signal that America is open for energy business.”

We are open for Canadian tar sands to be transported through our country to be exported elsewhere or the Russian imperialists win?

Okay, okay. Foreign policy is not Paul Ryan's stong point, and well, maybe energy policy isn't either. But there's always his understanding of economics.  Oh, well.

Edited to add: You know, it actually doesn't make any less sense than "Drill here, drill now" though, right?