the sludge must flow

One supposes it's easier for the Laureate to pretend to block the moneymaker when he knows he's not seriously slowing the flow:

TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline still will move ahead with an alternate route after President Barack Obama’s decision to deny a permit, investors, public officials and analysts say...

with an unspoken 'nyah-nyah nyah nyah-nyah'