Posted on 07/25/2008 10:49:16 AM PDT by K-oneTexas
by J.D. Longstreet
You know what is frustrating? Having a problem and having the answer to that problem within reach but being prevented, by the government, from utilizing that answer to solve the problem. And it happens to be right where we Americans find ourselves today.
We don't have enough oil. Well, actually we do have enough oil, only the government won't let us get at it. You see, we currently have a bunch of intellectual midgets in charge of the U.S. government and they are driving our country to ruin… and seemingly loving every minute of it!
If you think the American economy is bad now, you ain't seen nothin’ yet! And, listen up, citizens of the world! If America goes down… you go down, too.
Oil is the fuel that powers the American engine of democracy. It drives everything about this republic. The business of America is business. We're a capitalist society. If business suffers, America suffers. Businesses closing down because of high fuel costs means there will be Americans out of jobs. Americans out of jobs means higher unemployment rates and a bigger drain on the U.S. treasury, which means, inevitably, higher taxes for all of us, which means more small businesses will have to close their doors because they cannot afford to do business, which means more Americans out of jobs… and the cycle continues. No matter how you dissect it, the business of America is business. Without it, we will implode and fairly quickly.
We are on the edge of the precipice these days and we have no leadership in Washington we can count on to do what is truly needed. Since the inception of the 110th Congress, America seems to be grinding to a halt. Their emotion-based decisions and feel-good tendencies look good on paper (to some) but are totally worthless when there is an attempt at implementation. Common sense has no place in a world of "make believe" such as the liberals are busy constructing.
Those of us who live out here in the real world can't survive on the good intentions of a Congress so out of touch with reality as the one we have now.
Out here in the real world, we need oil. We know we already have sources of oil on lands owned by the people of America to satisfy those needs and yet the… er… leaders… in D.C. deny us that oil, thereby forcing us to purchase the oil we need from nations that despise us and "soak" us for every penny they can squeeze out of us for a barrel of oil. The fault for the awful prices at the gas pump and fuel to heat our homes can be laid directly at the feet of the U.S. Congress. See, they are going to save us from ourselves. They are going to save the world from as yet unproven man-made global warming, which (in my opinion) is another scam dreamed up by an international cabal of con men.
The U.S. needs oil, a fact of life as we know it. Without it, America will implode. We won't be able to produce and transport food from the farm to our tables. Many medicines depend on petroleum. Take a look at the labels in the clothing you are wearing: chances are very good that the fabric is made, at least partly, with a petroleum product - even the shoes on your feet.
Financially, I will venture to say America will have a recession on a scale much larger than anything Americans living today have ever experienced. It will be crippling nationally and personally. Have you looked at your 401K lately? I looked at mine and I shuddered.
We have the oil we need and plenty of it. The oil is off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, on the outer continental shelf, in ANWR, in shale rock in our western states and in tar sands, but our "leaders" have put drilling off shore and in federally controlled lands off-limits. Sen. Orin Hatch, Republican of Utah, is quoted as saying,"We have as much oil in oil shale in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado as the rest of the world's oil combined."
No no no - big business is the ENEMY. The democrats told me so.
i see why every publie’s not out there telling the world
drill, drill, drill.
My response, "Where do they think oil comes from?"
What will be the cost of the Democrat "No Domestic Energy Policy?"
All of that puts the U.S. in a position that war for oil or
complete economic collapse are our only choices.
You can't frustrate every source of domestic energy
without consequences. Our enemies will blackmail us
to the extent that we are vulnerable to blackmail.
Are the Democrats trying to force us into a real war for oil?
Excellent article, but too bad the writer blamed it on all of the Washingtonian establishment. He should have mentioned that Pres. Bush has repeatedly and consistently told Congress to give him a bill he can sign to begin drilling HERE for oil. The Dems are definitely , and defiantly against saving this country from a total meltdown.
Why do you think the libs are so afraid of the 2nd amendment? they can never finally succeed as long as we are armed as at some point they will find out we have had enough.
Hey No Drill Nancy, Lead Follow or better yet, Get outta the way! If You like $4/gal, Thank Congress in Nov.
Pray for W and Our Troops
The Pelosi/Reid disconnect is astonishing, really. They are demanding that the president release the oil in the reserve, thus decreasing prices by increasing supply, yet they spittle out that drilling and increasing the inventory/supply will not relieve the pressure on prices! It is astonishing that the American people have such a dedication to these lying bastard democrats.
Last night someone gave a very cogent explanation of why using the SPR would put upward pressure on oil prices. I'll go see if I can find it because he said it much better than I can.
The Dems are between a rock and a hard place right now. If they keep obstructing drilling and other energy policies the voters will be mad as hornets at them in Nov. If they allow legislation that approves of more drilling and exploration that will likely bring the price of oil down significantly and quickly revealing how right Republicans have been about it. It will be pretty obvious that "speculators" and the evil Big Oil companies weren't raising prices. Also bad for Nov. : )
American oil and gas leasing has been prohibited on most of the OCS since the 1982. Today, 97 percent of America’s offshore OCS lands are not leased for energy exploration or production. The U.S. is now the only developed nation in the World that restricts access to its offshore energy resources.
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