There is only one way out of this morass, and it has several strings: the only thing we have to pay our debts is our natural resources (which include our genius for technology development), but if we are going to open them up for the exploitation needed to pay our debts and make us net energy exporters, we have to get rid of the democrat party controls which pander to the enviro wackos and secular commies, and open up the field to allow not only drilling and building of refineries, but open up research fields which show promise for technologies to end our dependence upon liquid petroleum products. The morass of regulations democrats have put into law to placate their wacko constituencies must be swept aside and a different way to oversee production, building, and research must be put in the place of the Democrat’s present Gordian Knot.
You’re right of course. But getting rid of the Dems is a real problem.
Like the old saw about the mice figuring out how to save themselves from the cat. Put a bell on him! Except who is going to “bell the Cat” is the question?
Your analogy of the Gordian Knot is an apt one. I know you remember that Alexander didn’t untie it...he cut it with his sword !
IMHO the Gordian Knot today is the Federal Government itself . It really doesn’t matter anymore who is running it...the power there is distructive of Liberty. The power of Federal State must be destroyed. And the only way that I see in doing that is to deny it revenue. As Burke said “ The revenue of the State IS the State”. First we destroy the Fed and then we go after the Tax system...destroy the Power of the Feds over the money supply and we destroy their power to create money and thereby reward their friends and punish their enemies. We just saw the raw power of the money interests in this bailout battle. And the people lost!
True, but if there is any silver lining to the votes from the Senate, and the House this week, it was that the votes were NOT party line. If we can begin to find some commonality with the Dems that voted no on this bill, maybe we can nurture a little old time independent thought amongst them.
Start systematically throwing out the career politicians on BOTH sides, and start growing a generation of statesmen.
That is my kind of bi-partisanship.
Tatt