Posted on 08/19/2009 12:29:47 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
Today's Wall Street Journal contains some puzzling news for all Americans who are impacted by high energy prices and who share the goal of moving us toward energy independence.
For years, states rich with an abundance of oil and natural gas have been begging Washington, DC politicians for the right to develop their own natural resources on federal lands and off shore. Such development would mean good paying jobs here in the United States (with health benefits) and the resulting royalties and taxes would provide money for federal coffers that would potentially off-set the need for higher income taxes, reduce the federal debt and deficits, or even help fund a trillion dollar health care plan if one were so inclined to support such a plan.
So why is it that during these tough times, when we have great needs at home, the Obama White House is prepared to send more than two billion of your hard-earned tax dollars to Brazil so that the nation's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, can drill off shore and create jobs developing its own resources? That's all Americans want; but such rational energy development has been continually thwarted by rabid environmentalists, faceless bureaucrats and a seemingly endless parade of lawsuits aimed at shutting down new energy projects.
I'll speak for the talent I have personally witnessed on the oil fields in Alaska when I say no other country in the world has a stronger workforce than America, no other country in the world has better safety standards than America, and no other country in the world has stricter environmental standards than America. Come to Alaska to witness how oil and gas can be developed simultaneously with the preservation of our eco-system. America has the resources. We deserve the opportunity to develop our resources no less than the Brazilians. Millions of Americans know it is true: "Drill, baby, drill." Alaska is proof you can drill and develop, and preserve nature, with its magnificent caribou herds passing by the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), completely unaffected. One has to wonder if Obama is playing politics and perhaps refusing a "win" for some states just to play to the left with our money.
The new Gulf of Mexico lease sales tomorrow sound promising and perhaps will move some states in the right direction, but we all know that the extreme environmentalists who serve to block progress elsewhere, including in Alaska, continue to block opportunities. These environmentalists are putting our nation in peril and forcing us to rely on unstable and hostile foreign countries. Mr. Obama can stop the extreme tactics and exert proper government authority to encourage resource development and create jobs and health benefits in the U.S.; instead, he chooses to use American dollars in Brazil that will help to pay the salaries and benefits for Brazilians to drill for resources when the need and desire is great in America.
Buy American is a wonderful slogan, but you can't say in one breath that you want to strengthen our economy and stimulate it, and then in another ship our much-needed dollars to a nation desperate to drill while depriving us of the same opportunity.
- Sarah Palin
I love it. She hit three themes at once: energy, economy and health. I also love the fact that she continues the fight against cap and tax, which could be passed under our very noses simply because we are engaged in the health care debate.
When the Shark Bites...
Gov Palin is the second most powerful person in the Country. Hey Bozo, never bring a fly swatter to a gunfight.
Pray for America and Gov Palin
Over his head and “swoosh” nothing but net!
Thanks for the pings...Gov.Palin looks to be the head of the pack whether the eliteGOP wants to admit it or not!!
Bump for ‘Cuda
Amen, brother! Seems like that there's an element on this board who won't be happy with Sarah until she goes to snob school.
I’d love to see a Sarah/Fred ticket - can you imagine what a Thompson vs Biden debate would look like? ROFL
Obama is fattening George Soros’ monetary coffers, because he is a sock puppet.
The GOP guys must be either cowardly afraid or secret aid and abet the usurper.
Instead, the pipeline has benefited the caribou.
I think he quit because while he really wanted to go after the democrats, he didn’t want to go after his fellow republicans including mccain.
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