Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 08/06/2008 6:03:32 AM PDT by libstripper
Al Gore said the other day that "the future of human civilization" depends on giving up fossil fuels within a decade -- and was acclaimed as a prophet by the political class. Obviously boring reality doesn't count for much these days. Even so, when Barack Obama wheels out an energy agenda nearly as grandiose as Mr. Gore's, shouldn't it receive at least some media scrutiny?
On Monday, Mr. Obama said that the U.S. must "end the age of oil in our time," with "real results by the end of my first term in office." This, he said, will "take nothing less than a complete transformation of our economy." Mark that one down as the understatement of the year. Maybe Mr. Obama really is the Green Hornet, or some other superhero of his current political myth.
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Oh! bama.
McCain ought to run and ad with a list of all the products made with oil. The list is extensive and informative. Getting off oil will affect daily life as we know it. Obama is shooting from the hip without bothering to educate himself. McCain should put the list up and allow people to see what is really involved getting off oil.
Long gas lines to buy $10 per gallon gas.
Economic recession on a large scale
People huddled around kerosene heaters wearing coats and mittens.
Food prices through the roof.
This pie in the sky energy plan needs to be exposed for the vapor ware that it is before its too late.
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A Lady Named Irena - a true story.
There recently was a death of a 98 year old lady named Irena.
During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.
She had an ulterior motive...
She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German).
Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of her tool box she carried, and she carried in the back of her truck a Burlap sack, (for larger kids).
She also had a dog in the back, that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in, and out of the ghetto.
The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.
During her time and course of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants.
She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, and arms, and beat her severely.
Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out, and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.
After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it, and reunited the family.
Most of course had been gassed.
Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes, or adopted.
Last year Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize....
She LOST.
Al Gore won, for doing a slide show on Global Warming.
Regards,
TS
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Oh, phooey. This article is full of a bunch of stupid facts and stuff. Who cares about that? The question is, how do we feel about energy? Just imagine how good it will feel when trucks can no longer bring produce into the cities and we all have live off our own gardens while fending off the food rioters with our good intentions.