You missed the point about intentional curtailment of domestic energy development to ensure strategic dependence on foreign oil. Is that in the national interest? Why do you think it took more than 20 years to start the no-brainer project of a pipeline from Alaska to the lower 48 and why does the leadership of both parties support cap-n-tax? Do you really take the “green” cover story seriously?
Have you proof of GOP leadership support for cap 'n' tax? Cap 'n' tax or anything vaguely similar is flat out unacceptable like most envirowhackoism.
The notion of intentional policy by the GOP to make America subservient to Mideast oil interests rather than enjoying independence seems unlikely to me but I will give you a fair shot to demonstrate your claim. On that one you may well know more than I.
OTOH, the delay in constructing the pipeline is likely another Demonrat scheme to prevent the preservation of a middle class way of life away from the gummint teat. Increasinly, since the McGovernization of the Demonrats, such a policy also seems likely to maximize non-elitist pain inflicted by upper income Demonrats on mere mortals.
So, in short, I do not accept any "green cover story on anything. If greens claim the sun rises in the east, that would require sensible people to double check.
Maybe, if Jimmuh Cahtuh, a Demonrat Paulie on foreign policy had not stuck his nose into Iranian affairs, the Shah of Shahs might have passed his crown to his college student son and namesake and the revolution against the crown by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini woukld have been crushed with maximum bloodshed of the Islamolunatics. Just as we will miss opportunities under treasonweasel Obama through January 2013, so we missed many under Cahtuh. If we retake Congress or come close in 2010, we minimize the damage until we can again have an American POTUS prepared to do what needs doing.
What would realy be in our interest is controllin much more of the world's oil reserves (say as reparations for the Gulf War, the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and any wars yet to come. World opinion be da*ned. Just do it.
It looks like it will fall to Bibi Netanyahu to keep Ahmanutjob and the Mullahs out of the nuke club. The US is out of action on that front during the duration of Hussein/Biden/Hillary.
We have survived the first eighth of Obamanation's regime. The general public is plenty pissed already. We have a lot longer to go but, if Ron Paul is the answer, it must be an uncommonly silly question. He is not the answer. He is finished on the national stage except as a national media marionette serving Obamanation's interests but there are alternatives and we, as conservatives and as Americans, will choose one, Sarah or otherwise. Whomever we choose, will NOT be a paleopeacecreep or a social liberal.