Great post as always, Bray.
In addition to coal, as you know, we have many other natural resources that we could be using instead of buying from other nations, some of which are enemies of the US - it would also create more jobs at home.
Whilst The Won put a moratorium on offshore drilling and is trying to kill leases, he’s given $2B for offshore drilling in Brazil (IIRC, his buddy Soros did a large investment in an oil co there), and now the US is going to guarantee $1B for a Mexican state oil company. Why are we giving Mexico $s for drilling when they have at least 1 billionaire and other rich dudes that could be investing in it (if they haven’t already). Latino votes? weakening the US? Buying eviron-wacko votes?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2587683/posts
Yep, this is the same formula the use for everything from Oil to lumber to shut down industries and cripple America. This allows them to enslave US to their Soviet style Gummit. We have to fight it.
Pray for America
Its all designed to make us weak and everyone else stronger especially commie countries or dictator ruled places.