Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:29:01 PM
In a world where so many fixtures of life can come crashing down, it's nice that we can count on ABC Radio "News" to feed us Democratic talking points. I was listening to my local talk show station when I heard a spokesman for the (surprise!) left-wing Council on Foreign Relations detailing ways to deal with the skyrocketing gas prices. Shockingly, none of them have anything to do with tapping our own abundant but so far unaccessed supplies. This man said we should push for the "next generation of energy sources" (presumably more money down the wind/solar/gerbils-on-exercise-wheels rathole), "incentives" for the purchase of more efficient vehicles (more money down another rat-hole -- think Chevy Volt), and even higher CAFE standards (cars made of aluminum which will turn backing into the mailbox into a life-threatening experience). No voice from the use-our-own-resources camp, of course, was allowed onto the broadcast.
Coincidently, I thought of why BO is considering tapping our strategic oil reserves instead of allowing oil companies to develop our own resources. Doing the latter, of course, would make the country stronger, more independent, and wealthier. Tapping the reserve without making other changes is, conversely, like pump blood transfusions into a bleeding person without stopping the bleeding. You're left with the same problem, without the resources to cope with it that you had before. You're left weaker, more dependent, and poorer. Just what BO and the interdependence choir want.
This gang is easy to predict once you realize what they really have in mind for America. And it's not pretty.