Listen, I’m no Obama ass-kisser. When he does something stupid, I call him on it. Just recently I found myself a little perplexed at his changing opinion on the Florida and Michigan delegates. But I’m tired of hearing about his “offshore drilling flip-flop”. It ain’t one, and not only that but he brings up a good point.
“My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices,” Obama told The Palm Beach Post in Florida on Friday.
“If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage — I don’t want to be so rigid that we can’t get something done.”
Listen. There are two reasons offshore drilling is bad, both of which I’ve gone into myself. One is that it’s bad for the environment, the other is that it’s like giving extra booze to an alcoholic when he gets a hangover.
Sometimes it’s the messenger that gives meaning to the message. If a priest says “give me your money”, you’ll likely react differently than if a bum does.
That’s my point here. One thing we know about Barack Obama is that he does not think we can just keep going with oil as long as we want to. He’s not beholden to Big Oil, and this is not the kind of stance he would take because it’ll satisfy our oil greed and give us some instant gratification.
One thing that offshore drilling could certainly do, if environmentally safe, would be to remove our reliance on foreign oil. If we can lower our reliance on oil in general and open up drilling in the United States, it can eliminate foreign oil and make our transition a little smoother by getting our balls out of OPEC’s hand.
Before I’m accused of hypocrisy myself, consider the perceived difference between handing a scalpel to a doctor and handing one to a pissed off child. The instrument hasn’t changed, but don’t you trust one more with it?
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jeff roensch // August 5, 2008 at 6:02 pm |
The only energy or oil monopoly in this country is a governmental institutionalized monopoly on our country energy market. The legislative branch has been engaging in anti-competitive energy practices from drilling to building new refineries and much more. They are in clear violation of the
“Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act expresses our national commitment to a free market economy in which competition free from private and governmental restraints leads to the best results for consumers.” http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm#file
Clearly the governmental restraint are in violation of a free market economy and is criminal negligence on the part of the liberal politicians who are the real cartel that profit in taxes more then 3 to 1 to the oil companies that actually work for their money and then have to pay taxes on top of that. So when Oil profits go up the tax revenue increase is 3 times that of the oil companies. So who do you think is the real cartel???
This criminal incompetence of the democrats and legislative politicians anti free market energy economy in allowing American companies to meet American Oil needs is in need of change and with bush opening up offshore drilling it is time that we conservatives take a page from the left wing play book and for us to us the judicial system in upholding our laws and open up drilling.
Why dose the Senate call for investigations on big oil? Because they are trying to transfer the blame off of them by placing the blame on someone else. By placing the blame on the oil companies and keep people from seeing that government is the true problem they are able to offer false hope in an effort to gain more power and money from taxes while eliminating a free market economy in our country and forcing us to send our money to unfriendly Middle Eastern countries.
Why should we drill?
1) Create more high paying jobs for Americans
2) Become energy independent and stop sending $700 billion to middle eastern countries that support terrorism
3) Invest the $700 billion in America
4) $700 billion is 6% of the yearly US economy, and investing this in America would do what to our economy? Lower inflation and strengthen the US dollar?
5) Instantly drop the price of oil because oil Speculators like me would invest in commodity producers that provide the product like Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell, because this is the smart investment.