Posted by brucetbo on Friday, May 23, 2008 8:05:33 PM
The Senate has seen fit to summon oil executives to what turned out be another scolding on the evils of oil for profit and the governmental grilling continued the following day with congressional representatives.
To the surprise of no one all the steam letting, again accomplished nothing. Were not one day closer to alternative fuels or lower oil prices. though drilling domestic oil seems a reasonable short term solution to most of us, the superior intellect in washington thinks not. For reasons i dont understand Washington says no to drilling at home and instead wants to steal profits from an industry that does more to keep this country moving than any other.
Accusations of collusion, fraud, and price fixing were hurled about as reporters filmed every second of the info gathering frenzy. The inquisitors then moved on to badgering their guests about their personal incomes knowing full well this information is a matter of public record. At least now they can say they "did something." While its no surprise that our elected officials would spend valuable time accomplishing nothing it does reveal the futility of blaming big oil for something they dont control.
Fortunately, big oil came prepared. "We cannot change the world market," said Robert Malone, chairman and president of BP America Inc. "Today's high prices are linked to the failure both here and abroad to increase supplies, renewables and conservation."Malone's remarks were echoed by John Hofmeister, president of Shell.In addition, Hofmeister said access to resources in the United States has been limited for the past 30 years. "I agree, it's not a free market," he said.The executives pushed the idea that large parts of the U.S. that are currently closed to drilling, should be opened."The place to start the free market is in our own country," said one executive. The drilling ban sets the stage for OPEC to do what we are doing in our own country, and that is limiting supplies.
"John Lowe, executive vice president of ConocoPhillips, said Congress should enact a balanced energy policy. In addition to lifting the drilling ban, such a policy could include measures to encourage alternative energy sources, remove the ethanol tariff, promote energy conservation, cut regulations around refining.
Well, there it is! The same thing that has been said time and time again. When will politicians realize that drilling our own oil will have to be part of any realistic energy plan? How long do we need to suffer until something is done?
Friday, May 23, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Obamas War on Sovereignty
Its nothing short of amazing to witness the enthusiasm certain Senators display in crafting legislation that is not only contrary to our interests abroad and our prosperity at home but would severely damage American sovereignty. Such is the nature of Senator Barack Obamas "Global Poverty Act" (S. 2433).
That this bill is even being discussed is pure insanity, and if passed democrats dont need to take all the blame. Republicans allowed the bill to pass the Senate Foreign Relations Committee without hearings or a roll call vote so no member can be held accountable. Hmmmm... sound familiar? it should because the same bill was passed the same way last year. So covertly, the bill does have bi-partisan support.
Now lets think for a moment; Global Poverty Act, the Great Society, the New Deal, are ya with me here? Any self respecting conservative can offer fact based arguments on the failures and long term consequences of the social experiments of FDR and LBJ, and this new "war on poverty" is even more insidious. Senator Obamas bill would require American taxpayers to cough up a staggering $845 billion in foreign aid much of which will be inexplicably "lost", stolen or mismanaged or even in the hands of our enemies. All in the name of? you guessed it... eliminating poverty.
Heres where it gets interesting; the bill would require our president to "develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the acheivement of the Millenium Development Goal of reducing by one half the proportion of people, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 dollar per day." HUH!? While eliminating poverty is a worthwhile goal the notion that our tax dollars could accomplish this by 2015 is one for the cuckoos nest.
The next obvious question is; even if we could, who's to say that we should? Before dropping billions of our dollars from the povertycopter may i suggest fixing social security, or maybe ummmm... medicare or ummmm... paying down the deficit so our citizens dont end up living in poverty. Its high time the U.N., the liberals, and the RINOs realize that the American taxpayers are not branches of some ever expanding money tree, they are real people with real problems of their own. If poor nations need more cash maybe - dare i say - they should try more capitalism! Look around... its no coincidence that the worlds most wealthy nations have capitalist economies. The sad truth is that most poor nations are poor because their leaders keep them that way.
If we stopped reading now, we could dismiss s. 2433 as a "well intended" attempt. It doesnt end here though. Oh no it gets much, much worse. This is where the true Leftist nature of the bill is revealed, and where conservatives should have drawn the line.
The "Millenium Development Goal" mentioned earlier refers to the declaration adopted by the United Nations Millenium Assembly and summit in 2000 which called for the "eradication of poverty" by "redistribution of wealth and land," cancellation of "the debt of developing countries," and "a fair distribution of the earths resources." After reading these statements can any reasonable person deny that the U.N. is a socialist organization? We can be certain that when the U.N. talks of "redistributing" anything, what they mean is taking from us and giving to the rest of the world.There was a time in this country when such suggestions would have inspired heated, spit flying condemnation from conservatives and domacrats alike, hell bent on stopping such encroachment on our way of life. Today many of our politicians simply tow the U.N. line.
A report from Columbia University states the U.S. should spend $30 billion in addition to the $16 billion we already spend on anti poverty aid. Anticipating a lack of enthusiasm on the part of the U.S. to fork over such a sum, the report goes on to suggest the imposition of a global tax. Such as a tax on fossil fuels. Make no mistake the U.N. would like nothing better than to have the power to directly tax American citizens and the adoption of the Millemium Goals in 2000 has only increased U.N. demands to impose international taxes. Are the following taxes in our best interests?
1. currency transfer tax: a tax on the rental value of land and natural resources.
2. fees for the commercial use of the oceans.
3. fees for airplane use of the skies.
4. fees on foreign exchange transactions.
5. a tax on the carbon content of fuels.
A quick question. Are the people that support this out of their minds? The average high school dropout could see the folly in such plans yet Washington politicians refuse to expose the obvious threats to American prosperity of the Millenium goals and many even support the lunacy.
Now; the real danger. As if throwing billions at corrupt dictators who act against us isnt bad enough, all the taxes, fees, and government freebies are just means to an end. The true goal here is to put the U.S. under U.N global governance. Now before you dismiss this as conspiratorial craziness read on;the Millenium Goals call for a "standing peace force"(code for U.N. standing army), a "U.N. arms register" of small arms and light weapons (bye bye 2nd amendment), "peace education" from preschool to college (indoctrination of youth)(see also Hitler Stalin Mao etc) and "political control of the global economy." Also implementation of all U.N. treaties not already ratified by the U.S. all of which create monitoring commitees that compromise U.S. sovereignty.
Heard enough? wait theres more! The final face stomping comes in the form of "strengthining the U.N. for the 21st century" by "eliminating" the veto and permanent security council membership. This would reduce U.S. influence to 1 of 192 nations giving us the same vote as cuba. All of this while our tax dollars pay about 23% of U.N. expenditures.
Scared yet? Maybe even a little pissed off? Its time the U.S. sends the U.N. packing. Let the rest of the world wallow in the U.N. mire. America can and should take care of herself first.
facts and figures from World Net Daily
That this bill is even being discussed is pure insanity, and if passed democrats dont need to take all the blame. Republicans allowed the bill to pass the Senate Foreign Relations Committee without hearings or a roll call vote so no member can be held accountable. Hmmmm... sound familiar? it should because the same bill was passed the same way last year. So covertly, the bill does have bi-partisan support.
Now lets think for a moment; Global Poverty Act, the Great Society, the New Deal, are ya with me here? Any self respecting conservative can offer fact based arguments on the failures and long term consequences of the social experiments of FDR and LBJ, and this new "war on poverty" is even more insidious. Senator Obamas bill would require American taxpayers to cough up a staggering $845 billion in foreign aid much of which will be inexplicably "lost", stolen or mismanaged or even in the hands of our enemies. All in the name of? you guessed it... eliminating poverty.
Heres where it gets interesting; the bill would require our president to "develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the acheivement of the Millenium Development Goal of reducing by one half the proportion of people, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 dollar per day." HUH!? While eliminating poverty is a worthwhile goal the notion that our tax dollars could accomplish this by 2015 is one for the cuckoos nest.
The next obvious question is; even if we could, who's to say that we should? Before dropping billions of our dollars from the povertycopter may i suggest fixing social security, or maybe ummmm... medicare or ummmm... paying down the deficit so our citizens dont end up living in poverty. Its high time the U.N., the liberals, and the RINOs realize that the American taxpayers are not branches of some ever expanding money tree, they are real people with real problems of their own. If poor nations need more cash maybe - dare i say - they should try more capitalism! Look around... its no coincidence that the worlds most wealthy nations have capitalist economies. The sad truth is that most poor nations are poor because their leaders keep them that way.
If we stopped reading now, we could dismiss s. 2433 as a "well intended" attempt. It doesnt end here though. Oh no it gets much, much worse. This is where the true Leftist nature of the bill is revealed, and where conservatives should have drawn the line.
The "Millenium Development Goal" mentioned earlier refers to the declaration adopted by the United Nations Millenium Assembly and summit in 2000 which called for the "eradication of poverty" by "redistribution of wealth and land," cancellation of "the debt of developing countries," and "a fair distribution of the earths resources." After reading these statements can any reasonable person deny that the U.N. is a socialist organization? We can be certain that when the U.N. talks of "redistributing" anything, what they mean is taking from us and giving to the rest of the world.There was a time in this country when such suggestions would have inspired heated, spit flying condemnation from conservatives and domacrats alike, hell bent on stopping such encroachment on our way of life. Today many of our politicians simply tow the U.N. line.
A report from Columbia University states the U.S. should spend $30 billion in addition to the $16 billion we already spend on anti poverty aid. Anticipating a lack of enthusiasm on the part of the U.S. to fork over such a sum, the report goes on to suggest the imposition of a global tax. Such as a tax on fossil fuels. Make no mistake the U.N. would like nothing better than to have the power to directly tax American citizens and the adoption of the Millemium Goals in 2000 has only increased U.N. demands to impose international taxes. Are the following taxes in our best interests?
1. currency transfer tax: a tax on the rental value of land and natural resources.
2. fees for the commercial use of the oceans.
3. fees for airplane use of the skies.
4. fees on foreign exchange transactions.
5. a tax on the carbon content of fuels.
A quick question. Are the people that support this out of their minds? The average high school dropout could see the folly in such plans yet Washington politicians refuse to expose the obvious threats to American prosperity of the Millenium goals and many even support the lunacy.
Now; the real danger. As if throwing billions at corrupt dictators who act against us isnt bad enough, all the taxes, fees, and government freebies are just means to an end. The true goal here is to put the U.S. under U.N global governance. Now before you dismiss this as conspiratorial craziness read on;the Millenium Goals call for a "standing peace force"(code for U.N. standing army), a "U.N. arms register" of small arms and light weapons (bye bye 2nd amendment), "peace education" from preschool to college (indoctrination of youth)(see also Hitler Stalin Mao etc) and "political control of the global economy." Also implementation of all U.N. treaties not already ratified by the U.S. all of which create monitoring commitees that compromise U.S. sovereignty.
Heard enough? wait theres more! The final face stomping comes in the form of "strengthining the U.N. for the 21st century" by "eliminating" the veto and permanent security council membership. This would reduce U.S. influence to 1 of 192 nations giving us the same vote as cuba. All of this while our tax dollars pay about 23% of U.N. expenditures.
Scared yet? Maybe even a little pissed off? Its time the U.S. sends the U.N. packing. Let the rest of the world wallow in the U.N. mire. America can and should take care of herself first.
facts and figures from World Net Daily
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