Tiger by the Tail

We have a serious problem here in the good old US of A. And I'm not necessarily talking about gas prices. It's a lot more than that.

The Democrat-led Congress is worthless. Anything they do worsens the problem, whether it be gas prices or the economy in general. Raise taxes! Subsidize! Go green and suffer! Let us run your industry [into the ground.]!

And now, they plan very little real action [as if they had already been doing things] for the next five and a half months---until the supposed Democrat President takes office. In a nutshell: they will then go about trying to socialize the US to its detriment, and throw money at everything in sight except the beleaguered Taxpayer---from whom the money will be taken.

Congress needs to approve oil drilling now. The states having reserves should permit drilling now. New refineries need to be built to handle the increased US drilling. By some estimates, the US has some 2.5 trillion barrels of oil on our own land/sea, and nearby the northern coasts and Canada have another 214 billion.

In contrast, Saudi Arabia has proven reserves of about 260 billion barrels and Venezuela has 80. So, you can see how easy it would be to become energy independent. The Middle East can sell its oil to Europe, and let them suffer high prices and damaged economies. Maybe we can be an exporter of oil to the beleaguered European and Asian countries. Let them become beholden to us in ways other than as their last resort protector.

In addition to all this, we need to build another hundred or so nuclear power plants---and without the lengthy delays brought on by the states and 'greenies.' American nuclear power is safe. No one has ever died because of an accident. Nothing has ever blown up at a nuclear plant. Plenty of safeguards are in place. Nuclear power is relatively cheap to produce.

And, of course, no explosion has ever greeted an agricultural plant or oil storage facility, or oil tanker truck, or chemical tanker or chemical plant or...... Right? Yeah, right!

With these efforts, cleaner coal, coal gasification, and moderate restraint, we can be energy independent for many, many years. Hundreds of thousands of new jobs could be created. Our gas prices will go down, and our energy in general will be cheaper. So will food items and so many other things. Our economy will jump up and run smoothly and efficently.

Congress! Stop trying to micromanage the country! We can do better without you. Just make laws to make our jobs easier, and otherwise stay the hell away from us.

What's so hard to understand about all this? We have to work together as one country united in the idea that things can be better, even greater in our lives. Our own, un-governmentalized, efforts will do it.

This aura of 'renewable' energy is so much claptrap. Wind power will never reach a usable or efficient status. And it blights the view worse than a power plant. Solar panels could be okay for individual homes, but they're still expensive and less than perfect. Electric cars and mini-cars with high mileage are okay for inner cities, but I wouldn't take one out on the Interstate where I might meet a semi or SUV. I'm waiting for some idiot to suggest a power plant run by batteries, or windmills on our SUVs.

Ethanol here and throughout the world is affecting food prices adversely. Too much product is being directed to too little fuel, and the amount of food available goes way down. Not only that, but the constant production of corn is going to ruin farmland in the long run. And quite frankly, I don't want my tax dollars subsidizing these efforts. If they were all that good and promising, private money would become available overnight.

A Democrat/Liberal Congress will do nothing about any of this. Those Congressman like to keep the citizens poor and needing money from Congressional programs. That's how they 'buy' a lot of votes.

And yet, in the name of 'change', many Americans will vote for the empty suit for the Presidency and the same-old-jerks for Congress. They'll get change all right, and there is some serious doubt we can afford to live or even live free until the next election.

Don't stay acquiescent! Stand up and count! We Americans have the power to protect our lives and those of our children and children's children with an intelligent vote. Don't waste it on cheap slogans with no meat. Clara, where are you when we need you?