What Obama Believes

Now I have read just about everything. Obama seems to think that China is manipulating their money. Hmm. You think?!

This has been an issue since the Clinton Administration. President Bush did nothing to try and stop this madness and other nations that deal with China economically have done little if anything to address this issue with China.

Now Obama is going to do something about it? Didn't Obama praise the Red State during the campaign? Didn't Obama lavish praise on this nation for its really great infrastructure?

Obama loved their modern ports. He loved their new damn projects. He loved their new road systems. He loved how they were building high rise tower after high rise tower and all the underground pipes and electrical that go along with those towers.

He was beside himself because he thought the the US ports were inferior to those of China. He railed about our crumbling roads as compared to the new and gleaming roads in China. He gritted his teeth at how bad our electrical grid was designed and maintained and thought China had much to teach us.

Now he tells us he thinks China is manipulating its currency. But he probably won't do much about it at this point because it may aggravate the trade deficit we have with China.

What makes him different from Bush or Clinton in this regard? Where is the change we can believe in. It is becoming very clear that the only change this guy is for is taking away your freedom and liberty but everything else will probably stay the same.


Geithner signals tougher stance on China

Earth day and the Oil Cartels

Earth Day is here again. Yes, I said Earth Day. Now before I get into this wonderfully bogus holiday, let me say this. Earth day is nothing more than a sham at making a few people feel good and the rest of us feel terrible.

This is pretty much a USA thing. Sure, Earth Day is celebrated in some form in most western societies. But none of them have the fervor that we seem to have here in the United States.

We have taken Earth Day and turned it into a shrine holiday. Worship the earth and all that it gives life too except humans. We are evil scum that should get down on our knees and kiss the dirt from which we are born.

We here a lot about how we, those of us in the United States and to a lesser extent, Canada, are using more than our fair share of natural resources. Forget the fact that much of these natural resources come from our own lands. We still use more than our fair share.

I am not sure who decided what OUR fair share should be but there you have it.

There is a lot of talk about gas prices going through the roof. There is a lot of Liberal blame on President Bush and HIS war in Iraq.

To be sure, the Bush administration does have to take some of the blame for oil prices stretching for $125 per barrel. Our dollar has been weakened to such a point where the Canadian dollar is now worth more than the American dollar. That is a shame.

But you have to ask yourself, how can we get out of this mess in short order and do it in a way that would help the economies of the world? How can we shore up our dollar, bring down oil prices and force the oil baron cartel of OPEC to play more nice?

Easy. In fact we could have things in place within 3 to 7 years. But we would have to get rid of or at least expose and silence the radical left and environmentalist.

We have not built a new refinery since the early 70's in our country. How do we expect to keep up with technology and energy demands if we don't have the capacity to produce our own fuels? Why is it we have enough oil within our own borders but we cannot drill for it?

Here is the simple and easy plan. We do have to have alternative sources of energy. I agree. That is why every single wind farm that is on the books in the planning stages should be built. Wind is clean and renewable. We need those farms off the coast of our nation and inland on high hills and mountains.

We need to build more solar power generating plants in the south and southwest. Why not tap into the clean energy of the sun. It is silent and clean energy.

We need to start drilling for our own oil off the Gulf Coast, off the California and Oregon Coast and in Alaska. We need to begin extracting oil from shale in the upper Mid West of our nation. If we begin to flood the market with our own oil, that would force the price per barrel down through the basement.

Our dollar would rise in value because we would not need to buy oil from afar. We have enough right here. A strong dollar means that we can buy more with it. Gas prices in our country would head south and probably level off somewhere around $1.75 to $2.00 per gallon.

Lastly we need to build more geo-thermal energy plants in area where it is viable. Again a clean source of renewable energy.

We could also build (and should) more nuclear power plants. It is a proven and safe source of energy that would reduce the need for fossil fuel energy plants.

Speaking of fossil fuel energy, we should build more plants that burn the discarded tires we have all over the country. This would also serve to clean up huge piles of these ugly, dangerous and growing piles of used tires.

I read somewhere that the United States has enough tires currently to light up or 5 largest cities for 50 years. And of course more tires are produced and discarded every day so this is an endless supply of rubber. Well at least until we get flying cars that don't need wheels.

If we did all of these things (which we should have been doing anyway) we would become energy independent. We would lead the world in energy production. We would force OPEC to play more nice and cut prices. We would not be paying $3.00 and $4.00 a gallon for gas. Not when we have the ability to pay less.

Besides if we don't do the above things, it will only get worse. I mean China is now looking at big cars, trucks and SUV's to buy and put on their roads. Looks like a billion plus people are looking to join the industrialized west.

We need to act now or we will become the new third world. Conservation and restriction is not the answer. Innovation and access is the key to staying on top.

Stop. Think. Vote.

Why I wont Vote Democrat for President

Here in New Hampshire we are bombarded every minute of everyday by all the candidates on both sides of the political isle. Our local TV station, WMUR Channel 9, has been running video of debate questions with each candidate answering.

Once recent question was (paraphrasing) "Gas and Oil is at all time high, what would you do to lower this cost?"

I listened to all of their answers. And I was totally flabbergasted by the answers. None of them were honest. If they were then that is even more reason NOT to vote for them. If they have something like this wrong, then what else do they have wrong?

They all blamed big oil and our lack of conservation for our high oil prices. First of all, if they don't know how all this works, then how would they know how other aspects of our economy, other aspects of the world, work?

Oil prices are not high because we use "more than our fair share." The entire world has changed. We don't allow oil exploration within our own borders. Because of that, we must buy a good portion of our energy from overseas. This puts us in direct competition with with 3 billion people.

Two of the largest countries in the world are fighting and growing their way into the 21st century. China with 1.2 billion people and India with 1 billion people have middle and upper classes that are growing at alarming rates. This creates a need for energy. This need is far outstripping our need for the same energy. And because they need this energy to grow and pull their people out of the stone age, they are willing to pay more for it.

This is simple supply and demand. However, all of the Democrats do not see this global demand, this global growth as the cause for the rapid rise in crude oil prices. They point to the fact that the USA is the bad guy. How wrong can you be on something that is so blatantly obvious?

With just a few clicks of the computer mouse, anyone can find information about how fast the far east is growing. For example, Shanghai, China in 1960 had only ONE skyscraper. Today they have more than 300 with hundreds more being built or being planned. You don't grow that fast without needing energy.

The best way for the USA to lower its energy cost is to stop limiting our ability to get at our own reserves. That means drilling in the Gulf, Alaska, off the coasts of California and the Southeast. Sure alternative fuels should be developed as well as conservation. However, there is no safe, reliable and affordable alternative available right now. Even if we did everything we could we would not be able to conserve enough to stop depending on oil from abroad. Not to mention the estimate that the USA will have 400 million people by the year 2050. That is 100 million more people than we have today. All of those people will need energy.

If we do not act now to tap our own abundant oil and gas reserves then we will be at the mercy of nations like China and India and our gas and oil prices will skyrocket to levels that even European nations cannot conceive.

None of the Democrats are willing to admit this so therefore there is no possible way they can have any other major issue this country faces in proper perspective. They are not fit to lead our nation. Simple.