What Barry and his kind really want from big oil and the American people

How interesting this is. Recently, Obama was making fun of McCain for making fun of him about the people of America saving gas by inflating their tires.

First of all, are you serious, Mr. Obama? I think the tire pressure thing has been so en grained in our collective psyche that it would be a safe bet to say that at least 90% of the American public know that properly inflated tires saves gas, gives you better handling and extends the life of your tires. But to state this as a potential plank on the energy platform is bordering on the ridiculous.

Where are the solid planks on energy from you and your camp? I have not seen anything relevant unless you are mimicking what the Republicans have been saying. But then the very next day you flop and tell us that drilling is not going to solve our problems today.

Mr. Obama, the liberals have had a “don't drill in our country at all” policy for decades and we now see where that policy has lead. We are paying record prices at the gas pumps while backwards countries in South America and Africa pay under a buck a gallon. How is that possible?

True those nations' governments subsidize their oil industries heavily. So is that where you are going to take us Mr. Obama? You wish to do a Hugo (and I don't mean the hurricane although the effects would be far more devastating) and nationalize our oil industry?

And for crying out loud, can someone please tell me what a “windfall profit” is. Who is to say that 11 billion dollars is too much for a company to make. Doesn't the federal government and all the state governments make far more on a gallon of gas than the oil companies? Why yes they do. Doesn't the fed and the states tax the income of the companies, large and small, that deal in oil? Why yes they do.

So should not the fed and the states give back to the American people what they took because they, the government has windfall tax profits? After all, none of the governments involved have ever risked a dime to explore for oil. None of them have paid to lay the infrastructure that now gives us our pipelines.

Oh sure, they may have given tax breaks every now and again...but that is what they were. Nothing but a reduction in the taxes that those companies already had to pay. How is that signify that the government “paid” for anything. It is our money to begin with.

And with todays technology and the fact that just about every other oil producing nation on the planet is going after oil reserves even in areas where US companies cannot change your mind? Of course not. You view the big oil companies, which are small compared to the oil companies around the world, as evil. You think that even if they made nothing, that they were still cheating the American people.

It is you and your ilk, Mr. Obama who are cheating the American people. Why don't you tell the people of this great nation just what you have in mind for us as far as your energy policy would go? You would not dare because the American people would reject it outright.

The American people deserve more than rhetoric, Mr. Obama. And those goes for Mr. McCain as well. We need real answers. Yes alternatives are a good start but you and I and the rest of America know that any viable alternative will not be fully integrated for at least two decades if not longer.

So why is it OK to pursue technologies that will not pay off today but not drill for our own oil that will obviously not pay off today? Because in both cases, we will be a much stronger nation tomorrow.

But all you wish to do is pit the “rich” against the rest of us. You pit the rest of us against the “poor”. And you wish to tax the hell out of the very people who make this nation great. And you know I am not just talking about income tax. Any tax you levy against an oil company for “excessive” profits will only get passed on to the American consumer. It is just another money grab for bigger government.

Come on Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain. Come clean and tell the American people what you really want to do to us. I promise you that 90% of us will not stand for it.

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.

Your Finances are the Nations Problem

Did someone say the economy is in the toilet?  It looks like the Fed moved today to prevent a recession.  They cut one of the benchmark interest rates by .75%.  That is three quarters of a percent to those of you who like to think of it in those terms.

What does this have to do with your freedom and liberty?  Everything.  It means that the government is really concerned about the economy slipping into a recession.  But doing this will cause energy prices to stay high.

Look at it this way.  When our money is plentiful and easy to get, or cheap to get, then it is not worth as much on the world market.  The world market determines what the price of goods and services are, not the USA.  

And since our money is no longer backed by gold but by the government itself, then when we print more or make it easier to get, the less valuable it becomes.  Right now, those low interest rates make our dollar less valuable and thus nobody wants to own our dollars.

It has gotten so bad that now the Canadian dollar is worth more than the US Dollar.  I cannot remember the last time this was the case.  

It will mean a few things.  Notice how the housing market is still in the toilet.  Why is that when interest rates are supposed to be coming down.  They are not coming down.  In fact people are losing their homes because the adjustable rates are still going up.

Why else do you think the Democrats are talking a freeze on interest rates on mortgages.  The value of the dollar is also making the cost of oil go through the roof.  Of course you have to pay for that as well.  You pay higher gas prices and higher home heating prices.

So lets see, you make our dollar worth less.  You cause the price of fuel to skyrocket and that in turn causes the price at the pump to go up.  This takes more cash out of your pocket.  All the while your investments do not do as well.  Lower interest rates also mean you don't earn as much on your investments.

You have less cash in your pocket and you have to pay more to keep the home you probably should not have bought in the first place.  Now can you begin to see how this is starting to look like the perfect storm of economic doom for many people?

Even if we avert a full recession the damage is already done and it will take the USA a long time to dig out from under this mess.  Part of the blame rest with the American people.  We have to much debt, which means most Americans work for the credit card companies and cannot save or invest in their own futures let alone invest in the future of the nation.

You have high debt, you get low returns on simple investments, you pay more for your home and energy and food, you have less money to do the things you want to do and you add the fact that the media is scaring the hell out of every body and you should now know how and why this affects your freedom and liberty.

If we go down as a nation, you can only blame the individual for our government is only reacting to our own greed and stupidity.