Day: July 29, 2010

Hit ‘Em Hard!

The Dems seem to have found their cajones that have been lost in the past 18 months…..the following is a new DNC ad for the upcoming elections …it shows a little imagination that I thought that they were missing…there has been numerous times I thought that the Dems needed to go on the attack and they would wimp out and let it pass trying to smooth it over with some lame talking points…….but now they show some cajones….

http://bit.ly/cZtdaC

http://bit.ly/9uk5iV

Will this work in the coming elections?  Only if the people are paying attention and check the facts….ALWAYS  check the facts!

Can The Addict Be Weaned?

Daily Agitator

It is all the rage now on the airwaves, everybody has jumped on the bandwagon of trying to break the US addiction to oil.  All I can say is…..GOOD LUCK with that.

First a little history in case you are not aware of the facts about our energy issues…..

From Info Ink page, “Will The Addict Return?”

If you can remember back to the 70’s when there was an energy addiction that made for an energy crisis.  We all started to think of ways to kick our oil habit like alt energy, wind, solar and other energy saving measures and for awhile we were moving in the right direction and were kicking the monkey on our backs.  But unfortunately we fell off our wagon.  The pushers, the oil companies, in the 80’s made the price of gas and oil cheaper and we stated thinking that we were not all that bad for the addiction.  It was something that we could live with.  We wanted our 4 gallon to the mile Hummers.  We began feeding our need heavier than before.

So the idea of a more liberal alt energy program as something new is just ignorant…….every president since Jimmy Carter has had the plan to break our dependence and so for we are more heavily addicted with the passing of each president.  The question to ask is, “Are we truly serious about breaking our dependence on foreign oil?”

You, personally, may be….but the government is NOT!  As usual, the government is offering a band-aid for a gunshot wound….absolutely NO one in Washington is truly supporting a total independence……they were not in the 70’s and they are NOT today.

Americans have talked a mean game, but NO where are they prepared to give up their addiction.  As long as the drug of choice is inexpensive enough to allow them to drive a car that gets 4 gallons to the mile then they will continue to use and use and use…..no matter how good the intention…actions speak louder.

So, to answer the question, “Can the addict be weaned?”….the answer is yes but it will be painful….and that is politically bad and will not be used….they will continue to offer up incremental changes that does little to solve the addiction problem….like the CAFE……does little about consumption of the drug…..the addict is here to stay and the government will make sure of it, as long as they work as paid agents for the suppliers of the drug….. oil industry.

A Side Note:  The new Energy bill is living proof of how the oil industry has its tentacles into the process……here is the new bill synopsis:

The bill includes as its centerpiece “oil spill response” legislation that would: require BP to pay for damage from its spill; require oil companies to invest in new spill cleanup and prevention technologies; improve federal spill response; reform the Minerals Management Service; and update maritime laws.

But other aspects of the bill, according to a draft summary of the legislation, step into other energy arenas by:

  • Providing incentives for turning the nation‘s heavy truck fleet to natural gas and toward electrification of the nation‘s transportation sector.
  • Promoting “clean energy job creation” providing $5 billion of rebates to encourage homeowners to make efficiency upgrades as part of the Home Star program.
  • Fully funding a Land and Water Conservation Fund over the next five years to ensure that vital US lands and waters are protected into the future from climate change damage.
  • Increasing the $1 billion liability cap of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to $5 billion and increasing fees to pay for it by requiring that oil companies pay 49 cents per barrel into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.

This bill is a FAR cry from the bill promised by the Prez and his boyz…..it is weak…it is wimpy….it is impotent!   Nothing to control emissions…..EMISSIONS……that is the main problem that needs to be addressed and nothing……..all I can say is that the money spent by energy companies was well used….

So “Can the addict be weaned”?….. NOT BY THIS BATCH OF COWARDS!

Another side note:  the new Chevy electric car will start at $41,000…..yea!  That should get the Americans to think about a change……how many working people can afford that price?