OPEC Threatens the World
July 10, 2008 | Filed Under Iran, Oil | No Comments
I pull open my morning paper and just read what the president of OPEC said — essentially threatened today.
He said that if there is an attack of any kind on Iran — oil prices will experience an uncontrollable spike.
What is the subtext here? Let Iran become a nuclear power? Let them attack Israel? All of that is fine so long as we have cheap oil?
Give me a break.
Where are our national leaders on calling them out on this? Where are the presidential candidates on this issue?
The fact that these terrorists think they CAN threaten us to allow them to have the ability to attack Israel with nuclear weapons in return for us having cheaper oil is morally repugnant.
It is time to stop this madness.
Identify evil for exactly what it is.
And UNCHAIN us from this dependence on foreign oil.
NOW!
Maxine Waters Wants to be our Chavez
July 1, 2008 | Filed Under Dictators, Oil, Uncategorized, chavez, maxine waters | No Comments
I can’t make this up.
Was trolling through some old clips and came across this real beauty from our own Maxine Waters.
She has the CEO’s of major US oil companies in front of her committee in Congress — and is asking them about supply, rising gas prices, etc. Then she gets into it with the CEO of Shell. And on the one hand — good for her. But what comes out of her mouth?
She says she wants to nationalize the US oil industry if prices don’t come down. Well, actually, she didn’t say “nationalize” because she could not think of the word. She tried “socialize” and realized that didn’t quite fit. What she actually meant was “nationalize” — like that idiot dictator Chavez did in Venezuala.
Check out the video for yourself — almost too weird to be true.
I mean — my GOD.
Solar anyone? Bio-fuels? Wind?
Let’s do that — don’t need Maxine or Hugo Chavez.
Please.
Dictators and Terrorists Get Rich, Our Economy Suffers
June 27, 2008 | Filed Under Dictators, Oil, Saudi Arabia, chavez | 1 Comment
On news that oil has reached an all-time record high of over $142 per barrel, the stock market crashed in a big way.
So long as the American government goes out of its way to embrace crude and not get serious about alternative energy and renewables, we will always be at the behest of dictators and terrorists.
Wouldn’t it be nice to buy our energy from American farmers and not dictators like Chavez?
Wouldn’t it be more desirable to capture our energy from the sun or the wind, and not depend on state sponsors of terrorism like Libya?
Honest to God, these people want to kill us. They hate freedom. And our nation is so damn dependent on them that we end up fighting wars that we otherwise wouldn’t fight.
And our dependence on oil puts money in their pockets that they use to buy weapons and explosives that are used to destabablize democratic forms of government around the globe.
It’s time to STOP entertaining princes at Camp David and time to put up more windmills, fund solar research and embrace other bio forms of energy and get smart about nuclear power.
The pricetag for all the investments that need to be made in domestic energy production pales in comparison to the investment we have made in protecting oil and propping up dictators and terrorists.
$7 Gas in 2 Years
June 26, 2008 | Filed Under Oil | 1 Comment
CIBC released a new study today that predicts gas prices will hit $7/gallon by 2010.
On the one hand that seems high — on the other hand — that is totally believable. Almost surprising it is not higher.
So long as we have politicians in Washington that do nothing to fix this — it should not come as a surprise.
My god — this is a time of record high oil prices — record high gas prices — skyrocketing energy costs — and they do NOTHING to lower prices — they do NOTHING to unhinge us from having our energy supply controlled by nations that hate freedom.
When will we learn?
Does Rick Perry like Dictators?
June 9, 2008 | Filed Under Dictators, Oil, Rick Perry | No Comments
I have been trying to figure out what has gotten into Rick Perry — the Governor of the great state of Texas. He has asked the EPA to cut the current renewable fuels standard by 50 percent. He says this will help with rising food prices.
Governor, just a few questions for you:
Have you noticed that oil is now at $137 a barrel?
Have you noticed that gasonline prices in your state are now over $4 per gallon?
How much are food prices up in your state this year?
Of course, this isn’t about the price of a twinkie in Dallas at all. For Gov. Perry its about political heavy hitters that pull the strings in Texas and fund campaigns. This is all about huge Texas cattlefeeders and other folks down in Texas and Arkansas that like to feed chickens cheap corn. Now, that corn is not so cheap.
A few years ago when corn for those same cattle and chicken was only a couple bucks — that was good for them. But — not so good for the American taxpayer. See, the American taxpayer would PAY THE FARMER and create an indirect subsidy to those people feeding millions of chickens, cattle, etc. How much did people like that benefit? Oh, they probably bought corn for their millions of chickens and cattle for a few BILLION less. Good business if you can get it.
So, then, the question is — why does Rick Perry like dictators? Seems harsh, I know. But the simple fact remains that Rick Perry is doing everything he can to tear down America’s renewable and alternative fuels industries. Who benefits from that — dictators and terrorists.
I know, I know..you are wondering about the actual science or economics of what Gov. Perry has said. Well, they are bunk too. Or at least, that is what Texas A&M said about his assertions in a recently published study.
A group called the Agriculture and Food Policy Center, located at Texas A&M University published a report called “The Effects of Ethanol on Texas Food and Feed”. This is great reading — would be great reading for Gov. Perry as well since it directly refutes his claims about renewable energy’s impact on food prices.
Interestingly, economic experts at Texas A&M (as well as many other places) cite the costs of gasoline and diesel fuel instead of ethanol production as the main reason for financial hardships in Texas agriculture.
Hmmm…so what does that mean? Other than it meaning that Gov. Perry is dead wrong — it also means that his ideas to cut renewable fuels use in America only benefits those that supply the energy that will be used if renewables are not.
Oh yeah, that foreign oil stuff….that stuff that comes from dictators..that stuff whose profits are used to support terrorism.
Good one, Governor. Read more
No More Blood for Oil
June 6, 2008 | Filed Under Dictators, Iran, Iraq, National Security, Oil, Venezuela | 1 Comment
I am sick and tired of America fighting wars that we spill blood over…continually…all in the name and sake of oil.
Regardless of what you may think about the current war in Iraq or entanglements we are involved in around the world…there is little anyone can argue intelectually to refute that we ARE entangled in those areas because of oil.
The United States of America should not be beholden to dictators and terrorists for our energy supply…
And no longer should America’s youth spill their blood to make those terrorists and dictators are more rich…
It leads one to ask WHAT can be done to stop this?
And WHO stands for doing what is right — and WHO stands for what is wrong.
And WHY do those people, corporations, or nations stand in the way of ending our thirst for foreign oil that enriches dictators and funds terrorism that kills innocent people around the world…
This blog will be dedicated to answering those questions…
Stay tuned…you may be shocked what we find out together…
