THE AFTERMATH
Guy de Maupassant ends his great novel “Une Vie” with the statement “Life is never as good or as bad as one thinks.” Conservatives should understand that in politics, things are rarely as good or as bad as one thinks in the aftermath of an election.
Hat tip Paul MirengoffDEMOCRACY’S FATE
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
If I understand correctly, Mr. Brooks has completed 3 years of college at a cost to taxpayers of 70 thousand dollars.
OBAMA DENOUNCES PUBLIC MANDATE
In case you missed it ….
The Republican Party is preparing a collection of juxtaposed videos for TV commercials to be shown during the national campaign. Thanks to Al Gore for giving the internet to the people, the Blogosphere is already suspending the Democrat contender from his own petard.
Posted in Political polemics, Videos
Tagged Obama, Obamacare, personal mandate, Supreme Court
KEYSTONE and OBAMA – THE VIEW FROM CANADA
Canada has the worlds third largest petroleum reserves. There is no cheaper way to import crude oil into the United States than by pipeline to Canada. There is no nation with whom we are on better terms than we are with Canada. If we maximized governmental support for exploration, production and transportation of U.S., Canadian and South American reserves, after a few years we would not need to buy one barrel of crude oil from mid-east suppliers. In fact they would become reliant upon us for their energy needs because we have the refineries.
One Canadian broadcaster minces no words as he tells the audience his views from across the border. You can hear his strong words here.
Posted in Energy, Political polemics, Regulation, Videos
Tagged Canada, Energy, energy independence, Keystone Pipeline, Oil & Gas, oil reserves
IS THERE NO SHAME?
There comes a point when the bigger and bolder the lie the harder it is to disbelieve. There was a movie made with a scene that illustrates the point very well. It may have been How to Cheat On your Wife with Bobby Morse, I’m not sure. The scene starts with a man and woman enjoying each other’s company naked in bed. The man’s wife comes home unexpectedly with grocery bags in hand and catches the pair before they can get out of bed.
The wife launches into a series of furious tirades. Without returning a glance or uttering a word the cheating pair fly out of the sack, dress, and make up the bed. All the time this is happening, the wife is right there screaming bloody murder at the two of them. Shortly the bed is made, the woman is gone and the husband is relaxing in his usual chair reading the evening paper as his wife continues her angry rant. He lowers the paper and asks “What’s the matter dear?” His wife comes down an octave and yells something about “That #%&* woman…” “What woman?” he asks. “There’s no other woman here.”
The episode ends with the wife taking a puzzled look into the bedroom which appears completely undisturbed, heaving a sigh and calmly asking “What would you like for dinner dear?” The point is if you are bold enough to tell a lie that is big enough with a face that is blank enough to a person who is gullible enough and wants to believe you enough, and then if you are dishonest enough to try it, you just may get away with it with many people.
Anyone who knows Barack Obama is President of the United States knows he has been adamantly opposed to completion of the Keystone Pipeline. He still is. He gave a speech in Cushing, Oklahoma declaring he is giving a fast tract to the project but the truth is he is blocking it. Obama has approved a portion of the line over which his approval is not needed and continues to deny approval for the portion where his approval is needed.
There are sufficient oil reserves on U.S. territory to meet 100% of our domestic demand for 200 years. Obama says repeatedly that we have just 2% of the world’s reserves and use 20% of the supply.
The Obama administration has not laid down one inch of pipeline. Obama says he has lain so much pipeline that it would reach around the world.
Obama says domestic oil production has risen during his tenure. That’s true. It has risen in spite of his efforts to stop it. Production from land subject to Federal leases has declined. The only increase has been on private lands over which Obama has no control.
Obama specifically chose Solyndra to be the poster boy for his administration’s government green energy program. He flew to California to give a long speech at a Solyndra plant holding the company up as one of the finest examples of what his administration is doing to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Now he says “this was not our program” then blames the Chinese for its failure.
Let’s hope the lies are told often enough that voters will see through them enough to throw the bum out of office. We have had enough!
Posted in Energy, Environment, Political polemics, Videos
Tagged Cushing Oklahoma, Keystone Pipeline, oil reserves, pipeline, Solyndra
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
The inimitable voice of Michael Crawford
WE THE PEOPLE
This powerful video speaks for itself.
Posted in Political philosophy, Political polemics, Videos
