Welllll.....I've stayed out of this until now. But, now that QuickDon and the group are weighing in....I just can't stand it!!!
As Expresso said...
they're all greedy sons of a bitches! (or something like that) There's no sense in pointing fingers, unless we point them in all directions, including back at our selves.
You can blame the greedy politicians, maybe even say Republicans are in the pockets of big business. But, refineries stopped being built in the 70's. What party was in charge of Congress for over 40 years? (Who stopped it...Democrats) When the Republican Congress attempted to get together a comprehensive energy bill, who stopped it? (Democrats) So who's the obstructionist here?
Democrats are in the pockets of the law community and education (almost 50% of congress are lawyers by training, by the way). Wonder why no tort reform to help out health care costs, reference malpractice costs (my area of expertise)? Wonder why public schools are getting worst?
**But again; there's plenty of blame to go around! If we had comprehensive approach energy bill, we'd have a little more drilling; lots more refining; incentives to private industry on alternative fuels (untapped coal & oil shale fields in the upper northwest that no one is talking about). But there are just too many pockets to be filled, in both political parties! So what do we get???? Stalemate, and blame game!
Actually I think that we worry too much! The U.S will always find a way to be OK! When "the chips are down", we are a very resourceful and inventive people. Eventually the free market $$ will win out!
(Unless Hillary is elected - we'll be socialist) I would worry more about countries that have no more creative ability than to copy what we do...like China & Russia, and the third world.....they would grind to a halt.
I'm a big Sci-Fi fan! And I really do think that we will have to go to the stars, eventually - even before our renewable energies go bust! (unless GOD recalls us early like the Ford Pinto)
Take a look at the sky on a dark, clear night! He made all that for us! ......just to look at??? I think not.
By the way...anybody seen any UFOs lately?
