As I watched news clips this morning, countless pictures flashed showing the riots in Egyptian streets. And, at the same time, a ticker in the corner of the screen indicated that the cost per barrel of oil kept rising.
So, what this amounts to is, that once again American citizens in every walk of life are going to pay significantly more to fuel their cars, heat their homes and cook their food because factions having absolutely nothing to do with any of us, half-way around the globe can't get along with each other. And why are we the economic victims? Simply because we can't drill for oil in our own country and are forced to import from others.
And why can't we drill for oil right here? Because environmentalists and politicians have decided that potential dangers to wildlife and fears of global warming merit that every citizen pay dearly to support those beliefs.
But as anyone who has access to any kind of weather report knows by now, global warning's a farce of a magnitude so huge it's almost beyond belief. This winter's cold is off the charts and there's no reason not to believe that the one's to come won't be worse. Because Mother Nature's been doing things on her own for billions of years and will keep doing it for far longer than any wacko groups with misguided causes will endure.
And as far as animal life, water quality and air pollution go, today's technology provides completely safe drilling operations, despite the BP situation which was a case where a foreign company disregarded the law and is presently in internal and financial disarray.
But, despite BP's actions, which were unique, there are still much larger aspects to consider. Because at the moment foreign nationals are holding our entire population hostage economically and have the power to virtually disable our nation, should they choose.
So, at what point do we say that despite our hopes for perfection and compassion there comes a time where a couple of blue throated warbling baybirds, or some sea bass might be lost to prevent a whole nation from losing its entire life-style, savings and wherewithal future growth?
As for me, I think the time's not only come, it's long overdue and when the citizens of our nation finally wake up and understand the magnitude of the rip-off they've undergone, the scene in Egypt will look like a picnic compared to their righteous wrath.
That's it for today folks.
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