I mentioned yesterday that Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, was beseeching states to request about a half billion dollars of unused taxpayer's funds for roads and highways, without even the slightest consideration that perhaps, since no one wanted the money so far, the folks who earned it ought get it back. However, since he’s a bureaucrat, using his head or heart isn’t part of his job description.
Then, this morning I read a blurb on the Associated Press on-line site reporting that “The price of gasoline is setting a record as the summer draws to a close. AAA says drivers paid an average of $3.72 per gallon Monday, which is the highest price on record for Aug. 20. The auto club says more daily highs are likely over the next few weeks.”
So, while all these politicians are spending their time and money on hate ads, travel and attending rally’s packed with pre-screened ardent supporters, why is no one paying a whit of attention to the fact that citizens are shipping billions of their dollars to foreign nations every day of the week?
It’s been estimated that our nation sits on almost as much oil as there is in the Middle East, however, due to pure politics only, we aren’t allowed to touch it, whereas we might have an occasional spill or displace a few red-billed, flap-winged, four toed, purple-crested fleener birds, or worse, break one of their eggs.
But in the meantime, Saudi Arabians and Brazilians do nothing at all but ship oil to us and probably need bigger barrels than oil drums to store all our cash while our whole economy goes into a different kind of tank.
And as ridiculous as our situation is, whereas the idea of importing oil is beyond the realm of even the simplest common sense, if that’s the case at least why not get it from our closest neighbors and friends, the Canadians?
But, oh no, even that can be accepted and the proposed pipelines been stopped.
Which leads me to ask once again: How long are folks going to sit there without a peep, while being ripped off in broad daylight by others with an environmental premise that isn’t even correct? Because there’s no better time than right now to state that we’re fed up and instead of listening to arguments about how many years of tax returns a candidate ought to release, it’s time for some politician to actually do something that’s good for the population of the United States.
That's it for today folks.
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