I read a column by that intellectual cretin, Frank Rich today. In it he whines about the the pressure his beloved Olame-a is under for a problem that isn't his. Funny how elitist jackals like Rich exhort the necessity of government to protect their privileged lives from the repugnant environs of common folk, yet scoff at the glee of those of us who revel in the legion examples of governments incompetence. The only similarity between Bush's Katrina and Olame-a's oil slick is they both effected New Orleans. The main stream media used Katrina's wrath, blended with a crooked mayor's incompetence and a sleeping Governor's under-reaction, to pummel George Bush for the aftermath. Had the ample warnings of several federal agencies been heeded, their would have been little suffering beyond the displacement of thousands. Today, as petro-sewage washes up on beach, marsh and estuary, sore-heads want to blame Olame-a and Obama-zombies are doing there darnedest to drive another stake into capitalism's heart.
I love the 24 hour, instant reporting, news culture. As a self-admitted junkie of evolution, I find it fascinating how news has evolved from the daily rag to an internet tag. How it's forcing newspapers to undergo excruciating metamorphosis in order to meet the challenges of instant reporting. It's in this setting the Olame-a administration finds itself, trying to explain to allegiant groupies why the "anointed one" has failed to stop the impending catastrophe facing the gulf coast. Barry's boosters have the expression of a sitting kitten, head cocked to one side, fully expecting their protagonist to leap from behind a Cypress tree brandishing a government edict that wondrously lifts the befouling crude into the air, then explodes into clouds of butterflies that carry inexpensive, reliable health care to everyone. Except republicans and tattletales.
While Olame-a successfully concocted an health care reform plan that will destroy health care as we know it, not even his royal hipness can conjure an action that will make the outcome for the gulf any worse. Thank the Deity for that. What I am worried about is the same thing that dispatches my comfort daily. My fellow Americans. (or 'mericans as LBJ used to say). My generation never grew up. By that I mean, they never took time to understand how the world operates, what has worked in the past and what is worth trying now and in the future. We believe there is someone behind the curtain who can solve our problems. We only need to elect people who promise to be fair and prove their compassion by owning a dog.
Here's the harsh reality: either park your car or shut-the-hell-up. Fossil fuels are the cheapest form of fuel on earth. Fossil fuels continue to drive the economy, funding research from cures to comets. Fossil fuels keep our food and power cheap and plentiful. I cringe evertime I turn on the news and see the video of brownish black goo reaching the shore. The question I ask myself is: Is it worth it? Is the potential for disaster worth the harvesting of our fossil fuels? What's the alternative? The alternative is higher food and energy prices and a much poorer society both locally and across the oceans. And please don't impart the 'alternative fuels' crap-o-rama. If forced to go to the alternative or "green" technologies of which Olame-a and his merry band of socialists dream, we will find ourselves dependent on energy sources that are expensive, unreliable and incapable of prividing the kilowatts we need daily. Someday, I believe we will, but for now, we need to man up, draw a deep breath and do everything humanly possible to clean up the mess in the gulf. But make no mistake, we need to drill, tap, dig, mine, transport and refine every fossil fuel we can get our hands on. It's the only way we will be able to fund the research and development needed to create the "green" energy of the future.
I love the 24 hour, instant reporting, news culture. As a self-admitted junkie of evolution, I find it fascinating how news has evolved from the daily rag to an internet tag. How it's forcing newspapers to undergo excruciating metamorphosis in order to meet the challenges of instant reporting. It's in this setting the Olame-a administration finds itself, trying to explain to allegiant groupies why the "anointed one" has failed to stop the impending catastrophe facing the gulf coast. Barry's boosters have the expression of a sitting kitten, head cocked to one side, fully expecting their protagonist to leap from behind a Cypress tree brandishing a government edict that wondrously lifts the befouling crude into the air, then explodes into clouds of butterflies that carry inexpensive, reliable health care to everyone. Except republicans and tattletales.
While Olame-a successfully concocted an health care reform plan that will destroy health care as we know it, not even his royal hipness can conjure an action that will make the outcome for the gulf any worse. Thank the Deity for that. What I am worried about is the same thing that dispatches my comfort daily. My fellow Americans. (or 'mericans as LBJ used to say). My generation never grew up. By that I mean, they never took time to understand how the world operates, what has worked in the past and what is worth trying now and in the future. We believe there is someone behind the curtain who can solve our problems. We only need to elect people who promise to be fair and prove their compassion by owning a dog.
Here's the harsh reality: either park your car or shut-the-hell-up. Fossil fuels are the cheapest form of fuel on earth. Fossil fuels continue to drive the economy, funding research from cures to comets. Fossil fuels keep our food and power cheap and plentiful. I cringe evertime I turn on the news and see the video of brownish black goo reaching the shore. The question I ask myself is: Is it worth it? Is the potential for disaster worth the harvesting of our fossil fuels? What's the alternative? The alternative is higher food and energy prices and a much poorer society both locally and across the oceans. And please don't impart the 'alternative fuels' crap-o-rama. If forced to go to the alternative or "green" technologies of which Olame-a and his merry band of socialists dream, we will find ourselves dependent on energy sources that are expensive, unreliable and incapable of prividing the kilowatts we need daily. Someday, I believe we will, but for now, we need to man up, draw a deep breath and do everything humanly possible to clean up the mess in the gulf. But make no mistake, we need to drill, tap, dig, mine, transport and refine every fossil fuel we can get our hands on. It's the only way we will be able to fund the research and development needed to create the "green" energy of the future.
My biggest question is how long will we accept that the only viable fuel is fossil fuel. Sprint cars have been running on alcohol for years. The technology will take some refining to mass produce and overcome some of the issues but it is one alternative.
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