We have oil, gas, coal and many alternatives

And we also have the Democrats and RINOS who want us to fail in all areas so we can "save" the planet for the Chinese.



Won't it be a treat to hear the Denver Dems chastising GWB for the latest increase at the pumps (it has gone down some since this graphic was made, seen at Wizbang)? They've knocked down every plan for 8 years to make us energy independent. Think any of the alternatives will pass the regulatory sniff test by the eco-terrorists? Not a chance. Don't miss Ohio's Governor explain how he's pulled Ohio's economy up since 2006.

I watched Bill Moyers (gag reflex) on PBS last night (got bored with the bikini Olympics) trashing the economy. You'd think they'd told the truth about how good employment and prices were in the recovery after the Clinton slip in 1999-2000. Because if it's down now, it must have been up earlier. (My portfolio did fabulous from late 2002 into early 2007, a nice run up after the tax cuts kick started the economy.) The liberals did this during the 2004 campaign too, constantly inserting the phrase "in this economy" so it's hard to know how much is true and how much is election manipulation.

One slip away from disaster for the "middle class" was Moyer's theme. Really? So being middle class is all about income? Not about values, savings, family or education? A heavily tattoo'd woman moaned about how she had a college education but couldn't get a job at the level of her former employment. I hope she put a shirt on for job interviews because I was really turned off. The interviewees were in lovely homes with nice cars, and I assume in debt to their eyeballs, young boomers or Gen-X-ers who never saw a toy they didn't buy or a mortgage payment that wasn't too high. The American dream? When did that come to mean "interest only" home loans, boats and 3 cars? You also see these sob stories on the local channels. Doesn't this constant negative barrage on PBS, broadcast and cable defy everything we've been taught since the 1970s in our school, churches and women's magazines about positive thinking, self-esteem and "possibility thinking?"

Since the American Depression in the 1930s (which lasted longer than needed due to FDR's socialist programs) the record shows the worst thing the government can do is raise taxes in an economic slump, particularly on those who contribute the most to the economy in investments and jobs. But that's Obama's plan. More Pelosi pandering. Don't buy it. I doubt that our Nobama candidate McCain's ideas are all that much of an improvement, but I think he'll keep the Bush tax cuts. He's a middle of the road Democrat, not a socialist. Raising taxes on the rich helps for about 2 weeks, then their accountants and lawyers go into high gear; companies move, loopholes are found, and you and I foot the bill. Obama isn't going to raise taxes to help anyone; by his own testimony with Charley Gibson, he's going to do it out of a sense of "fairness." Yeah, that works.