President Obama's Oval Office Address on the BP Oil Spill... No Mr. President Now is NOT the Time to Tax Us Even More...
Government involvement always makes it worse... no matter what "it" is.
There was a letter to the editor in my local paper the other day claiming that the BP Deep Horizon disaster was due to not enough government regulation.
Government regulation is the REASON for the millions of gallons of oil ruining the beaches, killing wildlife, and ruining lives and business.
Why? Because if oil companies were allowed to drill on land, or in shallow waters, this leak, if it did occur, could be fixed quickly. It's also likely that this leak may have never occurred on land or in shallow water. The fact is it's hard to do anything a mile below the surface. It's like building a ship in a bottle and then building a ship inside a bottle in that ship...
Oil wells on Land... think how much easier it is to fix a problem when you can work on it without a mile of water over the well...
This is another case where government regulation and laws that may seem to make sense really don't.
No Mr. President, as you said in your Oval Office Address tonight, the reason BP is drilling a mile below the surface is NOT because there's no oil left close to shore or even on dry land... it's because of mindless government regulations by the liberal left. Regulations pushed through by those who don't understand the slightest thing about reality and who don't understand the damage they've done and are doing to our country.
It's not a surprise though. None of it. Not the coal industry. Not the oil industry. Obama made it clear during the election he wanted the coal industry out of business and felt pretty much the same about the oil industry.
A month or more before Deep Horizon exploded, Obama opened up some new possible oil drilling lease areas, however at the same time (not talked about so much) he removed other areas from being leased. So that action was a head fake in and of itself. I was looking for what was next... and then tragedy struck... very similar to the coal mine disasters.
Some conspiracy theorists may say that these are not coincidences, but that's doubtful. Who runs Obama? Unions. Who benefited the most from the bailouts? Unions. Who has their hands out for more bailouts? Unions. What do unions do to get their way? So maybe the conspiracy theorists have something after all...
Obama, not one to waste a disaster (either intentional or accidental), jumped all over both disasters (oil and coal) to put into motion more regulations and stop drilling.
Obama announced two weekends ago that "now is the time to aggressively embrace clean energy technologies" - translation: get ready to pay more and more for gas, oil, and coal. Tonight in his Oval Office address he switched from talking about the 11 deaths, the oil that's still gushing, the ruined beaches, the dead wildlife... to... guess what... MORE REGULATIONS and MORE TAXES TO ACCELERATE "CLEAN ENERGY".
How about this: Mr. President, help BP fix the problem, get your foot off their throat and help them. They didn't want this to happen. Maybe they caused it, maybe not, but it's costing them a fortune. Worry about stopping the leak, containing the oil, and cleaning up the mess... sort out who will pay for what later... once the wildlife is dead it's too late.
Mr. President, focus the vast resources of this country on the problem as only the President can. Accept help from other countries offering to help. Why did Obama not accept help from foreign countries offering to send their ships? Unions. We have 8 weeks of oil sloshing around because he's protecting union workers instead of the country as a whole... instead of the environment that he says he loves so much... instead of the people in the Gulf that he's sworn to protect.
Obama has just now started talk to the CEO of BP... at least I think he has, maybe not... maybe he was too busy playing golf. Now can you imagine if Sarah Palin, Senator Michele Bachmann, Governor Jan Brewer were President... that's probably one of the first phone calls they would have made and they would probably talk on a regular basis.
Our country cannot withstand anymore taxes. Everything President Obama said in his Oval Office address tonight says higher energy taxes on fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) in order to cut usage and fund development of clean energy. Develop clean energy and use it... but lower taxes, not raise them. We're on the brink of economic disaster and raising energy prices will only drive the final nails in the coffin.
Demand more of our elected officials. Demand more of yourself. Demand NO NEW TAXES, NO CAP and TRADE, NO BAILOUTS. Take action and write, call, fax, and email your elected officials. And when November gets here... VOTE.
Until next time,
Fred
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Posted by Fred (aka Recoil) on June 15, 2010
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