amicus
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They always hated the big gas guzzling American cars, those tidy little Europeans with their toy automobiles. I just smiled with tolerance.
It was never humorous as they shut down the forests to preserve the owls and home prices increased. Nor amusing when they shut down fishing to preserve the species and at the same time halted any further construction of hydroelectric dams. The cost of fish and electricity increased.
More pain when they 'mitigated' wet lands and prevented human habitation from expanding and brought about a housing shortage.
The efforts to 'clean up' the coal and gas fired generators of electricity added dollars and dollars per month the the energy bill of every consumer. Prices of all commodities increased as factories and plants paid a larger energy bill.
Government supported the power of the labor unions, which soon, with increased wages and benefits, drove the price of American manufactured automobiles so high that foreign factories could produce, promote and ship and undersell the American made product.
It was government in general that has forbid the construction of nuclear power plants for nearly forty years; the same length of time since a new oil refinery was constructed. And of course, the government is instrumental in preventing oil exploration in the continental United States and in offshore waters.
Now, as the 2008 General election looms, we suffer record high prices for gasoline and diesel fuel. This means increased costs for airlines and trucking companies, not to speak of the daily commuter, the soccer mom who shops and takes kids to after school events.
Government again decided to make fuel out of corn, the 'ethanol craze', the side effect of which, is to increase and in some cases double food prices of beef, milk, eggs, cereal grains and a host of other essential items.
Solar energy is not a viable answer, nor are wind farms as even far left Massachusetts says, "NIMBY" Not In My Back Yard!" Hell no!
The chickens have finally come home to roost. Starting as far back as Gifford Pinchot, (look him up) and the National Forests fiasco, through Roosevelt and his New Deal, through the New Frontier of Kennedy and the Great Society of Johnson, the avarice of big government is calling in the cards.
It had to happen, sooner or later, didn't it?
It is only going to get worse, mark my word.
It is a ten year lead time and tens of billions of dollars of investment, risk, venture capital to bring a nuclear plant online. About the same for a new offshore drilling site or exploration and development in such places as the sacred ANWAR.
My point being, just so you can not evade it; you brought this on yourselves. You asked for it, you got it.
The usual course of action for a failed governmental program at this stage, would be to Nationalize all industry, conscript labor, freeze prices and wages and essentially institute Marshal Law and draft all eighteen year olds' for national services of one sort or another.
All contingency plans on the books for both Obama and Clinton.
Read it and weep my friends and remember...I told you so.
I have been telling you so for most of my professional life, somewhat over forty years now.
I trust you enjoy your Utopian future; I hope your children understand how and why you failed them. It was such a beautiful dream was it not? Everything for free: education, health care, retirement, all paid for by someone else.
No, it won't all happen tomorrow, but it is inevitable, the dye is cast, you made your choices and the consequences will arrive.
Amicus....
It was never humorous as they shut down the forests to preserve the owls and home prices increased. Nor amusing when they shut down fishing to preserve the species and at the same time halted any further construction of hydroelectric dams. The cost of fish and electricity increased.
More pain when they 'mitigated' wet lands and prevented human habitation from expanding and brought about a housing shortage.
The efforts to 'clean up' the coal and gas fired generators of electricity added dollars and dollars per month the the energy bill of every consumer. Prices of all commodities increased as factories and plants paid a larger energy bill.
Government supported the power of the labor unions, which soon, with increased wages and benefits, drove the price of American manufactured automobiles so high that foreign factories could produce, promote and ship and undersell the American made product.
It was government in general that has forbid the construction of nuclear power plants for nearly forty years; the same length of time since a new oil refinery was constructed. And of course, the government is instrumental in preventing oil exploration in the continental United States and in offshore waters.
Now, as the 2008 General election looms, we suffer record high prices for gasoline and diesel fuel. This means increased costs for airlines and trucking companies, not to speak of the daily commuter, the soccer mom who shops and takes kids to after school events.
Government again decided to make fuel out of corn, the 'ethanol craze', the side effect of which, is to increase and in some cases double food prices of beef, milk, eggs, cereal grains and a host of other essential items.
Solar energy is not a viable answer, nor are wind farms as even far left Massachusetts says, "NIMBY" Not In My Back Yard!" Hell no!
The chickens have finally come home to roost. Starting as far back as Gifford Pinchot, (look him up) and the National Forests fiasco, through Roosevelt and his New Deal, through the New Frontier of Kennedy and the Great Society of Johnson, the avarice of big government is calling in the cards.
It had to happen, sooner or later, didn't it?
It is only going to get worse, mark my word.
It is a ten year lead time and tens of billions of dollars of investment, risk, venture capital to bring a nuclear plant online. About the same for a new offshore drilling site or exploration and development in such places as the sacred ANWAR.
My point being, just so you can not evade it; you brought this on yourselves. You asked for it, you got it.
The usual course of action for a failed governmental program at this stage, would be to Nationalize all industry, conscript labor, freeze prices and wages and essentially institute Marshal Law and draft all eighteen year olds' for national services of one sort or another.
All contingency plans on the books for both Obama and Clinton.
Read it and weep my friends and remember...I told you so.
I have been telling you so for most of my professional life, somewhat over forty years now.
I trust you enjoy your Utopian future; I hope your children understand how and why you failed them. It was such a beautiful dream was it not? Everything for free: education, health care, retirement, all paid for by someone else.
No, it won't all happen tomorrow, but it is inevitable, the dye is cast, you made your choices and the consequences will arrive.
Amicus....
