Pelosi’s Folly & Pin the Tail on the Donkey Part 5
This is the fifth and final installment of Pelosi’s Folly & Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Since beginning this series of posts Nancy has done some waffling or flip flopping on energy issues. You can probably find your own sources of that news. Suffice it to say Nancy is as misguided as ever. Combine that with the insanity of Senator Harry Reid and others in the Dems party. But before moving on to things like the contentious Democratic Party Convention and placing their ‘hope’ on the celebrity of Barack Obama, here is the final pass on Pelosi’s (energy) Folly.
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Here’s another little link for you Nancy. Gasoline Price Gouging Laws Will Not Benefit Consumers And how do you propose to hold OPEC accountable? Producing our own oil is the best way to use less of their’s. But promoting panic solutions will simply trade one problem for another.
Speaker Pelosi’s item 7:
7. When House Republicans were in the majority for 12 years, our dependence on foreign oil escalated. Why didn’t House Republicans do something about America’s energy independence to ensure we wouldn’t reach the energy crisis we’re in now?
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Here’s a little bibliography for you Speaker Pelosi. You can peruse the Congressional majorities and read about the various oil shortages brought on by tensiions in the Middle East. To blame the GOP as you have specifically in your item 7 is silly. The wake up call for alternatives to the way we use energy had occured as far back as the sixties and seventies and we, as a nation, did nothing or very little. The general public has an equal share in the blame you want to attach for energy problems.
Party Divisions of the House of Representatives (1789 to Present)
Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present
1973 oil crisis
1979 energy crisis
from MoreWhat.com:
And as for the speculation concern you have, you may have noticed that without interfering with the markets the price of oil decreased noticeably in recent days and lower demand was one reason given. Painful as it may be, supply and demand and free markets work pretty well. When we reach a point in which we can no longer afford something the demand falls and so does the price. Our country’s long standing love affair with freedom of movement provided by vehicles using internal combustion engines and petroleum got us here. We’ll pay for the privilege until we learn how to deal with it. Waiting for more than 30 years to deal with it has a cost. Blaming everyone you oppose, Nancy, is ridiculous and counter-productive.
As for Speaker Pelosi’s items 9 & 10 we should do what we can to help those who need it. And as for new standards on sources for electric power for public utilities, any mandates from Congress will also bear a price to consumers. Careful what you wish for Nancy.
Stanford Matthews
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