Wednesday, September 21, 2011

NATIONAL MONUMENTS AND WHY WE CAN'T PRODUCE OUR OWN RESOURCES

This is a National Monument??
One of the many tricks used by liberal Presidents like Bill Clinton and now Barack Obama to stifle America's ability to find our own energy sources such as coal and natural gas is to name the area where these resources are, a national monument.  
The President can name an area a national monument with the stroke of a pen and, as a result, prevent the exploration and extraction of resources from this newly protected area.  Perhaps the best example of this tactic is the Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah which was named by Clinton in 1996, effectively eliminating over 1.9 million acres, some of which contain our nation's (and the world's)  best clean coal reserves, from being mined.  
Now a couple of interesting things pop up here.  First, when you go into this area expecting to see some sort of monument, forget it.  There is nothing there besides the natural outcroppings of plateaus and canyons.  Secondly, and more interestingly, there are only two known areas of the world where this type of excellent quality coal exists.  Here in Utah at the Grand-Staircase Escalante AND in Indonesia.  What's the big deal about Indonesia, you ask?  Well if you remember the mid-1990's and Bill Clinton's list of buddies, an interesting name pops up.  Do you remember James Riady and his daddy Mochtar?  Well guess who had a great deal of interest in the Indonesian coal business?  With the Grand Staircase taken out of the picture as far as coal production goes, guess who has a monopoly on the production of this resource?  When Rick Santorum mentioned in the debate recently that the U.S. is importing coal,  of all things, it just reminded me about this little bit of Clintonian treachery. 

Friday, September 16, 2011

QUESTIONS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS

1.   If abortion is legal, then why is someone that kills a pregnant woman charged with DOUBLE homicide?

2.  Why is it that when driving on the highways you hardly ever see a tractor trailer pulled over for speeding?

3.  Is China our best friend or our worst enemy?  

4.  Why do we waste time and money sending morons that can't talk, can barely read and don't know if their asshole is drilled or bored on a free ride to college just because they are athletic?  

5.  Why aren't yellow lights all timed the same length?

6.  Why do they keep referring to women as a MINORITY when they outnumber men in this country?

7.  How long should you wait for the driver in front of you to move before you hit your horn?

8.  Why do we keep minting pennies when it costs nearly two  cents to make one?

9.  Who is in charge of checking that all candidates for President meet the eligibility requirements listed in the Constitution?

10.  How long will it take this country to recover if President Obama is reelected?

11.  Why is it OK for black people to be racist?  
(In a related question.......how long into our future until the race card ceases to be effective?

12.  How much longer can public educations buffalo people into believing that their kids are learning something relevant,

13. Why do liberals fear the Tea Party so much if it is just made up of a bunch of old, white people?

14.  How much more hope and change can you stand?

15.  WTF happened to this country?