Posted by
The Patriot on Monday, July 21, 2008 2:10:06 PM
OK, I have about had it with our Democrat "leadership." You know, the ones who keep repeating the "fact" that even if we open up new areas to oil drilling and exploration that it will not result in any additional supplies (and thus lower prices) for 7-10 years. I don't happen to believe that, since President Bush just illustrated that even the suggestion that the United States is willing to produce more domestic oil caused the price of oil to drop.
But here's the thing...would any of these Democrat "leaders" confess to only being concerned with issues the country will face within the next 7-10 years? Would they stand on the campaign stump and say, "I will not support any legislation that helps America more than 10 years in the future"? How would they respond to a political opponent who accused them of failing to look at long term solutions? I suspect that none of them would relish the thought of appearing to be short-sighted and unwilling to plan more than 10 years in the future. Do they think that lower oil prices will be unwelcome in 2018?
But here goes...I will stick my neck out and make a bold prediction. Despite all the fairly-tale wishful thinking of "alternative" energy sources, the United States' economy will still be dependent on oil 10 years from now. Remember, you heard it here first. We will not have airliners that run on leftover french-fry oil, and we will not have tractor trailers that run on goat dung. The only thing that will run exclusively in wind power in 2018 will be Congress. As a result, oil prices will still be a factor in that distant future (sarcasm warning: only a child sees 10 years as the distant future). So even if it were true that new drilling would not help today, it will help at some future point. Leadership is about vision...and oil drilling naysayers have none beyond the ends of their noses.