Posted by
clodhopper on Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:42:49 PM
They made us worry about tap water and offered us bottled water from the purest springs(NJ tap water). They made us worry about the trees and stop using paper bags in the grocery store in favor of plastic bags so the trees would be safe.
Now we're breaking mercury light bulbs and polluting our homes and landfills and ground water thanks to the rabid environmentalists and their government mandates. Now the plastic bottles that held the purest water are found to be a cancer causing, landfill nightmare. Another landfill nightmare are the plastic bags they made us use instead of paper.
Why should we trust them with energy?
It wouldn't be so bad if they were only wasting their time and money, but they're not. They're clogging the courts with frivolous lawsuits to preserve some sacred piece of land.
The day that Tim Russert died was the same day that most of the midwest was under water from flooding. Where I live we have damns built in the 1920's holding back water that could wipe out several communities. The damns hadn't been regularly inspected or repaired for 20 years....which coincided with the eco-revolution. The DNR and other government agencies don't have time to inspect and repair damns and bridges because they are out counting garter snakes and protecting the nests of eagles.
I dont' watch the nightly news but I watched the NBC nightly news the night that Tim Russert died hoping to hear some news about the flooding. The news was preempted. It was a half hour eulogy for Tim Russert, which isn't news BTW. Who gives a flyinfig if fly-over country is under water, if a media elite has unexpectedly died. Mr. Russert's death was very tragic, but not *world news*.
What is news? It's Ok to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a whale who wants to commit suicide by beaching itself, but not to fight for the life of Terry Sciavo.
We're worried about all the little woodland creatures like we're living in some fractured fairy tale. We're worried about all the wrong things.
Our grandfathers who built the bridges and damns poured themselves into those structures because they were thinking about us. That's why they've lasted as long as they have. It was a source of pride. If they could build things to last so can we. We can drill for oil quickly and expertly. Where there is a will there is a way. In Milwaukee the new highway interchange was built ahead of schedule and under budget. Don't tell me it can't be done.
We want our children to be free and prosperous. We have to stop this eco-insanity for their sake. We need oil. Just the discussion of drilling for oil brings the prices down. The speculators aren't the villains. They're just responding to our action or inaction. It's futures. Do we have one? Yes, but we have to stop counting garter snakes and start drilling. The DNR and other agencies like it are overqualified for the job of counting. Can we give our children the security our grandparents gave us? Is it a source of pride to secure the future for our children?