Obama would commit forces to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Russians learned that Afghanistan cannot be tamed. Poppies are the cash crop, bought and processed worldwide by various mafia organizations. We should outbid the competition for poppies, and process them to create pain killers for our elderly. No battlefield casualties. If the Pakistani army cannot control its northern provinces, military intervention by the United States is wishful thinking. Would we bomb localities controlled by terrorists? Are we willing to accept the political risk?
Obama likes oil substitutes. Will he open the doors to Brazilian gasahol? The middle east has cheap oil which they sell to intermediaries. The United States should grant offshore drilling rights, claiming ownership of the oil. That ownership is then sold to the drillers and marketers.
Our oil industry grew by generous depletion allowances. Our cattle industry grew by generous depreciation allowances. These tax breaks from a friendly government drew in the capital necessary for these industries to grow.
What is the point of clean energy in the United States when Russia, China, India, and the rest of the world burn oil? To control the price of oil we must be the world's largest source. Ban ethanol--embrace Brazilian gasahol. Let free markets work. Substitutes must compete on a price basis.
Obama, like Stalin who nationalized agriculture, can only create shortages. Free markets will work if the environmentalists can be tamed!
McCain/Palin affirm reality. They deny the dreams and claims of neophytes who ask for our votes so they can speculate on solutions they cannot define. McCain/Palin know that only cheap oil can draw entrepreneurial capital for substitutes. That is the reality--a reality the media cannot accept.
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Yeah! Let free markets work. Nice work free markets!
"Obama would commit forces to Afghanistan and Pakistan."
To stop groups like Al-Qaeda, right?
"The Russians learned that Afghanistan cannot be tamed."
Afghanistan is not a bloody animal! And the American military is not the Soviet Russian army!
"Poppies are the cash crop, bought and processed worldwide by various mafia organizations. We should outbid the competition for poppies, and process them to create pain killers for our elderly."
Don't see how that will stop Al-Qaeda, but OK!
"No battlefield casualties. If the Pakistani army cannot control its northern provinces, military intervention by the United States is wishful thinking. Would we bomb localities controlled by terrorists? Are we willing to accept the political risk?"
Apparently you are not, lol.
"Obama likes oil substitutes. Will he open the doors to Brazilian gasahol?"
And? Finishing your thoughts is a good habit to learn.
"The middle east has cheap oil which they sell to intermediaries."
Other countries? Who? What? When? Finish your thoughts!
"The United States should grant offshore drilling rights, claiming ownership of the oil."
Maybe, but only with the concession that Alaska is permanently out-of-bounds.
"That ownership is then sold to the drillers and marketers."
Which will be sold worldwide, and not to the American public.
"Our oil industry grew by generous depletion allowances. Our cattle industry grew by generous depreciation allowances. These tax breaks from a friendly government drew in the capital necessary for these industries to grow."
I'm glad someone on the right admits that subsidization is a good thing if done properly.
"What is the point of clean energy in the United States when Russia, China, India, and the rest of the world burn oil?"
The future? The environment? Our lungs? You know, those kind of things. The kind of things poor Chinese or Indians don't have the luxury of leading.
"To control the price of oil we must be the world's largest source. Ban ethanol--embrace Brazilian gasahol. Let free markets work. Substitutes must compete on a price basis."
Ban ethanol! That is an anti-free market idea!
"Obama, like Stalin who nationalized agriculture, can only create shortages."
Sorry, Obama is not Stalin. Obama is not for nationalization. He is for subsidization, just like yourself.
"Free markets will work if the environmentalists can be tamed!"
Free markets are not necessarily a good thing. When I live in Maine, there was a river near the potato chip factory that caught on fire because the factory was dumping its used oil into the river. It was only through regulation that that mess got cleaned up.
"McCain/Palin affirm reality."
No, they affirm big business' and the Christian conservative's agendas.
"They deny the dreams and claims of neophytes who ask for our votes so they can speculate on solutions they cannot define."
Sorry, bub, the regulations that cleaned up that river were very practical and worked very well. I dont want America to become like Mexico, because some honky-tonky stupid fuck can't think straight.
"McCain/Palin know that only cheap oil can draw entrepreneurial capital for substitutes."
LOL! Well, you might be right this one time, but that is only if you meant "substitutes" to mean "alternative energy".
"That is the reality--a reality the media cannot accept."
Moving from "the" to "a" in the above sentence shows how bad you think. If you think that is elitist, then okay, but I think it is just bad grammar.
I'm against the 700 billion dollar bailout of the banks.
Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a "The We Deserve It Dividend".
To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bona fide U.S. Citizens 18+.
Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.
So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.
Give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a "We Deserve It Dividend".
Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.
Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.
That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam. But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500 in their pocket. A husband and wife has $595,000.
What would you do with $297,500 to $595,000 in your family?
Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.
Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads
Put away money for college - it'll be there
Pay off all your consumer debt.
If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it.
If we're going to do a bailout, let's bail out every adult US Citizen 18+!
Sure it's a crazy idea that can "never work."
But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party! How do you spell Economic Boom?
I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the "We Deserve It Dividend" more than I do the geniuses in Washington DC .
And remember, The Family plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.
The rules:
The use of funds must go first to your mortgage.
Any surplus funds must go to pay consumer debt.
If there are still funds left over, it must be invested in an IRA to provide for retirement.
If the money doesn’t pay off the entire mortgage, it will build sufficient equity so that the banks can renegotiate a mortgage and shall be required to do so on fixed 30 year terms. This will solve the mortgage problem. It will enhance rather than destroy the financial structure and well being of the American people. If we the people are going to borrow so much to bail out someone lets bail out we the people.
If you think this could work please forward this idea to anyone you think might help.
I agree with Lighting Showroom $700,000,000,000 is way too much money to throw out into the economy with out supervision. I am glad the house denied Bush's miracle plan. We need to take time and think of a logical plan to fix the economy.
blueskyboris has way too much time on his hands...
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