I love the reaction from Liberals when a leather-clad Sarah Palin gets the Drill Baby Drill rolling. Of course, with the disaster unfolding in the Gulf, it doesn't seem tasteful. The same folks that can't stand DBD are the same ones that go crazy because we pollute other countries like Africa and South America with oil that is destined for here. I thought it was *cool* to do everything locally? Doesn't Gulf drilling put the potential consequences of disaster right in the lap of those who desire it? It is WAY worse to take oil out of the ground from a poor African country, polluting as you go, then ship and drip the stuff all the way over here - isn't it?
Is it better supporting despots like Hugo Chavez, and his corrupt thugs who are building strength by the transfer of our wealth? Isn't Al-qaeda's biggest beef with us that we support the Saudis and stay on their peninsula?
The stuff is bad - we all know this. But we need it - and if we don't get it, some other country who doesn't give a damn about safety or environmental protection will go and get it. The United States needs to LEAD the world away from oil with advanced technology that renders the stuff useless. We didn't stop killing whales because they were cute. We stopped because once you saw an electric lamp glow, you threw the oil pail out the window. If we can build a bomb that blows up a city, we can figure this out.
The GOP needs to be the leader in conservation and efficiency investment. You can't spell CONSERVATIVE without CONSERVE! It was the GOP under Nixon who created the EPA. It was Teddy Roosevelt who created the national parks. We give up WAY too much ground on this issue to the crunchy hemp shirted left. We need energy independence, and domestic drilling is one part of the solution.
