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There's one thing that could stem what is considered the inevitable tide of Democrats projected to win seats in the House and Senate, and that is for Republicans to take the lead on energy policy. So far they'd made some rumblings, but they're far to tentative at this time to make a difference.

As far as the Democrats go, they're so far behind the reality now; they can no longer be taken seriously as to energy policy. The latest goofy idea they have is to sue OPEC (I'm not kidding), prosecute what they allege is price gouging, impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies, and finally to cut down on what they call "speculation" in the energy markets.

In other words, the Democrats don't have an energy policy. There is nothing in the above-mentioned ideas that address the problem. All they're disingenuously attempting to do is shift blame to someone other than themselves. Democrats have been the enemies of people in the energy area, as they and their radical environmentalist allies have shut off access to billions of barrels of oil in the U.S. 

Chuck Norris has an excellent article talking about what has been done to the American people, and what needs to be done to remedy the problem.

As Norris said in his article, the Democrats in April 2006, through Nancy Pelosi, said in a statement on gas prices: "With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress. Democrats have a common sense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging."

Again, this is another way of saying they are clueless. There is no proven price gouging, and every time prices rise in the U.S., the Democrats assert someone is price gouging. In other words, they are increasingly socialist, and aren't able to wrap their minds and thinking around free and open markets. As a result, gas prices, which were at close to $2.50 a gallon when they took over Congress, is now at an average of $4 a gallon. That's why they're using smoke and mirror tactics to take the blame away from their horrid, failed energy policies.

The major reason we're in this predicament is the Democrats themselves, who under Bill Clinton began the assault on oil.

Here are some of Norris' Observations:

Though we have more oil in the shale of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming than combined in the Middle East (800 billion barrels), liberals and environmentalists have made it illegal to touch it.

It's illegal to drill in northern Alaska (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), or off the coasts of Florida or California.

Oil fields in Colorado are being shut down.

We won't develop shale oil fields in the Western states.

It's illegal to explore in the Atlantic.

It's illegal to explore in the Pacific.

It's illegal to explore in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

We're not receiving any more leases to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, while China, Venezuela and Cuba are.

We haven't built an oil refinery in 25 years and reduced in half those we have.

There's enough natural gas beneath America (406 trillion cube feet) to heat every home in America for the next 150 years, but we can't tap it all.

We have the largest supply of coal in the world, but it's Germany who is planning to build 27 coal-fired electrical plants by 2020.
 
American commuters are going bankrupt trying to travel back and forth to work, and are being forced to work locally for lower wages.

The problem, as far as it relates to the presidential race, is we don't have a contrast between the two candidates on energy, as they both support the Cap and Trade bill which would have been far more destructive to American consumers and business than doing nothing at all.

They are more concerned about the global warming theory and alarmists, then the realities Americans face now. This is one of the reasons 60 percent of Americans say we should start drilling now for the huge oil reserves we have within the American borders, and its coastal regions.

It's almost unfathomable that one of the parties doesn't take leadership on this issue. The reason I mention the Republicans is because the Democrats refuse to take the steps, as it would reveal they have blundered tremendously in energy policies over the last couple decades, and it is one of the soft spots they could be demolished with.

Energy, more than anything else, could be defined as the major issue in the upcoming presidential race. The fact that both parties won't take leadership will only end up harming the American people and business. It's there waiting to be taken hold of.

What we don't need is more theories and actions based upon unproven sources like ethanol, which has done far more harm than good, and has ended up being one of the major causes of the run up in food prices. Thanks American politicians.

I cited Michael Crichton recently here, where he mentions the dangers of the environmental radicals who have turned the issue into a religion, where facts and realities no longer matter; we just need to believe what they say. That's another reason we're in the trouble we are, as the environmental priesthood wants to turn us into true believers, not those who search out and question their increasingly understood weak foundation, which is built on sand. We're already starting to see it crumble.

What's the answer? We need to start drilling and access the billions of barrels of proven oil and gas reserves in the country, in order to make us truely less dependent on foreign countries for our energy.

Once we do that, we can look at developing legitimate alternatives for when a oil peak really does happen. At this time there is no oil peak, just those that have labored to cut off oil drilling and production so they can create their vision of the world they want.

Now we see the end result of the world they are attempting to create.

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