Revolution!

"Senator Warner and I introduced the Climate Security Act for a very simple but serious reason. It was to protect the environment, economy, and national security of the United States of America from the worst effects of manmade climate change.

Is it a problem, climate change? Well, just last week the Bush administration itself released a scientific report confirming that if we as a nation fail to take strong action now to cut our emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, then the resulting climate change will impose severe hardship on the American people."

Senater Lieberman on the Senate floor June 2nd, 2008

What's that Senator Lieberman? Climate change will impose severe hardship on the American people? As if $4.00 a gallon isn't a hardship?

I'm so sick of our Government not caring about the American people. Oh sure, Leiberman said the right things, but he is not doing anything about it. In fact he only is going to make it worse. The Climate Security Act wants to cut emissions on our energy suppliers by 60% by the year 2030. The EPA estimates that this will add $1.50 more to already rising gas prices! So more expensive gas, energy, and less jobs is all to protect us from hardship in the future?

Here are some ideas to help us from Hardships! How about amending the useless Ethanol bill that passed last year. You know the one that has caused our food to go up all because farmers are forced to use a third of there crops for fuel. A fuel that is not even scientifically proven yet. Or maybe we could drill for oil in ANWAR or off the coast? No? Alright what about nuclear? Or is that only for other countries to use? Coal? Water? Wind? No, all of these hurt the environment you say? Really, even wind?

The fact is that we can't build any power plants. We can't drill for any oil. We can't even put Wind Turbines off the coast of New England because it might hurt the ocean. Or even worse, it might obstruct a view!

Thomas Jefferson said that a revolution every twenty years was needed. I am beginning to think that he was correct. What is it going to take to make the average american voice heard? It's not like we can talk through our vote. Not with the debacle that is our current 2 party system. Oh and by the way the only people that can change our political system are in fact the ones that benefit from this situation. Could it be through our own dollar. Well maybe. 20 years ago! The sad fact is that the price of gas has gone up due to foriegn money. The oil is bought on the global market. It is being driven up by foriegn investors who know that the U.S. is stuck paying for it because our own elected officials can't stand up to the enviromental special interest groups! Meaning we can't even drill for the oil that is beneath us. We have to rely on foreign oil.

I'm just so frustrated with the needs of the real American people being cast off in favor of the special interest groups that consist of the few. The truth is the gas prices haven't hurt me personally all that much. Besides the fact that we probably won't travel very far it doesn't change us. But I'm not nieve enough to realize that the products that we use all come through trucks, train or shipment cargo. All of which use FUEL! Meaning the price of everything is going to go up.

At least we have Walmart. We can save a buck or two there. Of course that money goes into the hands of a communist country. Oh and buy the way China also pumps more co2 into the air than any other country. And that's not going to stop. They currently are in construction of 300 coal power plants. China will pollute more than the U.S. by far! So every-time I buy something at Walmart to save money because fuel prices are so high I give it to China so they can build something that will pollute and then fuel will go up here since congress wants to save the planet before they save us! Viscous circle!