As if In some kind of a wierd cult version of “The Wizard of Oz,” SanFranNan, Nick Rahall as the Scarecrow, Steny Hoyer as the cowardly lion and John Dingle, Gene Green and George Miller alternately playing the Tin Man, dropped a house on Biiiiiiig Oiiiiiiiil which they see as the evil witch, and are now headed off to the Wizard to collect their rewards.
The “broom” that they carry is clearly meant to be a symbol of their hatred for Biiiiiig Oiiiiiiiil. Besides playing shell game with “increasing” drilling, they have dramatically increased the taxes on oil companies at a time when we should be providing incentives to do more not less. To make matters worse, the “broom” removes existing tax incentives from Biiiiig Oiiiiiiil. The final straw (pun intended) is that the additional taxes the “broom” imposes on Biiiiiig Oiiiiiiil will be used to fund a blackhole of alternative energy “solutions.”
I heard the Sarah Palin interview on Hannity and Colmes tonight. If the Dems approach to energy isn’t an example of them being hooked on OPiuM (Other People’s Money) and the redistribution of it, I don’t know what is.
When SanFranNan and company arrive at the Senate, they are hoping that the Wizard will grant them their rewards. Just like in the real version, while the Wizard may appear to be a doddering fool, I’m beginning to think that there may be more wisdom there than meets the eye.
I never liked John McCain’s gang of 14. I don’t like the current Senate’s Gang of Invertebrates any better. That said, whether it was McCain’s design or not, it is a fair assessment that his gang got us a couple of good Supreme Court justices without having to call in the nuke strike. I’m beginning to think that if the current gang handles things properly, they too can accomplish the greater good of increased drilling, in spite of having a bill that does no more good than the “broom” that the House is bringing.
If the Gang of Invertebrates can hold together, it is almost certain that no bill will come out of the Senate before the expiration of the drilling ban. If that happens and the American people are provided hope for improved oil production three things will happen. 1. There will be immense scrutiny on the oil companies drilling activities, they will be in a use it or lose it situationa by virtue of the expectations created with the public. 2. The “Greens” will be fully exposed as the obstructionists they really are and we can deal with them, maybe in a significant way, as they will be throwing lawsuit after lawsuit in an attempt to create their own drilling ban and 3. It will be nearly impossible for the Dems to put the genie back in the bottle.
With my apologies to E.Y. Harburg:
“If drilling on the big blue sea, lets cars run longer, why oh why can’t we?”
