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And then we have the self-anointed guardians of America's sovereignty and
moral values: Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Dennis Prager, and
Michael Savage (there are others that can be included in this list, but it would
be too long). They want to do away with out-sourcing jobs; they want to
strengthen our borders; they want to reduce the level of imported products, and
they want hip-hoppers to pull their pants up around their waists. But when it
comes to oil and gasoline, anything goes: Suddenly, there's nothing we can't
do to aid our brothers in Saudi Arabia, etc., you know, the same place where
terrorist funding and all those naughty terrorists come from.
Yo, waz up wid dat, my wiggas? Y’all need to pull up your moral trousers!
Rush Limbaugh has actually referred to the oil-gasoline companies as "our gasoline companies." But we, if he means America, don't have any gasoline companies. Sure, there are gasoline companies that may have offices here in America, with American sounding brand names; and they might even pay taxes. But
these aren't "American" companies; they are global companies that participate
in a global oil economy that is controlled by regimes that are enemies of America. When was the last time that you heard of an "American" gasoline company
refusing to follow the dictates of OPEC's pricing - even for gasoline that they
refined from "American" petroleum oil? How about NEVER!
Increased drilling for oil on American property will have no mitigating effect on
the energy situation until and unless guarantees are put in place to ensure that
the oil/gasoline won't be sold to other countries and that the price at the pump
will reward Americans for permitting our natural resource to be used by the oil
companies.
Additionally, if subsidies are no good, then why do the radio-templars support
all the subsidies that are given to the oil-gasoline industry, a highly profitable
industry that requires no financial help?
If Rush, Glenn, Sean, Dennis, Michael and the others followed the principles
that they endorse they would speak out against gasoline and in support of domestically produced alternative fuels. They would stop repeating and spreading
the lies about ethanol, CNG and propane that were fabricated by the gasoline
companies. They would stop pretending as if there was a division between
"American" oil companies and foreign oil companies. If they hate the idea that
"American" jobs and money has gone out of the country, they should hate that
any money goes out of the U.S. to prop up the oil producing foreign companies.
The patriotic position to take is to support domestically produced, domestically
