"Clown Prince" Weekly Blather; April 23rd

A Patriotic Response To The "Clown Prince;" 04/23/2011
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
Saturday, April 23, 2011

    This is a time of year when people get together with family and friends to observe Passover and to celebrate Easter. It’s a chance to give thanks for our blessings and reaffirm our faith, while spending time with the people we love. We all know how important that is – especially in hard times. And that’s what a lot of people are facing these days.   Even though the economy is growing again and we’ve seen businesses adding jobs over the past year, many are still looking for work. And even if you haven’t faced a job loss, it’s still not easy out there. Your paycheck isn’t getting bigger, while the cost of everything from college for your kids to gas for your car keeps rising. That’s something on a lot of people’s minds right now, with gas prices at $4 a gallon. It’s just another burden when things were already pretty tough.   Now, whenever gas prices shoot up, like clockwork, you see politicians racing to the cameras, waving three-point plans for two dollar gas. You see people trying to grab headlines or score a few points. The truth is, there’s no silver bullet that can bring down gas prices right away.  But there are a few things we can do. This includes safe and responsible production of oil at home, which we are pursuing. In fact, last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003. On Thursday, my Attorney General also launched a task force with just one job: rooting out cases of fraud or manipulation in the oil markets that might affect gas prices, including any illegal activity by traders and speculators. We’re going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain. And another step we need to take is to finally end the $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies we give to the oil and gas companies each year. That’s $4 billion of your money going to these companies when they’re making record profits and you’re paying near record prices at the pump. It has to stop.
[What I'm not telling you: Yup; you're right, prices are rising..... well...... except for me!  I ride around on taxpayer-funded transportation costing $182,000 per hour to operate.  The taxpayer is "paying the frieght" for me to travel 'hither, thither'n'yon' on fundraising bashes--to use against the vast majority of those same taxpayers in the next 'selection-for-election!!'  True, there is no way to bring gas prices down in the near-term!  The rise in prices is directly attributed to my failed fiscal and economic policies; the further in-debt the country goes, the less value  the dollar has.  
    The problem translates to this:  In September, 2000, the national debt was $5.6 Trillion and the national average of a gallon of gas was $1.56.  Currently, the national debt is $14.3 Trillion and the gas prices have risen to $4.21 per gallon in some US markets!  Oh, how I love the 'national pamphleteers!'  When gas prices rose to $2 per gallon, President George W. Bush was vilified!!  Currently, the national average is approaching $4 and no one seems to publically notice; nothing is attributed to my failing/failed policies!!  In keeping with my current campaign--the "Tour d'Lies (pron: Tour d'LEE)"--I'm 'fudging' on those oil production numbers-actually not telling the entire truth (surprise, Surprise!!).  Domestic oil production has been steadily falling since it's pinnacle in 1985!  The only increase has been in the Gulf of Mexico, despite my ignoring several court orders to end the drilling moritorium. 
    The Attorney-General's office won't prosecute meaningful cases so I'm tasking them with something they surely can manage: gin up something we can blame the rising prices on. Something the dependency class will believe, like price-gouging or the speculators driving the prices up!!  Neither will be the truth (again-surprise; Surprise!!) but the 'KoolAid drinkers' will believe most anything if it comes from barackingham Palace!!  The gas prices could be reduced by 35 to 50 cents per gallon--almost instantanously--by temporarily eliminating state and federal taxes!!  Will either do it..... NOT ON YOUR LIFE!!  What 'has to stop' is the continual "living beyond our means" by the federal government!!  Since my immaculation in January, 2009, we've driven up deficit-spending to stratospheric plateaus... on our way to even loftier levels!!  As I said during the original "Campaign of Fluff," I'm not against $5.00 gas, nor am I against sky-rocketing utility prices until we're all living in the Stone Age with unsustainable wind, solar and geo-thermal energy sources!!]
    Instead of subsidizing yesterday’s energy sources, we need to invest in tomorrow’s. We need to invest in clean, renewable energy. In the long term, that’s the answer. That’s the key to helping families at the pump and reducing our dependence on foreign oil. We can see that promise already. Thanks to an historic agreement we secured with all the major auto companies, we’re raising the fuel economy of cars and trucks in America, using hybrid technology and other advances. As a result, if you buy a new car in the next few years, the better gas mileage is going to save you about $3,000 at the pump.   But we need to do more. We need to harness the potential I’ve seen at promising start-ups and innovative clean energy companies across America. And that’s at the heart of a debate we’re having right now in Washington about the budget.  Both Democrats and Republicans believe we need to reduce the deficit. That’s where we agree. The question we’re debating is how we do it. I’ve proposed a balanced approach that cuts spending while still investing in things like education and clean energy that are so critical to creating jobs and opportunities for the middle class. It’s a simple idea: we need to live within our means while at the same time investing in our future.   That’s why I disagree so strongly with a proposal in Congress that cuts our investments in clean energy by 70 percent. Yes, we have to get rid of wasteful spending – and make no mistake, we’re going through every line of the budget scouring for savings. But we can do that without sacrificing our future. We can do that while still investing in the technologies that will create jobs and allow the United States to lead the world in new industries. That’s how we’ll not only reduce the deficit, but also lower our dependence on foreign oil, grow the economy, and leave for our children a safer planet. And that’s what our mission has to be.
[What I'm not telling you:  There I go again with that euphemism: "invest!"  The common definition is:  'over-spending on unsustainable projects!'  As for 'renewable' energy: researchers are now finding evidence that petroleum deposits may be renewable; there may not be a finite limit to the unrecovered oil.
   The new technology forced upon the auto manufacturers is rife with disappointment.  The companies would have trouble "giving the dam' things away;" it's been hard enough with the federal government paying $7,500 in 'bribes to the customer' to influence purchases!!  The key to reducing our dependence on foreign oil is more domestic production!!  To hell with these unsustainable energy sources; they're little more than political pay-offs to the tree-huggers among us!!  Without federal support, these "promising start-ups and innovative clean energy companies" would fall flat on their proverbial faces.  There's a reason few private investors have participated in clean-energy development:  In it's current form, it's unsustainable; unprofitable!!  Were I not the fascist I am; I'd realize that the 70% reduction is not doing enough; removal of all federal subsidies is the logical way to go, at least until my failed economic policies are brought under control: we live within our means!!  Were Soros to tell me he wants America to "lead the world in new industries," I only have to eliminate the various corporate taxes and have the federal government 'get the hell out'ta the way!!!! ]