Energy Independence Must Be The Path For America

Since the 1970s, Americans and their elected representatives have failed to make the United States energy independent.  That includes every president from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama. Yet all of us are equally responsible, including the members of Congress who looked the other way.

After the energy crisis during Jimmy Carter’s administration, American citizens listened to scores of candidates call for energy independence, but we never forced them to keep their promises.

Every time gas prices dropped again, the sense of urgency vanished. We returned to our spoiled lives, our big cars, and our fancy televisions. After all - we would whisper to ourselves - this is America. Surely everything will work out just fine. Now all of us are guilty of “energy negligence.”

Barack Obama has lofty ideals for “green energy” which one might expect from a college professor with limited real world experience. Yet his dream for an energy-perfect world filled with unicorns is unrealistic for now. Instead of waiting for business to develop new technology that is commercially viable, the president chooses to force feed his policies on America. He forgets that we are a nation of average people who don’t really want – and can’t afford - $30,000 electric cars that only go a short distance before needing hours of charging.

The United States has the resources in oil, natural gas, and coal, to be energy independent. We shouldn’t have to bow to foreign dictators in order to feed our energy machine. It’s true that such energy independence won’t happen overnight. But in the meantime, we could create millions of energy-related jobs. We need new oil fields, refineries, pipelines, offshore drilling, coal mines and more federal land open to energy exploration. Yes, the environment is important, but not at the expense of American independence.

Current and past presidents - and the members of Congress who served alongside them - should be ashamed for allowing us to end up in the position we are today. And all of us who failed to hold them accountable should also be ashamed. After all, we’re the ones who sent them to Washington.

Our president after November, 2012, must move our nation toward energy independence – no matter how long it takes. And we must elect members of Congress who will do so as well. I don’t think Barack Obama is the man with the vision to do what needs to be done. I believe he should be replaced, but I am still deciding who I feel that replacement should be.

The final decision is yours, America. Make the right choice or you will only have yourselves to blame…..again….

Charles M. Grist

www.MyLastWar.com

In His Own Words: Ronald Reagan On Socialism

When you listen to the video below, relate Ronald Reagan's words to what is happening in America today under Barack Obama. Socialist health care, big government intrusion into every aspect of our lives (energy, food, etc.), encroachment on the rights of the individual, suppressing business opportunity, and threatening our right to determine our own destiny.

I listened today to interviews with some of our young supposedly educated kids. The question was which war gained us our independence. These morons said Civil War, Korean War, British war (whatever that is), and only one said Revolutionary War. Our schools are failing our nation by not teaching our children where their freedom came from and by not defining the kind of people who would like to take that freedom away.

I'm sure these same brilliant young people would have no problem telling you who won American idol or what their favorite brainless TV or movie star did last week.

Ask yourselves: Do you really want the government to do everything for you and make all your decisions for you, or do you simply want the opportunity to work hard and achieve your dreams?

Once you see this, perhaps you will see how important it will be to VOTE REPUBLICAN in 2012:



*  *  *  *

Charles M. Grist
www.MyLastWar.com

Google Begins Censorship of Blogger Blogs

Here we go. Google will now censor blogs like "American Ranger", forwarding the web address to local blogs in some other countries. Call it what you like; censorship is censorship and removing access to MY blog by sending it to some local blog in another country is NOT promoting free expression.

I am afraid I may have to seek another domain location for this blog. I receive comments and emails from readers in other countries. I also value my ability to spread the message of our troops and our American values to other nations.

Sadly, this may mean changes regarding my gmail account and other resources I use from Google.

I will not be censored....

*  *  *  *

Google to allow censorship of Blogger content

By Brendan Sasso - 02/01/12 03:21 PM ET

The Hill

The change will allow Google to comply with censorship requests on a "per country basis."

"Migrating to localized domains will allow us to continue promoting free expression and responsible publishing while providing greater flexibility in complying with valid removal requests pursuant to local law," Google wrote. Google quietly revealed earlier this month it will allow censorship in some countries of content on its Blogger service.

The move came shortly before Twitter announced it will allow foreign governments to censor specific Tweets.

On Jan. 9, Google said that users in some countries accessing the Blogger platform will be redirected to a country-specific Web addresses.

"For example, if you're in Australia and viewing [blogname].blogspot.com, you might be redirected [blogname].blogspot.com.au," Google explained.

The censored content will still be accessible from other countries.

The policy change went mostly unnoticed until TechDows and Wired reported on it Tuesday.

*  *  *  *

Charles M. Grist

www.MyLastWar.com

Obama In His Own Words On His Energy Policy

"Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." Barack Obama, January 2008

It's hard to believe, but there are people out there who never heard Obama say this. (You can watch him in the video below.) I urge you to remind yourselves of the energy policy (or lack of one) that he implementing - and PASS THIS ON TO YOUR UNINFORMED FRIENDS.

Remember that Obama gave Brazil a couple of billion dollars for oil exploration, asking them to sell it to us. They  just announced they are going to sell it to China.

Obama won't let us drill in the Gulf, open new oil fields, or build new refineries. In fact, some of those Gulf oil rigs have left. Where did they go? Brazil.

The Keystone Pipeline would reduce our dependency on foreign oil by 8%, and we would buy oil from Canada, one of our best friends. Obama won't approve it, so where might the Canadians sell it? China, of course.

We have enough energy resources (oil, natural gas, coal, etc.) to make us energy independent for generations. Obama is doing everything he can to prevent Americans from accessing their own resources.

You'd almost think he was intentionally trying to destroy us....

Here is his cap and trade statement on video. Pass it on:



*  *  *  *

Vote Republican in November as if your life depended on it - because it does.

Charles M. Grist
www.MyLastWar.com