Should America look to Cuba for energy plan?

Should America look to Cuba when it comes to facing energy issues? Cuba is about to enter yet another “Special Period.” These “Special Periods” have been a way of life ever since the early 1990’s and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Seems the collapse of the Soviet Union sent Cuba into a, cap & trade experiment. As they do not have enough energy to meet their needs, they force businesses to disconnect their air conditioners, and disable some lighting. Black outs will become the norm for the day, though not at normal cooking times. Many workers will be required to stay home from their jobs, without pay. Cuba produces about half of the oil they consume; the rest comes from Venezuela, cheap. They no doubt have limitations on what they burn.

Lets look at this from a different angle. Barack Obama want us to use less oil, and move to “renewable energy”, there really is no such thing. That’s another blog. He is pushing a “Cap and Trade” policy that will limit the amount of energy used by all companies in the country. If a company needs to use more energy, they will have to buy credits to do so. This will cause all companies that use energy in the production of their products to raise prices to cover the cost of the needed energy.

So here’s the good news. We will all have more time on our hands by staying home from jobs we don’t really want to be at anyway. Our air conditioners will be turned off, and the TV stations will shut down during the day, so we will all be going to the beach for the day. Assuming we can afford the gas to drive there, or a car to do it in.

Is Chavez smarter than Obama?

Hugo Chavez is learning that it’s hard to buy friends, when you don’t have the money to do so. It seems that a drop in oil prices has him placing all of the countries he would eventually like to own, on a diet. Obama on the other hand just prints more money to pass along to those that voted for him, a sort of “quid pro quo” if you will.

In recent years, Chavez has used his nations oil wealth to drive his social-inspired agenda at home and to draw other countries in the region into his sphere of influence, helping to consolidate a leftward political shift in Latin America. At present, more than a dozen projects intended to broaden his nations reach are on hold. These projects include a gas pipeline across the continent and at least eight refineries from Jamaica to Uruguay.

While Chavez has placed his country in a sort of cruise mode, Obama seems content to push America right off a cliff into the largest debt ever seen by any country in the history of the world. He is enslaving not only the current population, as well as all future generations till the end of time, just to promote his socialist agenda. He is printing so much money, that soon, China won’t touch our bonds, or invest any more money, into a country it practically already owns.

While Obama, an amateur socialist, continues to spend money that we do not have, Chavez, a professional socialist, seems to know better. He seems to understand that you can’t spend what you don’t have.

So my questions are these. If we are going to have a socialist president, would we not be better off with a professional socialist? Would we not be better off with a president that knows when to stop spending? Would we not be better off with a president that would lead us down a more energy independent path, and “Drill baby drill”

In closing, may I suggest we run Chavez for president in 2012? It would certainly be a step towards a more finically responsible government.

After all, it’s not like you need a birth certificate to run for president of the United States.

Leave our rights alone!

There is a lot to love about this country. Even though we seem to be set on a course toward Socialism, we still have rights, for the moment.

I have noticed everyone seems to love their First Amendment right to “Free Speech” and take every effort to, not only use it, but proclaim it’s virtue. It seems that too many Americans these days want to pick and choose which Amendments they think we should and should not keep. It seems that some are obsolete in today’s world, to some.

The following letter to the editor appeared in the Sun Sentinel on 4/30/09. It was submitted by: Lester Weinberg, Tamarac, FL.

Time to amend the Constitution.
“With your paper and the airwaves full of gun stories and happenings full of indiscriminate killings, thievery and pure meanness, I feel that it is time that the “right to bear arms” segment in the Constitution is amended.”

“After all, social conditions in 2009 are far different that those the founders encountered in 1776”

Now while I agree that Mr. Weinberg has every right to express his opinion, he does NOT have the right to pick and choose which amendments of the Constitution we should just toss out because HE disagrees with them. I would think that Mr. Weinberg would remember what happened to millions of unarmed people in Europe that were unable to defend themselves from Hitler and his diabolical scheme to rid the world of Jews and others he considered unworthy of life. Mr. Weinberg seems unaware of how deadly gun control can be for those whose guns are taken from them. In most cases it is merely the first step taken by a leader with genocide in mind.

Anyone that wants to see a list of countries that implemented gun control, and the genocide that followed, please read my post from 2/17/09 on “Gun Control”.

As we all know, the second amendment was placed right after the first, not just for numerical reasons, but also to protect the first. We as Americans are obligated to dispose of our government, should it become tyrannical. We would NOT be able to achieve that goal without arms. While we all know there is no way of keeping government honest, at least we can give them something to think about.

So Lester, please consider this for a moment. I would die fighting for, not only your right to free speech, but ALL of your rights. Why would you deny me the tools to do so?