A Farewell Party?

As summer winds down to it's last few days, we tend to thimk of the Labor Day holiday. This years celebration promises to be somewhat different from past years observations. First, we have to be aware of losing the many byproducts of oil which have been staples of our every day needs, and desires. Roads that will suffer from the lack of asphalt to fill potholes, and to make needed repairs to our highway infrastructure, even backpacks our children carry the books of learning in, are threatened with extinction. The list of products is too numerous to post here, but, as you will find, if the No Drill Democrats have their way, say good bye to oil. The funny thing is, not one windmill, nor any other alternative energy product will replace these oil based products. Not one!

Democrats will explain that we must act now to save the earth. Curiously, they have "painted" themselves into a corner. You see, paint, too, relies heavily on oil for it's creation. In other words, the Democrats are using what remains of our paint to put themselves into this untenable position. Talk about idiocy here! What next, will they use to convince us of our errant ways? Clay paint?

Do not for one moment believe that this is not a calculated strategy on the part of Democrats in the Congress. I refer back to a previous post, wherein, I spoke of the statistical impossibility of individual members of the Democrat Party thinking so very much alike on this issue. Even their supporters back home have bought into this thinking, and are in lock step with the doggedly held to position of Ms. Pelosi, and Senator Harry Reid. This is but blind obedience, and not a pretty picture of critical thinking by people who think otherwise in their daily pursuits of simple problems.

We are now hearing of the change in heart of certain individuals who have seen the light. Translated: The polls back home indicate a public weary of those who stand in the way of viable, and cheaper energy resource development. I wonder if de Tocqueville, in his passion for the past, and his hope for the future, ever conceived of such obstacles to this country's future? But of course he did! He held reservations of pure democracy, tyrannical rule by a majority of politician government types, and they bothered him. In the seminal words of one of America's most famed religious leaders: "Americas chickens have come home to roost." You didn't know that poor old Alexis had so much in common with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, did you?

I suppose we'll have to think of other ground breaking possibilities. Hey, I'll bet the Chinese have an answer to the "missing" back pack. It may be wood, and burdonsome for our little kids to lug around, but think of the brighter side: In the cold of winter, we can burn them to keep warm, and have the Chinese send over even more to take their place. Better check the paint, however, wouldn't want to put the kids health to risk, would we? The possibilities are endless. Put those hybrid cars to pasture, let's think " Rick Shaws"! Formerly used by the social elite in Asia, they are now readily available for the common man to use, especially since the Chinese seem to have so very many "cars" on their newly developed roads. Are these roads blacktopped, I wonder? You just know there must be one heck of a business for the dying American entrepeneur somewhere in that unfolding mess.

Let's see, I'll have to stop by the local high school to see if there is going to be a heavier emphasis in the wood shop courses being taught there. Now, if we could only get the Sierra Club to relent, and be a bit more coopeative...the future is bright once more, I think, but then, what do I know?