July 8th, 2008 • 3:25 amCrisis Of Choice’s Hidden Impact
Michele Bachmann, my representative in the US House, has a great post up on her blog highlighting the ‘hidden impact’ of the Democrats’ crisis of choice:
The MACCRAY School District that makes up the towns of Maynard, Clara City, and Raymond in western Minnesota is switching to a four day school week.
Why the switch?
Like everyone else these days, the price of fuel is blowing their budget. The district says it will save $65,000 out of a $7 million budget with the shortened week.
This isn’t the only budget that’ll be strained by high gas prices. It’s just one of many. Cities like St. Cloud will pay more to clear roads after snofalls. MnDOT will pay more for clearing roads, too.
That’s before we start talking about the impact high gas prices are having on commodities like groceries. That’s before we talk about how these prices are impacting OTR truckers. That’s before we discuss how much high prices are hurting farmers.
Despite all the people and industries this is affecting, Democrats stubbornly refuse to increase oil production. They’ve chosen their allies and it isn’t consumers. Their allies are the special interests. They’ve chosen the environmentalists who want gas prices even higher.
When the test was “the people vs. the powerful”, Democrats sided with the powerful environmentalist lobby. When Democrats had the opportunity to side with 60+ percent of the American people who want drilling to start ASAP, Democrats chose to side with their environmentalist allies. Their environmentalist allies might comprise 20 percent of America’s voters on their very best day.
Here’s an editorial in my hometown SC Times arguing against oil exploration on the OCS:
Offshore drilling is extremely expensive and jeopardizes important sources of seafood.
I think more people are worried about filling their tanks with modestly priced gas than they’re worried about “important sources of seafood.” This shows how out of whack the environmentalists’ priorities are.
That’s the only proof I need that it’s time to whack some sense back into them.
Technorati: Gas Crisis, Crisis of Choice, Lobbyists, Environmentalists, School Budgets, City Budgets, State Budgets, Truckers, Farmers, Michele Bachmann, OCS, Oil Exploration, Election 2008
Cross-posted at California Conservative
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Comment by jollyroger • 08Jul2008 @ 7:24 am
Try telling that fishy story to Louisiana fishermen, or try taking out those offshore oil wells, and you’ll find yourself being used for chum in a big hurry. Those “artificial reefs” are a boon to biodiversity and fisheries!
Of course, it’s all just one more excuse cooked up by the loony Greenies to “preserve” something that they’ll never use and that isn’t being threatened.
The only reason these lunatics ever get a sizable proportion of the population believing them is because of the major media outlets trumpeting this silliness. It takes something like $4 gas to get a majority to notice that the emperor has no brain.
Comment by J. Ewing • 08Jul2008 @ 9:34 am
Gary, you missed the best part of that SCT editorial. In fact coral reefs grow like crazy on rig platforms and the amount of fishing available and done there goes UP, not down. Come read about the Helldivers’ Rodeo.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/fontova/fontova71.html
Comment by kb • 08Jul2008 @ 4:04 pm