Is there any other resource that the American family needs to replenish with the frequency that is required of food and fuel? Regardless of what happens in the housing market, the stock market or in the area of increasingly affordable technology products. We all need to make regular trips to both the gas station and the grocery. Not for social purposes, or a need to get out of the house, but for our very survival. People can not live without food and their opportunity to get that food depends on transportation not only to the grocery to get it, but more importantly to employment to be able to afford it.

            So now we are faced with a dilemma, one that seems ridiculous in the complexity many are trying to give it. We have been served with conspiracy theories darker than those imagined by the most paranoid extremists of the cold war. With gasoline over $4.00 a gallon and moving ever higher, some of the most damnably ludicrous arguments have been uttered from the mouths of the people elected to represent us in our government. They have told lies that betray their lack of intelligence, or at least bring their honesty into question. Intentionally misleading statements that are supposed to make us satisfied with this colossal blunder on their part to foresee a crisis. We are supposed to accept the fact that because a faction of the Democrat party that is more concerned with the condition of nature than the condition of mankind itself, it is fair to create a crisis that threatens the economies of almost every family home in America.

            The food and fuel crises are not separate crises; in fact the fuel crisis is the catalyst for the food crisis. As corn is leaving the realm of food for that of energy, the resulting shortage creates pressure on every product that is related. Those who defend the ethanol requirements are quick to note that corn consumed by humans is not the type used, they do not, however, complete the information for you that the corn they use is the corn which was used to feed livestock. The lack of availability of feed corn increases the cost not only of pork, beef , chicken and other farm raised meats, but their products such as eggs, milk, and cheese. Then in turn they raise the costs of the products that use these items in their make up such as baked goods, ice cream, pastas, etc.

            If ethanol production were a cost effective manner of creating energy, it might make this whole boondoggle easier to swallow, but it is not, in fact it takes many times more energy to create a gallon of ethanol than the ethanol itself will produce. In other words, if we drop the requirements for ethanol production, the cost of gasoline would immediately fall to reflect that. It wouldn’t get it back to $1.75 a gallon, but it could make it cost considerably less than it does now.

            Energy from ethanol as a concept in itself is not a bad idea. Obviously, fossil fuels will eventually be used up and other forms of energy must be developed in time for the transition and a renewable resource as ethanol is an intelligent choice. Corn however 

is an incredibly inefficient method to get it. South American ethanol production has centered on the use of sugar cane for conversion to ethanol. It produces much more energy at a greatly lower price than corn does. Other technologies using cellulose are giving us very promising results. But as great as the promise ethanol gives for our future, it is the now that we live in, and now with India and China developing their economies at a breakneck pace, Oil is in greater demand than it was a few years ago. 

            Every middle school child in America should know the basic rule of economics, supply and demand. When there is a finite amount of something on the market, the price will rise in the competition to own it. To bring down the price you have few reasonable options. The most reasonable is to find a way to increase the supply.

            Experts tell us that some of the largest reserves in existence today are under our very feet. Between ANWR, the OCS and the shale oil under the Rocky Mountains, some have speculated that we have over 100 years worth of supply domestically that we can’t get to. Why?   The Democratic Party coalition will not survive the loss of the environmental lobby. The Democratic Party has long ago moved from being a mainstream political entity to a coalition of special interests. They have to support gay marriage to keep the homosexual lobby, they fight enforcement of immigration policies because they covet the Hispanic vote, they oppose any limitations on abortion due to the National Abortion Rights League.   Affirmative action is the payback for the NAACP and the ACLU gets the fight against the civil rights of the majority against the privileges they offer the perverted minorities. The trial lawyers get the blocking of tort reform, desperately needed to reign in outrageous and unfair awards. Any one of these lobbies can remove the votes needed to be competitive in national elections.

            Barak Obama has taken a stand against any more production of domestic origin. His arrogant assertion that we can save the oil we need by inflating our tires properly and getting tune ups. Responsible car owners do this as a part of the regular maintenance of what is usually a family’s second largest expense. What Obama has been trying to do is get Americans to like or at least be ambivalent to outrageously high gas prices. He seems to be making the point that it is better to make the nation more comfortable with high fuel bills than to take the obvious step of increasing the supply and decreasing the pressure on the demand.

            The task then for the Republican party is clear, it has to embrace it’s position as the party for mainstream America, not a liberal or centrist mainstream, but to represent a mainstream that stands for self reliance, domestic strength and a basic fairness to those who keep this nation working. Most people want crime punished, enemies vanquished and goodwill restored. They want to see a fair shot at success for themselves and their own. They want to know that we remain a superpower and if possible, the only superpower. They know that we are the world’s police, not because we wanted the job, but that all the other countries abdicated it to us. How often have we heard that other nations are not willing to get involved in some of the most terrible and barbaric situations imaginable until they know what the U.S. is going to do about it. Need proof? Then why hasn’t Europe straightened out Darfur, or maybe Zimbabwe, that was a member of the British Empire at one time. Why hasn’t Belgium settled things in the Congo? Why do they depend on us in Iraq and our relations with Saudi Arabia to keep their gas from being even more expensive than it is?  

            It’s time our leadership, decided to lead. They need to charge hard and make the effort necessary to win. It’s time we quit letting the Democrats lie about us without responding with the truth about them. We need to quit letting them feel safe from reprisal from a public that has been lied to time and again. It’s time to destroy the fragile alliance of special interests that comprise the Democrat coalition as it stands. The green lobby may have delivered the means to destroy an alliance that has done great harm to our nation for decades, if the Republicans can capitalize on it.

             Is there any other resource that the American family needs to replenish with the frequency that is required of food and fuel? Regardless of what happens in the housing market, the stock market or in the area of increasingly affordable technology products. We all need to make regular trips to both the gas station and the grocery. Not for social purposes, or a need to get out of the house, but for our very survival. People can not live without food and their opportunity to get that food depends on transportation not only to the grocery to get it, but more importantly to employment to be able to afford it.

            So now we are faced with a dilemma, one that seems ridiculous in the complexity many are trying to give it. We have been served with conspiracy theories darker than those imagined by the most paranoid extremists of the cold war. With gasoline over $4.00 a gallon and moving ever higher, some of the most damnably ludicrous arguments have been uttered from the mouths of the people elected to represent us in our government. They have told lies that betray their lack of intelligence, or at least bring their honesty into question. Intentionally misleading statements that are supposed to make us satisfied with this colossal blunder on their part to foresee a crisis. We are supposed to accept the fact that because a faction of the Democrat party that is more concerned with the condition of nature than the condition of mankind itself, it is fair to create a crisis that threatens the economies of almost every family home in America.

            The food and fuel crises are not separate crises; in fact the fuel crisis is the catalyst for the food crisis. As corn is leaving the realm of food for that of energy, the resulting shortage creates pressure on every product that is related. Those who defend the ethanol requirements are quick to note that corn consumed by humans is not the type used, they do not, however, complete the information for you that the corn they use is the corn which was used to feed livestock. The lack of availability of feed corn increases the cost not only of pork, beef , chicken and other farm raised meats, but their products such as eggs, milk, and cheese. Then in turn they raise the costs of the products that use these items in their make up such as baked goods, ice cream, pastas, etc.

            If ethanol production were a cost effective manner of creating energy, it might make this whole boondoggle easier to swallow, but it is not, in fact it takes many times more energy to create a gallon of ethanol than the ethanol itself will produce. In other words, if we drop the requirements for ethanol production, the cost of gasoline would immediately fall to reflect that. It wouldn’t get it back to $1.75 a gallon, but it could make it cost considerably less than it does now.

            Energy from ethanol as a concept in itself is not a bad idea. Obviously, fossil fuels will eventually be used up and other forms of energy must be developed in time for the transition and a renewable resource as ethanol is an intelligent choice. Corn however 

is an incredibly inefficient method to get it. South American ethanol production has centered on the use of sugar cane for conversion to ethanol. It produces much more energy at a greatly lower price than corn does. Other technologies using cellulose are giving us very promising results. But as great as the promise ethanol gives for our future, it is the now that we live in, and now with India and China developing their economies at a breakneck pace, Oil is in greater demand than it was a few years ago. 

            Every middle school child in America should know the basic rule of economics, supply and demand. When there is a finite amount of something on the market, the price will rise in the competition to own it. To bring down the price you have few reasonable options. The most reasonable is to find a way to increase the supply.

            Experts tell us that some of the largest reserves in existence today are under our very feet. Between ANWR, the OCS and the shale oil under the Rocky Mountains, some have speculated that we have over 100 years worth of supply domestically that we can’t get to. Why?   The Democratic Party coalition will not survive the loss of the environmental lobby. The Democratic Party has long ago moved from being a mainstream political entity to a coalition of special interests. They have to support gay marriage to keep the homosexual lobby, they fight enforcement of immigration policies because they covet the Hispanic vote, they oppose any limitations on abortion due to the National Abortion Rights League.   Affirmative action is the payback for the NAACP and the ACLU gets the fight against the civil rights of the majority against the privileges they offer the perverted minorities. The trial lawyers get the blocking of tort reform, desperately needed to reign in outrageous and unfair awards. Any one of these lobbies can remove the votes needed to be competitive in national elections.

            Barak Obama has taken a stand against any more production of domestic origin. His arrogant assertion that we can save the oil we need by inflating our tires properly and getting tune ups. Responsible car owners do this as a part of the regular maintenance of what is usually a family’s second largest expense. What Obama has been trying to do is get Americans to like or at least be ambivalent to outrageously high gas prices. He seems to be making the point that it is better to make the nation more comfortable with high fuel bills than to take the obvious step of increasing the supply and decreasing the pressure on the demand.

            The task then for the Republican party is clear, it has to embrace it’s position as the party for mainstream America, not a liberal or centrist mainstream, but to represent a mainstream that stands for self reliance, domestic strength and a basic fairness to those who keep this nation working. Most people want crime punished, enemies vanquished and goodwill restored. They want to see a fair shot at success for themselves and their own. They want to know that we remain a superpower and if possible, the only superpower. They know that we are the world’s police, not because we wanted the job, but that all the other countries abdicated it to us. How often have we heard that other nations are not willing to get involved in some of the most terrible and barbaric situations imaginable until they know what the U.S. is going to do about it. Need proof? Then why hasn’t Europe straightened out Darfur, or maybe Zimbabwe, that was a member of the British Empire at one time. Why hasn’t Belgium settled things in the Congo? Why do they depend on us in Iraq and our relations with Saudi Arabia to keep their gas from being even more expensive than it is?  

            It’s time our leadership, decided to lead. They need to charge hard and make the effort necessary to win. It’s time we quit letting the Democrats lie about us without responding with the truth about them. We need to quit letting them feel safe from reprisal from a public that has been lied to time and again. It’s time to destroy the fragile alliance of special interests that comprise the Democrat coalition as it stands. The green lobby may have delivered the means to destroy an alliance that has done great harm to our nation for decades, if the Republicans can capitalize on it.