War, Oil and Lies:

Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is fired up and on the air.

I normally report on economic issues that affect the lives of Middle America, my favorite group of people. But this morning, I want to examine where we are militarily and also touch on oil; again.

Let me first say that I am a veteran of the U.S. Navy, I worked on the Alaska Pipeline, I live smack-dab in the middle of oil shale country and I’m writing in Ron Paul on Election Day.

I’m hopin’ mad today after sifting through several news items this morning that are blatantly false and/or downright wrong. All liars, regardless of party leanings, are on my radar. Alert reader Billy B. sent me an article written by Newt Gingrich regarding Democrats not wanting to drill for oil right here, right now and free us from foreign dependence. Sure Newt, we believe that. After all, we have forgotten that the Republicans controlled the House, the Senate and the Presidency and failed to drill for oil right here, right now.

Ol’ Newt wants to re-enter the limelight so badly that he has become a shill for the Republican Party in his new role of telling sound-bite-lies in hopes of influencing the election and selling his new book.

Newt is currently spreading the fable of having more oil reserves in Colorado oil shale than all the oil ever produced in Saudi Arabia. And that the Democrats won't let us produce that oil.

This is a true story. Well, part of a true story, but as Paul Harvey would say, “this is the rest of the story.” We can’t get the oil out of the shale, I know, that’s a picky detail but one I thought was worth mentioning.

I have written several detailed articles about oil shale. There is no viable proven method to extract shale oil. Oil companies and researchers have been trying to perfect a method since the early 1970s at a cost of billions of dollars. Not to mention, oil from shale is synthetic and makes poor gasoline.

And finally, no one is keeping the producers from making oil from shale. Shell has a massive ongoing test project 80 miles from my home. In a recent meeting, Shell stated that it would be at least 10 years before we would see production…if the process works!!

This isn’t about an election; this is about the survival of America. Why can’t we see that our two party system has failed us? Each telling their own beneficial lies and pointing at the others failures, while neither serve the best interests of American citizens. Yet we will elect one the status quo candidates in November and insanely expect positive change.

On the military front, it seems that the U.S. is absolutely intent on engaging in a new world war. News this morning reported that Condoleezza Rice has made an agreement with Poland for the U.S. to place a missile defense system in that country against the strong objections of Russia.

Let’s turn the tables around. If Russia were placing the same system in Mexico, would we have a problem with it? Enough said.

Why does our government insist on the continual military buildup in foreign nations when our domestic situation is crumbling around our feet? Why do we go out and pick fights around the world when we can’t control the violence in our own cities? Why do we have the largest per capita prison population in the world? The answers are all the same. Our government believes that we can control the world and our own people by force. History indicates that they are wrong.

Our continual conflicts with the rest of the world will create a common cause between such resource rich countries as Russia and the growing industrial might of China and Korea. Where will that leave the U.S.?

Some of you may see our military actions and buildup in foreign lands as justified, but as Will Rogers said, “When you get into trouble 5,000 miles away from home, you’ve got to have been looking for it.”

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