Drill, Brazil, Drill, Says The U.S.

Editorial - March 25th, 2011 - The Washington Post

When was the last time an American president stood before an audience in a foreign country and announced that he looked forward to importing more of its oil? Answer: Just over a week ago, when President Obama joined political and business leaders in Brasilia in hailing the fact that their newly discovered offshore petroleum reserves might be twice as large as those in the United States. Americans “want to help with technology and support to develop these oil reserves safely, and when you’re ready to start selling, we want to be one of your best customers,” Mr. Obama said.

What greater proof is needed that the Democrats are only interested in weakening America with their anti drilling hysteria. They are not serious about banning oil production in the world at large, just where it would help our nation end its foreign dependence on this cheap source of energy. Absolutely everyone understands that the availability of cheap energy is the basis for national wealth.

The more we import the poorer we are. The more we pay for so-called "green" energy (that is so expensive it is not practical without government subsidies to hide the cost), the poorer we are. The more we ban nuclear power, the poorer we are. The Cloward-Piven strategy of driving Americans to depend on the welfare state to collapse our government and create the chaos needed to turn our nation to socialism - is well advanced.

Denial that this is the Obama and Democrat strategy is no longer tolerable or reasonable. Obama made it clear that is the strategy with his public support for Brazil oil, a position that sabotages every lie previously used to defend banning oil here. Rham Emmanuel advanced the strategy when he implored Democrats, "Never let a crisis go to waste." They have now gone even further. They are not just using crisis to advance their corrupt and duplicitous agenda. They are intentionally creating crisis to harm us.

There is an increasing crisis in energy. Oil is up to $4 a gallon and heading towards $5 or more. Obama is actively promoting this increase. His agenda is clear.