Crisis 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 Tags: 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 LetFreedomRingBlog
July 8th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
“…important sources of seafood…”
And here I thought virtually all the garbage they sell in supermarkets now was farm-raised! Haven’t seen too many operating oil wells on fish or shrimp farms lately, but I guess it’s not out of the question.
As far as the price of diesel goes, it’s nearly a $1000 bill every time I fill now, and thank God the company pays it.
Except they ultimately don’t, and the donkeys don’t understand that (or maybe they do). The average Joe pays it when he buys anything (literally). It’s just another tax on an overtaxed populace, one that doesn’t happen to go directly to the guvmint but is a direct result of their regulation, so it is a tax. On everyone, poor and rich but especially middle class, and one the donkeys can’t wait to punish us with more. Saving the environment is just an excuse, and a lousy one at that accepted by those gullible enough to believe the liars to begin with.
July 8th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
In California now, all new vehicles sold in the state beginning in 2009 must have a sticker indicating how much it contributes to global warming. Totally meaningless except to lend legitimacy to the Gore myth.
And yet another example of what kind of insanity occurs when legistlatures spend too much time in session.