The Goods On Gas

Capitalism, Energy, Free Markets, The State

From my latest WND column, “The Goods On Gas”:

“The Mouths on television tell you to blame gas speculators, ‘profiteers’ or foreign producers for gas prices—anyone but your government. By their post hoc illogic, the price of fuel is causing prices to rise.

Fuel is fueling, but not causing, price hikes.

The deliberate and destructive policies of deficit spending are responsible for the steady rise in the prices of all commodities, crude included. This is so because deficit spending is “accompanied by an enormous increase in the stock of money…”

The general trend, then, of price increases is a consequence of government-generated inflation and the $9.5 trillion trifle known as the national debt. Unless these are curtailed, the trend will persist.

The particular price of fuel, concomitantly, is determined by supply and demand. … Absent legislative barriers to exploration, enterprising capitalists would have defied central planners and turned from tinkering with ethanol to drilling for—and refining—oil…”

Ultimately, “The more efficient the source of energy, the less waste and pollution are involved in its conversion into energy. Think of the totality of the production process! The fewer resources expended in bringing a fuel to market, the cleaner and cheaper is the process.”

Comments are welcome.

U.S. POPClock Projection

America, Environmentalism & Animal Rights, IMMIGRATION

Chew on this:

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 06/12/08 at 06:47 GMT (EST+5) is:

304,317,124

COMPONENT SETTINGS FOR JUNE 2008:

One birth every……………………………. 7 seconds
One death every……………………………. 13 seconds
One international migrant (net) every………… 29 seconds
Net gain of one person every………………… 10 seconds

At just over one million people added to the US each year, these estimates are extremely conservative.

‘Colorectal Crusader’ Couric Cries Foul

Ethics, General, Hillary Clinton, Journalism, Media

What never fails to amaze me about the anointed Idiocracy of America (Peggy Noonan comes to mind here) is that, no matter how evil and erroneous their way, they always get curtain calls; they retain their status as philosopher-kings. Or queens.

Colonic Crusader” Katie Couric said this at an award ceremony for her cherished self:

“However you feel about her politics, I feel that Sen. Clinton received some of the most unfair, hostile coverage I’ve ever seen.”

[Note the grating “I feel” locution]

Rewind to February this year:

Sly Katie recently interviewed Clinton while intoxicated—drunk with love for Obama. Couric’s below-the-belt barbs and blithe probes about Obama—but not the issues—made Hillary appear elevated by comparison. The Senator was courteous where Katie was cruel.

‘Someone told me your nickname in school was Miss Frigidaire. Is that true?’ Couric asked. ‘Only with some boys,’ Clinton said, laughing

The answer was quick, and, I must confess, classy. The question was base and bitchy. (It’s of a piece with another iconic ‘journalist’s’ cruelty—that of Barbara Walters. She prefaced an interview with Celine Dion by pronouncing: ‘you are not beautiful.’ Tears welled in Dion’s beautiful eyes.)

Excerpted from my “Militant Mama Obama.”

Picking Friends: Liberty & Fraternity

Environmentalism & Animal Rights, Left-Liberalism And Progressivisim, The Zeitgeist

Certain litmus tests, I have found, are quite good in gauging people vis-à-vis liberty.

Homeschoolers are definitely non-statists and more likely to be friendly to freedom and politically incorrect.

Religious people too. The deeply religious are more likely to have a problem with the state than the irreligious. Faith and family have always been countervailing to the state.

Young men, and the odd woman, with a libertarian bent: If you’re looking for a partner or just a painless date, steer clear of a potential suitor if he or she drives a Toyota Prius, or any other Commie Car. A Prius driver is bound to be a real stinker.