THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XIII, Issue # 288, December 14, 2011
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
OBAMA'S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE U.S.A. & ITS ECONOMY
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE FOLLY OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S "GREEN ENERGY" PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA, & THE TRUE NATURE OF ITS "FAR-LEFT" GUIDING POLITICAL
IDEOLOGY: HOW DEVASTATING THE OBAMA POLICY AGENDA HAS BEEN TO THE OVERALL CONDITION OF AMERICA'S ENERGY RESOURCES & RESERVES --
THE MALAISE THAT HAS GRIPPED THE U.S.A. EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY IN JANUARY, 2009 -- OBAMA & HIS LIBERAL LEFTIST
COHORTS UNDERCUTTING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, WHETHER BY CONSTRICTING AVAILABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY, OVERBURDENING THE NATION'S
FINANCIAL SYSTEM WITH CRIMINALLY IRRESPONSIBLE DEFICIT SPENDING, OR SUFFOCATING THE ABILITY OF BUSINESS OWNERS TO ENLARGE THEIR
ENTERPRISES & HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF NEW & ONEROUS GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS -- THE CATASTROPHE AMERICANS CAN EXPECT, IF OBAMA
WINS REELECTION IN THE COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2012
FULL STORY:
While the Obama administration has worked tirelessly at minimizing the negative political fallout of its “Green Jobs” debacle (Solyndra being among the few that
gained attention), the American nation has yet to fully grasp just how devastating the Obama policy agenda has been to the overall condition of America’s energy
resources and reserves. In a perverse sense, the ongoing economic downturn, persisting as it has for three years and with no end in sight, acts as something of a
“safety valve” on the cost of gasoline and heating oil. The sole reason that the price at the pumps is not currently in the stratosphere is because the Obama
administration's economic policies have severely suppressed our use gasoline and heating oil. Otherwise, any rise in consumption would quickly exceed available
supplies.
Thus, for energy prices to remain low, the economic prognosis must remain grim. As soon as manufacturing activity heats up and traffic on the nation’s highways
increases in response, the demand for fossil fuels will likewise increase, triggering an upswing in their cost. In a sane world, this rise would be shortly offset by an
increased supply, thereby balancing out the situation. However, with Obama and his Liberal Democrat cohorts stifling every attempt at expanding production, and
worse, placing entire regions such as the Gulf of Mexico off limits (at least to Americans), the lack of any new supply of crude oil to compensate for higher demand
guarantees that even a tiny spark of resurgent economic life will immediately result in escalating fuel prices, which in turn chokes out the activity.
This is the essence of the malaise that has gripped our nation throughout Obama’s presidential term. He and his cohorts contrive a means of undercutting America,
whether by constricting available sources of energy, overburdening the financial system with criminally irresponsible deficit spending, or suffocating the ability of
business owners to enlarge their enterprises and hire new employees because of new and onerous regulations. The consequent business contractions and
closures result in more layoffs which, we are told, cry out for government intervention to properly “take care of the little guy.”
Real America is angry and frustrated with the deliberate stifling of its economic engine by Washington, appalled at the squalor and mindlessness of the “Occupy”
movement, and ready to break free from the unwarranted shackles preventing its restoration to greatness. Business owners across the nation would gladly
implement plans for growth and expansion, including new hiring of employees, if only they could be assured that any future successes would not be entirely
leached from them in the name of “fairness,” “compassion,” or “environmental responsibility.” Yet, every astute entrepreneur knows that this trio of Liberal
specters lurks in the shadows, and what their effect will be the moment they are unleashed on productive society.
The latest debacle over the “Keystone Pipeline,” and the ongoing games being played with it by a callous and indifferent White House, give ample proof that
whatever his real intentions may be, Barack Hussein Obama is not interested in achieving real, workable solutions to the problems facing America. Rather, he views
each ensuing catastrophe as a political opportunity. Consequently, when America needs reasoned leadership, it can count on another insipid and churlish Obama
speech. Why open the floodgates of productivity and prosperity by allowing advanced oil exploration when the “crisis” of an energy shortage will present another
occasion to castigate the opposition party?
It is therefore no surprise that the ongoing Keystone Pipeline controversy is not being addressed by the Obama White House from the perspective of its manifold
benefits to the nation. For starters, pipeline construction alone would generate thousands of productive jobs. Once completed, the pipeline would boost available
petroleum supplies to the nation, thereby easing the upward pressure on oil and gasoline prices. Were the real goals of Democratic Party leaders, including Barack
Obama, the betterment of the nation, this situation would be a “no brainer.” Yet, in order to make any sense out of the seemingly inane decisions that regularly
spew forth from this White House, something far more sinister must ultimately be driving them.
On more than one occasion since inauguration day 2009, Barack Obama stunned America with absurd condemnations of the business sector, accusing company
owners of refusing to take on new employees for cold and self-serving reasons. His “fix” was to denigrate them for their callous indifference, and attempt to badger
them into hiring new workers as a selfless deed undertaken for the sake of the nation. In his mind, excess unproductive workers in private business should be no
more burdensome than excess unproductive workers in the public sector, which is standard practice inside the Beltway and throughout federal, state, county, and
municipal bureaucracies across the nation.
No doubt, Barack Obama wants to see unemployment rates drop, at least for the next eleven months. Election year politics demands as much. But he cannot
implement any program that might return the longterm power to direct the nation’s future to its rightful bearers, the people. An increased availability of cheap,
abundant energy would do just that. At the same time, the ready practicality of fossil fuels would solidify the growing realization among Americans of the folly of
the “Green Energy” agenda, and the true nature of its very “Red” guiding philosophy.
So, at least until January, 2013 (assuming the people have had their eyes opened since elections of 2008), America can expect to struggle and travail against a
noxious opponent within its own government which continually thwarts them at every turn, and always under some noble sounding premise. After that, it will face
one of two starkly diverging fates, depending on who is at the helm. Under the stewardship of a true, unwavering Conservative possessing the courage to stay on
track, it might rebound significantly. The ponderous engine of modern technology, once it is lifted from the slough of overregulation and taxation, could come
roaring back to life.
Or, if Obama retains his place, the remaining gasping breaths of a struggling nation will be summarily snuffed out. In sharp contrast to past presidential contests,
the pretense of middle ground no longer exists.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
Political Environmentalism Versus Human Progress & Prosperity:
Policy Issues Relating to Energy, Environment,
& Natural Resources
Political Economy -- Philosophies, Systems, & Public Policies:
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
Christopher G. Adamo is a resident of southeastern Wyoming. He has been involved in politics at the local and state levels for many years. His archives and
contact information can be found at www.chrisadamo.com
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