THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume X, Issue # 94, April 10, 2008
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
OBAMA'S EMPTY FORMULA FOR 2008
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE U.S.A. -- POLITICS, SERIOUS PROBLEMS, & LACK OF EFFECTIVE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP: THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION OF 2008 & ABSENCE OF THE REAL LEADERSHIP & VISION THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING AMERICA'S
LOOMING CALAMITY ON MANY FRONTS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY & THE COUNTRY'S
ENERGY NEEDS -- BARAK OBAMA'S SOP TO THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, STATING HIS INTENTION TO KEEP AMERICA'S
UNDEVELOPED DOMESTIC PETROLEUM RESERVES OFF LIMITS TO EXPLORATION & DRILLING & THEREBY DECLINE TO DO
ANYTHING THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ESCALATING DANGERS & FINANCIAL BURDENS OF U.S. DEPENDENCE
ON FOREIGN OIL
FULL STORY:
Wyoming cattleman J. Randall “Randy” Stevenson, a vocal advocate of American agriculture and American enterprise,
warns that this nation is “Increasingly outsourcing its sovereignty, while importing its dependency.” In these few words,
he encapsulates the real challenges facing America, which ultimately eclipse any threat from abroad, whether that of
militant Islam or the Chinese efforts to establish hegemony over the world economy.
Stevenson has amassed plenty of knowledge on the subject, having witnessed first hand the orchestrated efforts of
multinational beef packagers and distributors to manipulate and restructure the market in their own favor, often with the
collaboration of sympathizers at the highest levels of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Invariably, it is the American cattle growers, who once proudly shouldered the burden of feeding America, that are being
systematically shut out of the system, to the ultimate benefit of the multinational corporations that hold no interest in or
loyalty to America and its agricultural strength. In a manner entirely reflective of the rest of the corporate world, foreign
competitors worm their way into a segment of the market, often enjoying special treatment that, were it rendered upon
American businesses, would be classified as outrageously “protectionist.”
But, as with the proverbial frog in the gradually warming pot of water, no single event appears calamitous enough by
itself to cause sufficient alarm and the resulting demands for a fix. Yet, over time, the American people are beginning to
rouse from their slumbers and recognize that, during the past few decades, something in their nation’s system of
commerce has gone terribly awry.
Large scale marketing campaigns increasingly promote the concept of a non-American culture to replace the traditional
core of our fading country. Though not nearly so blatant as the inflammatory recent Absolut Vodka ad, which touts a
“reconquista” of the American Southwest, they are nonetheless intended to erode and eventually eradicate the concept
of national allegiance on any level.
The possibility is remote that the might and majesty of America will unravel in a single D-Day type confrontation with a
superior foreign enemy. Instead, it is occurring as the result of the relentless deterioration of everything cultural and
social that made the nation great. And, if the nation’s culture crumbles, its economic prowess will not long endure.
Americans are becoming aware of looming calamity on several fronts, but few seem ready or willing to connect the dots
and recognize the bigger picture. Content to remain mired in partisan battles between two increasingly indistinguishable
political parties, they rally to one camp or another, while remaining willfully ignorant of the fundamental problems that
must be addressed, if America is to be resuscitated from its current condition. Yet, the potential for grave misfortune
remains, and only increases with time.
As a microcosm of the pattern observed by Randy Stevenson, recent events in his own state exemplify the obstacles
that must be overcome, if America is ever to be unfettered from a political system that views its citizens merely as an
expendable resource to be exploited for the profit of “the system.”
Dave Freudenthal, the current Democratic Governor of Wyoming, inadvertently, but inarguably. made this point last
week with his empty and insipid endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama. Freudenthal’s reasons for
conferring the endorsement were ostensibly that Obama is able to gather enthusiastic crowds and that he agrees to
keeping the Wyoming Range off limits to oil exploration and drilling.
Such transparent political posturing is entirely typical for Freudenthal. It was the late Republican Senator Craig Thomas
who originally sought to protect the pristine wilderness of the Wyoming Range. Republican Senator John Barrasso,
who was appointed to replace Thomas, introduced the bill to officially designate the area as off limits. So, in
Freudenthal’s world, the focus on this issue provides a means of appealing to both parties, one on the basis of its
Party member in the Senate, and the other as a sop to the environmental lobby.
But, while this measure is indeed a worthwhile cause for a Senator, it hardly constitutes a platform on which to base
support for a potential leader of the free world. Severe problems still face America, including the escalating dangers and
financial burdens of America’s dependence on foreign oil. Yet, Obama’s response to the crisis, at least as Freudenthal
qualifies the situation, is merely to explain what he intends not to do to address it.
Meanwhile, the people of America are being squeezed by ever higher gasoline and fuel oil prices, which threaten to not
only put a crunch on their former lifestyles (an unspoken goal of the environmentalist extremists), but will put the brakes
on the rest of the American engine as well, which ultimately affects not only its economic viability and future, but also
its security.
As the Governor of an energy-rich state, Dave Freudenthal finds himself in a position to promote the concept of
America building and expanding the responsible usage of its resources for its own best interests. Instead, he chooses
to posture and pander, with complete indifference to the increasing hardships facing every American who feels the
crunch of rising energy costs.
Few who live in Wyoming would ever want to see the Cowboy State sullied with the garish excesses that now
characterize the oil-rich nations of the Middle East. Nevertheless, Wyoming and America would still be better served if
the wealth could remain within domestic coffers. Perhaps then it might be used more wisely, including possibly to offset
the cost of some of Dave Freudenthal’s profligate social agenda.
The nation’s problems cannot realistically be expected to miraculously dissipate on their own. If not resolutely dealt
with, they will continue to burgeon and grow.
Real leadership and vision are critical to addressing the current situation on its many fronts. But, in the face of such
difficulties, which require mature and reasoned assessments, if any solution is to be achieved, America is, instead,
getting a massive dose of the empty rhetoric from Obama and his minions.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition:
Elections, PACs, & Political Parties
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
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
Agriculture, the Economy, & Human Welfare:
Policy Issues Relating to Food Production
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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