GOOD JUDGMENT IS KEY TO AMERICA'S FUTURE!

Judgment is an important ingredient in any leader, since proper judgment saves you from taking wasteful journeys due to poor judgment. The war in Iraq was one of those judgments that’s costing us dearly in lives and money. Hillary Clinton, John McCain and George Bush are showing their poor judgment once again, this time regarding oil prices. All three appear to favor a federal Tax Holiday on oil for the summer months. Only Barack Obama is seeing this situation clearly.

WHAT IS A TAX HOLIDAY ON OIL? – It’s removing the 18 cents federal tax on the price of oil from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Some how Hillary Clinton and McCain think it’s a great idea with President Bush joining in on it later. Barack Obama says it will save consumers roughly $30 for those months. I say it’s not going to save consumers that much. Why? Because with the dip in price consumers will be filling up SUV’s and other gas guzzlers that will increase the demand from what we currently have to something much higher. That activity will raise the price of oil up 18 cents and more, in a matter of a couple of weeks.

The downside is no savings on the gas. There will be no tax money for roads and bridges. And there will be no move to alternative energies. On top of all of this, once the Tax Holiday is over, that 18 cents will be added to whatever the price is after the Holiday, which will appear to be a great increase at that time. Will we have done ourselves any favors with the Tax Holiday? Hell no! Having the right judgment before events is more important than seeing clearly after the mistake has been made.

Bush went on a rampage yesterday against the Democrats in Congress saying they are the reason for our energy problems. His choosing to go to war, threatening war, and filling up the Strategic Oil Reserve, he assumes did nothing to raise the price of oil. Oil mergers led to 12 major oil companies falling to just 5, decreasing the competition in the industry as well as the refineries.

Our President is still hashing over old ideas to meet our energy needs. He wanted and still wants to drill for oil in Alaska and other regions around the country. What he forgets to tell you is that drilling for our own oil will not make oil cheaper. It will go on line at the global price (currently $118 dollars a barrel). He's made no attempt to finance the move to alternative fuels.  Also mentioned was that we need to use more nuclear energy saying it’s safe and cheap. However, he neglects to tell you the down side of using nuclear fuel, which is how extremely costly it is to dispose of the nuclear waste. Currently, we don’t know what to do with the waste we have with the nuclear plants that already exist. The waste has a life much greater than our own.

In addition, Bush says we have enough coal to run our country for hundreds of years. The problem is we don’t have the technology to use coal cleanly.

Hillary, McCain and Bush erred in judgment regarding Iraq, the New Banking and Bankruptcy Laws and NAFTA. Those three decisions have us in the deepest shit we’ve ever been in. Over 4000 dead, nearly a trillion dollars spent, a tremendous debt to Japan and China, an abused Armed Forces, jobs outsourced by the millions, 20 million illegal immigrants, 5 million additional folks are poor, a shrinking middle class and a housing mortgage scandal that could possibly send this economy into a depression. THIS IS A JOURNEY, U.S. CITIZENS DIDN’T NEED. Obama’s judgment kept him from supporting these actions sending us down this road.

The shortterm solutions we’ve taken to help our citizens have been poorly chosen whether it’s the stimilus checks or the Tax Holiday. Folks, don’t be fooled by Appearances. Judge righteous judgment.

QUESTION EVERYTHING!  THAT'S WHERE THE TRUTH RESIDES.