Now you may be thinking, “what in the world has this got to do with McCain and the oil companies?” Well, it seems to me that social and economic conditions of 2008 are not all that different from 1908. Fundamentalists rose from the ashes of the civil war around 1880. Fundamentalist christians, in the persona of Jerry Falwell, rose in 1978 from the ashes of Vietnam. The was an industrial revolution at the end of the 19th Century and a technolgical revolution at the end of the 20th Century. Supply side economic were all the rage in 1880, then brought back from the dead by Ronald Regan in 1980.

Throughout the early part of the 20th Century we had deplorable working conditions and child labor, massive immigration from Europe, a World War, and small portion of the population making enourmous amounts of money while large segments of the population were living in poverty, and prohibition created violent crime at a time where media and communications had reached a level of distribution cable of reaching almost everyone. Women were descriminated against, medical care was expensive and hard to find, and our politicians were committed to preserving the status quo for their wealthy “power base”. eems to me, that although our society is much larger and far more complex, the social issues we face are pretty much the same.

On the economic side, one need only look at our nations reports to the WTO from 1996 to 2008 to see the devastating effect Bush’s elitist economic policies have had on our economy, and for the second time in a Bush administration we are faced with an economic crisis arising out of residential mortgage financing. Did you know that not did George Bush an his father make their money in the oils business, but George H.W. Bush’s father, Prescott Bush, and his uncle were investment bankers? Do you remember the failure of the savings and loans in the 1990’s? Do you think it is simply a coincidence that the sub-prime mortgage industry was financed by foreign investment and fell apart under Bush’s watch? Do you find it curious that it was a conservative Supreme Court that backed Herbert Hoover’s economic policies in the 1920’s and 30’s, and that Bush was elected to office by the very next “conservative” Supreme Court?

I read somewhere that, “fundamentalism thrives in conditions of economic and social crisis”. Like a security blanket or a safe harbor, religious teachings become more intollerant and political when in times of hardship and change. When secularism and modernity begins to challenge the statue quo, fundamentalist politicians pray on the fear and uncertainty of the faithful to obtain power and influence. Something along the lines of “money is the root of all evil.”

McCain, like Coolidge, is offering his services to the fundamentalists by adopting a policy of more of the same. Like Coolidge, he is not a bad person nor is he responsible for Bush’s stubborness and corrupt administration. He can’t get elected on his own merit so he needs the support of the powers that be to get over the hump. If he succeeds, history tells us that we will be lulled to sleep by his efforts to clean up Bush’s corruption, so that a really corrupt fundamentalist can sneak in behind him and really use the oval office to conduct his personal business affairs.

The Great Depression ended when Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide election. By my way of thinking, Obama needs the same margin of victory to put this horrible era behinds us and get on with things like saving our environment and apologing to our friends and neighbors for being so arrogant and imperialistic. It is and remains my true hope that Obama and Clinton will set aside their differences and agree to run on the same ticket to insure a margin of victory that will send a mandate, not a message, to all fundamentalists that America has again defeated thier plague and we can again devote our attention and tremendous wealth to public policies that benefit mankind, not just a particular kind of man.

The REAL problem here is that McCain is pushing for this extra drilling in sensitive environmental areas and getting over 3/4 of a million dollars from actual oil companies! Not the employees, but the companies themselves…get it? It’s no wonder he’s pushing to drill…considering he was opposed to it in the past. I guess money does talk and it’s coming from McCain’s mouth.

* we need to investigate Cheney’s secret energy meetings during the beginning of his first term

* Big oil getting no bid contracts in Iraq

* MSM directing topics of high gas prices to off shore drilling as a solution. As it turns out this would not be a solution but has been a distraction

* The Dems have been the scapegoat for high gas prices… it is the liberals fault as they will not allow drilling

And the best conversations I have heard today:

WE NEED TO NATIONALIZE OUR GAS!

The man scares me, and I’m fearless.

By Miguel Llanos
Reporter
MSNBC
updated 5:14 a.m. PT, Mon., Sept. 19, 2005
More than 500 specialists are working to clean up 44 oil spills ranging from several hundred gallons to nearly 4 million gallons, the U.S. Coast Guard said in an assessment that goes far beyond initial reports of just two significant spills.

4 million gallons. Thats not a spill..

snarkon

How many wildlife preserve drilling leases does $461k buy?
(I did the math for you: $724k-$263k.)

I do think we will see that more and more as the campaign goes on; it allows Johnny Boy to appeal to the other mentally diminished people in the homes and living with their kids. After all, it did work for Ronnie Ray-gunz.

Still, kinda creepy for the leader of the Free World, don’t ya think?

June 19th, 2008 at 7:36 pm

We asked him but he said he didn’t remember.

Is there anyone from whom McCain will not accept money?

He’s desperate.

He is lagging in funds raised.
He doesn’t have millions of people donating $10 up to Obama.
Most of those people probably wouldn’t go to one of McCain’s $1000 a plate dinners. heh

“Since the gas lines of the ’70s, Democrats and Republicans have talked about energy independence but nothing’s changed — except now Exxon’s making $40 billion a year and we’re paying $3.50 for gas. I’m Barack Obama. I don’t take money from oil companies or Washington lobbyists, and I won’t let them block change anymore,” says the spot, which aired as recently as April 8.

Obama’s ad is factually correct. He does not take money from oil companies. A 1907 federal law bars all corporations from giving money to political candidates. However, oil company employees can make donations.

From RrOoGgEeRr’s link.

Maybe we should ask all his ‘advisors’ from K Street, I bet they know to the penny, since many of them work for ‘Big Awl’.

Larry Sinclair?

Yeah, it’s all in the wording ain’t it Grampy.