I Believe Energy Is the Issue of Our Times
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I pound this energy issue because I believe it is the issue of our times.
It encompasses both our economic and national security.
The bottom line, folks, is this:
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We depend on folks who don't much like us.
In fact, many of them hate us.
But they have profited mightily off us.
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And our money.
Our pain at the pump is their grandeur in the desert.
I want you to think of that.
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And I want you to see how enriching this twisted dependence on their oil has amassed their wealth.
Unheard of wealth.
Unimaginable castles and compounds.
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A lifestyle that makes "The Great Gatsby" look like a great joke.
Only the joke's on us.
And we're the ones paying for the laughs.
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Can you imagine, after the sword dances and hand-holding, what these guys must think of us behind closed doors?
I can only imagine.
And I can only wonder what they say of our hypocrisy: A nation that demands they churn out more oil to help us, but refuses to do the same back home to help ourselves.
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A nation that bickers over the huge reserves we have here, apparently content with getting it from over there.
No wonder they think we're fools.
We are.
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It is amazing to me that the greatest country on earth — I like to think blessed with the finest resources and brains on earth, squabble amongst ourselves, picking and choosing our energy options as if we were sorting out appetizers on a tasseled menu.
No wonder the waiter's snickering.
He already knows what we're going to order.
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