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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (18321)	3/11/2010 10:04:01 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

And Eric's responses were pretty interesting. I had no idea that ground meat from one animal could contaminate ground meat from another animal. Worse than that I've seen meatloaf and chili recipes that combined beef, pork, even venison .... think of that, inter-species contamination. And what about surf and turf? Seafood and beef together on the same plate, contaminating one another! I still wonder why the organic food people don't wear only organic clothing too. And why people who shudder at "frankenfoods" are willing to wear "frankenfibers" and use "frankenmaterials".

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (18321)	3/11/2010 1:27:58 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

Committing National Suicide "Liberals wail about our dependence on foreign oil, but consistently come up with polices that make us even more dependent." Years from now, historians will look back at what was once a great country and wonder why we decided to commit national suicide. They'll wonder why we went into such a frenzy of spending money we didn't have. They'll wonder why this happened with both parties. Both parties campaigned on fiscal responsibility, but as soon as they took over the gummint they did exactly what they accused the other party of doing. And they'll really be scratching their heads over why we refused to develop our own natural resources. Jim DeMint wrote an op-ed about this. Thanks to CharlieB for sending this to me. You'd think the Obama administration is busy enough controlling the banks, insurance companies and automakers, but thanks to whistleblowers at the Department of the Interior, we now learn they're planning to increase their control over energy-rich land in the West. A secret administration memo has surfaced revealing plans for the federal government to seize more than 10 million acres from Montana to New Mexico, halting job- creating activities like ranching, forestry, mining and energy development. Worse, this land grab would dry up tax revenue that's essential for funding schools, firehouses and community centers. Liberals wail about our dependence on foreign oil, but consistently come up with polices that make us even more dependent. This is but another. President Obama could enact the plans in this memo with just the stroke of a pen, without any input from the communities affected by it. "Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Pretty cool." Paul Begala during the Clinton administration. Of course. it's not very cool when a Republican does it. At a time when our national unemployment rate is 9.7 percent, it is unbelievable anyone would be looking to stop job-creating energy enterprises, yet that's exactly what's happening. These are liberals. That is what they do. Even the rat bastard commies in the Soviet Union developed their resources. Our rat bastard commies are dumber than the soviets. The document lists 14 properties that, according to the document, "might be good candidates" for Mr. Obama to nab through presidential proclamation. Apparently, Washington bureaucrats believe it's more important to preserve grass and rocks for birdwatchers and backpackers than to keep these local economies thriving. The cost of going green. This seems to be the conduct of Dimocrat presidents. Using the Antiquities Act, President Carter locked up more land than any other president had before him, taking more than 50 million acres in Alaska despite strong opposition from the state. Was ANWR in that land grab? Yannow, the ANWR that Dimocrats refuse to open up to drilling? President Clinton used the authority 22 times to prohibit hunting, recreational vehicles, mining, forestry and even grazing in 5.9 million acres scattered around the country. The law allowed him to single-handedly create 19 new national monuments and expand three others without consulting anyone. He even shut down some wells. One of the monuments President Clinton created was the Grande Staircase-Escalante in Utah, where 135,000 acres of land were leased for oil and gas and about 65,000 barrels of oil were produced each year from five active wells. But, President Clinton put an end to developing those resources. But a drop in the bucked liberals will say. Plants and animals are more important than humans dontcha know. Liberals keep touting the pie in the sky green energy canard. They seem to think we can get most of our energy from solar, windmills, unicorn dust, and Poof! PFM!. Meanwhile, we have to import over half of our oil, some of it from countries that don't like us. Our oil purchases finance terrorism against us. At least, we're finally going to start building nuke plants again. Remember the China Syndrome? Yep! An anti-nuke film starring that treasonous bitch Jane Fonda. Yet another thing to hang on her (or to hang her for). God, I hate that woman! Go read the rest of DeMint's op-ed. Just imagine if we decided to open up ANWR, new offshore sites, and many of the areas that have been declared off limits by the Dimocrats. Not only would we be able to cut our imports of oil, we would also create jobs. What is the biggest problem facing our country today? It's not health care. It's not green energy. It's jobs. And I'm certainly not talking about green jobs. the green jobs policies in Spain and California both destroyed more regular jobs than the green jobs they created. Wouldn't it be nice if we had a gummint that thought that jobs were a priority? Instead the Dimocrats are busy killing jobs with their energy policies, killing jobs with their health plan, and killing jobs with their tax plans. Elections have consequences. In the last election the "change" we voted for was national suicide. Historians will really be scratching their heads on why we did it. Posted by denny at March 10, 2010 01:49 PM Comments grouchyoldcripple.com