Well, of course they are. Limiting input on fossil fuel drilling on federal land, that is. They already know how most people feel about it and they know it doesn’t go their way so, “Hey, let’s just limit their input!” Oh, but you wouldn’t want Team Evil to leave it at that, would you? No way. So let’s allow the drilling companies to release more methane into the atmosphere while we’re at it.
Sure, it’s a greenhouse gas – one of the worst, in fact. But it will be easier for drilling companies to do their jobs if they don’t have to worry so much about the environment. I mean, c’mon, how important is the environment? Besides, they’ll clean up any mess they make, just like they always do, right? Well, okay, they’ll clean up some of it. The rest? Oh, we’ll shift that cost to taxpayers, that is, you. We wouldn’t want to burden the corporations with participating in society, now, would we?
Oh, we want the US to be energy dominant. We are already, but we want to be, too. The US became energy dominant several years ago. That didn’t stop Lying Donny from bitching and moaning about US energy output during his campaign. Then, all he has to do is wait a little while. After a time, he announces that the US is energy dominant under trump. See? He kept a promise. Sure, the promise was a lie. Does that matter?
According to Oilprice.com, the US has been the world’s largest natural gas producer since 2009. Obama was President. We became the world’s biggest exporter of LNG in 2023. Biden was President. I’ll grant that we became the world’s largest oil producer in 2018. Some Dumbass was President. So it seems becoming energy dominant has been an ongoing process. While it’s true that we’re in that position today, Donny is claiming credit for work other people did. That’s just his way.
For a while, we were a leader in renewable energy, too. That one was most important because renewable energy is the key to having a future as a species. We were heading in the right direction and leading the way. But who controls the sun? If some corporation, someplace, can’t turn off the spigot for a little extra cash infusion, where do their cash infusions come from? These are serious questions to greedy people.
Donny had the answer: attack the renewable industry. Slow it down. Maybe surrender our leadership position entirely. In truth, there are already too many rich people with too many investments into renewables for him to destroy the field entirely, but he’s trying. Corner the market in yesterday’s technology. What could go wrong?
One can’t be surprised by any of this. The bribe was paid during the campaign to the tune of $445 million dollars to Donny’s campaign. He promised he’d do everything he could for them and he’s doing that. Finally, a promise kept, and it’s a promise to destroy the environment. Destruction is what he does…
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The last number I saw for the death toll in Venezuela’s recent earthquake is up to 1,450 people. The destruction is incomprehensible with thousands more injured or displaced. The US has promised to help. We sent search and rescue teams to help find victims. Tens of thousands have been reported missing. China sent almost $15 million in disaster relief aid. At least 22 other countries have sent aid. The whole thing is a nightmare…
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Well, here come the Kangaroos. Traditionally, this is the last week of the Roberts Supremely Corrupt Kangaroo Court session until the first Monday in October. Also, this is the week said court issues what often turn out to be it’s most egregious rulings. They like to issue them late at night, as they scurry out the back door to cash their bribe checks.
They have indicated in the past that they rule in keeping with the text of the Constitution, where such information is available. They did the exact opposite in the case of the 14th Amendment that said nobody could hold public office if they had participated in an insurrection unless Congress made a special exception. The court stood those words on their head and said, no, Congress has to act to block the person.
Ah, what the hell, right? The cons on the court lied to get there. Why wouldn’t they lie once they’re there? Just keep the under-the-table checks coming. It doesn’t shock me to learn there are people who will corrupt anything for their own personal gain. It does shock me, a bit, to discover that so many of that kind of person have been collected together and put into powerful positions at the same time.
It took the One Percent nearly fifty years to corrupt each branch of government so completely. It’s going to take a long time to straighten it out, if we ever can. Right now, we’re swimming upstream against a strong current of ignorance and deceit. We certainly are living in interesting times…
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Conservative talk show host Bill Maher received the Mark Twain Prize for American humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, the 28th. Donny’s stupid tarps are still in place. He’s trying to hide the fact that his disgusting name was removed from the building. Jay Leno was a participant at the event and he said, “It’s vanity. It’s not a war, it’s not people getting killed. It’s not antisemitism. It’s not racism. It’s a silly thing covering a name. I mean, what’s funnier than that? You know, it’s high school with money.”
High school with money. That sums 47 up, over and over. The only real quibble I have with the idea is that Donny is usually Kindergarten with money…
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