Posted by
ngoc8or on Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:00:00 PM
Another walking fish pulled itself onto dry land today as the Democratic Party platform evolves into Marxist dogma. Adding to Rep. Maxine Waters' threat to nationalize the oil industry, now Democrat Rep. Maurice Hinchey said on
Fox News today, "We (the government) should own the refineries; Then we can control how much gets out
into the market."
After, I am sure, a stern talking to by the more circumspect Democrat leaders, the congressman equivocated on his meaning. But even his backtracking revealed a sigh of "If only we could".
Besides Ms. Waters' comment a couple of weeks ago, there was also Malia Lazu, a Democratic Strategist and Obama supporter, who asked
Neil Cavuto, why don't we just nationalize the oil companies?"
Does this sound like the beginnings of a campaign? First raise the trial balloon and see it get laughed out of the room. But then, keep it popping up here, there, everywhere, until the public says, "Yeah. Why not?"
These big government liberals want control of business and the money it accesses. Most of them have no clue how to start or manage one themselves, so they see a heavy handed government as the road to success. First, the Democrats spend almost 3 decades to create a problem by limiting supply of a vital national resource; then, when the inevitable crises hits, they point fingers at industry and use it as the pretext to take it over. Could this be more transparent? Do you want to stand in a DMV type line to fill up your tank on your assigned day, at quadruple the cost? That's how government would manage oil.
The voting public is smarter than that, but these people need to be marginalized, and fast.