{"id":431,"date":"2007-06-17T07:05:14","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/17\/democrats-the-party-of-car-salesmen\/"},"modified":"2007-06-20T09:06:01","modified_gmt":"2007-06-20T13:06:01","slug":"democrats-the-party-of-car-salesmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"Democrats; the party of car salesmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s Democrat radio address told us that Republicans don’t care about our gas mileage, according to the Washington Examiner<\/a>;<\/p>\n

In their weekly radio address, Democrats on Saturday called for a new direction in energy policy, away from gas-guzzling automobiles and reliance on foreign oil.<\/p>\n

“America deserves more fuel efficient cars,” Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington said. But she added “the only way consumers are going to get more out of a tank of gas is if the president and his party help deliver votes in a narrowly divided Congress.”<\/p>\n

It’s widely expected the Senate will approve some sort of increase in auto fuel economy as part of an energy bill it hopes to finish in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

The Senate bill would require automakers to increase the fuel economy of new cars, SUVs and pickups beginning in 2020 to a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon. It currently is 27.5 mpg for cars and 22.2 mpg for SUVs and small trucks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cantwell claimed that we need to head in\u00c2\u00a0a new direction.\u00c2\u00a0This is the same direction that Democrats have been harping about since the last time Rosie O’Donnell shaved her legs. A new direction for our indepedence from foreign oil would be drilling our own available reserves and increasing\u00c2\u00a0refinery capacity – like Jimmy Carter promised that Democrats would do in his “Malaise Speech<\/a>“;<\/p>\n

…when this nation critically needs a refinery or a pipeline, we will build it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That was in 1979 – we haven’t built a new refinery since 1977 mainly because Democrats have stood in the way of new refineries and new drilling operations. So, in the meantime, Cuba, with China’s help<\/a>, is exploring the Gulf of Mexico’s waters between Cuba and the US. Have the Democrats done anything about that? Nope – they think that somehow blocking drilling while demanding better CAFE standards from automakers (who are already struggling in the marketing) makes more sense and can be called a “solution” to our energy woes. DO they think that back-ass-wards Cuba and China will care much about the environment off of our own coast?<\/p>\n

Cantwell said;<\/p>\n

“America’s strength lies in our ability to invent new and better ways of doing things,” she said. “The challenge we face now is transforming America’s energy policy – one that is well over 50 years old and too reliant of fossil fuels – to one that will make America a global leader again in energy technology and get us off our over-dependence on foreign oil.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Democrats think they can mandate science. Just by making government standards, business will automatically develop solutions in response.\u00c2\u00a0 Are we being governed by kindergarten students?<\/p>\n

They also think that Americans won’t mind being told that we have to drive under-powered crap-boxes like the Japanese inflict on our\u00c2\u00a0national sensibilities these days. Real Americans love their cars and I don’t think the Democrats are going to get much mileage out of telling Americans what cars they should drive.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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