True North

This morning, the SC Times is running an editorial explaining why Rep. Michele Bachmann's energy plan is wrong for America. The editorial is titled "Letter: "Preteen has a better plan than Bachmann". This is the epitome of despicable. It's obvious that this preteen had help writing the letter. Here's what I'm basing my opinion on:

Frankly, the whole act is politically motivated and short-sighted. The federal Energy Information Administration says drilling in Alaska wouldn't be able to start until 2018 if approved today and that production wouldn't reach its peak until 2027.

How many 12 year-olds talk about "politically motivated and short-sighted" legislation? Better yet, how many 12-year-olds know about the "federal Energy Information Administration"? Or that drilling in ANWR would take 10 years to start drilling? Or that it'd take another 9 years for it to start producing?

What are the odds that this child's parents 'helped' her research this editorial? North of 95%? A point or 2 south of 100%?

Then there's this line:

Is ruining Alaska worth about $1.35? I hope not!

Ruining Alaska by drilling on a 2,000 acre plot of land? FYI- 2,000 acres is just a bit more than 3 square miles. ANWR alone is 19,000,000 acres, which translates into 29,687.5 square miles. Alaska is 663,267 square miles. In other words, ANWR is about 4 percent of Alaska's land mass.

Here's the key question on this subject: How will drilling on 3 square miles in far northern Alaska ruin a state that's 670,000 square miles? You'll forgive me if I don't buy into that argument.

The environmentalists' desperation is exposed in this editorial because they have to hide their arguments behind a 12-year-old girl. That's a feeble attempt to win an argument. Frankly, it speaks volumes about the environmentalists' confidence in their arguments.

The editorial finishes with another political shot:

We can't completely change this world, but we sure can try! Help by voting in El Tinklenberg, who would actually promote the use of renewable energy sources and alternative transportation options!

El Tinklenberg has criticized Rep. Bachmann for having an overly simplistic energy policy but the truth is that he's got it wrong. Rep. Bachmann's approach isn't just drilling. It also includes extending tax credits to incent entrepreneurs to build alternative energy supplies. It also includes building nuclear power plants.

Rep. Bachmann's approach is an all of the above approach whereas Mr. Tinklenberg's approach is best categorized as alot of the above as long as the environmentalists give me permission.

The bottom line is that Democrats obviously think that the only way they can win the energy debate is by using a 12-year-old girl to repeat their arguments. That's disgusting. Liberals should be ashamed of themselves.

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