"Remember the Alamo!"

"Remember Pearl Harbor!"

"Remember Bunker Hill!"

"Remember the Maine!"

"Remember ‘Nuts’!"

The Mexicans, Japanese, Spanish, Germans and British–once our enemies–became our friends because we prevailed.  Had we not prevailed, America’s democracy would have vanished long before now. 

Today, our own Federal leaders are attacking the institutions of freedom through propaganda and demonization, over-regulation, delay tactics and executive orders that evade Congressional oversight and constitute the acts of modern-day despots.  

The American citizen is an endangered species, suffering economic death by a thousand cuts at the hands of a ruthless government.  

-dh

 

Wall Street Journal.  President Obama used his January State of the Union speech to promise "a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants" and "new offshore areas for oil and gas development." Judging by its recent decisions, we’d say his Cabinet hasn’t received the memo.  Congress’s ban on offshore drilling expired in September 2008, and a Bush Administration plan for leasing the energy-rich Outer Continental Shelf was due to begin this year. Yet within a month of taking office, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (NGP Photo) halted leasing by extending the public comment period by six months. When that period ended last September, Interior said …   

Calgary Herald by Dina O’Meara.  Environmental groups attack regulatory process.

Fairbanks News Miner by Joshua Armstrong.  The commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources defended the state’s natural gas pipeline efforts and promoted Outer Continental Shelf drilling Thursday, saying both are in the country’s best interests.  Tom Irwin (NGP Photo) cautioned against dependence on foreign oil and underdeveloping Alaska’s resources in a speech at the Alaska Miners Association symposium at the Westmark Hotel.  He said the U.S. could “shut down” in a matter of weeks if Middle Eastern oil producers cut off their supply.  “We can argue if we want development or not,” he said. “But those arguments go away when we go to anarchy.”