1: Let us suppose for a moment I worked on an oil rig, and that profits for Texaco means a fat paycheck and generous pension for me.
If my votes favor "Big Oil" am I not looking out for my own interests?
Likewise why should I vote for someone who's executive order put me out of a job? (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/post-carbon/2010/12/obama_administration_will_ban.html)
2: Apply the above argument to any other major industry.
3: Let us suppose for a moment for a moment that oversized national debts lead to civil instability. (A cursory review of recent European and South American history provides plenty of evidence to back this claim)
Would not a vote to "cut costs" not be a vote in favor of stability?
4: Progressives don't give a shit about the rural poor, as long as you get your "Cap & Trade" the people who grow your food and transport your goods are expendable (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1119289.html?thread=89457721#t89457721).
Befor you ask "When did that happen?" consider Cap and Trade when viewed from a rural american point of view.
Caps on energy production result in fewer jobs and higher prices.$4.00+ a gallon hits the guy driving a truck or tractor a lot harder than it does an urban commuter who rides the bus. Because modern industrial farming is an energy intensive activity food prices will climb accordingly. The push for more public transportation does little to benefit those effected because it's limited to major population centers. The rich will continue to get rich and the poor will get even poorer all in the name of saving the planet.
The message many on the left have embraced seems to be "fuck about those ignorant slope-heads in the flyover states?"
Those "Ignorant slope-heads" telling the left "Go fuck your selves!" is an entirely predictable reply.
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1: Let us suppose for a moment I worked on an oil rig, and that profits for Texaco means a fat paycheck and generous pension for me.
If my votes favor "Big Oil" am I not looking out for my own interests?
Likewise why should I vote for someone who's executive order put me out of a job? (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/post-carbon/2010/12/obama_administration_will_ban.html)
2: Apply the above argument to any other major industry.
3: Let us suppose for a moment for a moment that oversized national debts lead to civil instability. (A cursory review of recent European and South American history provides plenty of evidence to back this claim)
Would not a vote to "cut costs" not be a vote in favor of stability?
4: Progressives don't give a shit about the rural poor, as long as you get your "Cap & Trade" the people who grow your food and transport your goods are expendable (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1119289.html?thread=89457721#t89457721).
Befor you ask "When did that happen?" consider Cap and Trade when viewed from a rural american point of view.
Caps on energy production result in fewer jobs and higher prices.$4.00+ a gallon hits the guy driving a truck or tractor a lot harder than it does an urban commuter who rides the bus. Because modern industrial farming is an energy intensive activity food prices will climb accordingly. The push for more public transportation does little to benefit those effected because it's limited to major population centers. The rich will continue to get rich and the poor will get even poorer all in the name of saving the planet.
The message many on the left have embraced seems to be "fuck about those ignorant slope-heads in the flyover states?"
Those "Ignorant slope-heads" telling the left "Go fuck your selves!" is an entirely predictable reply.