"We can't drive our SUVs and, you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on, you know, 72 degrees at all times, whether we're living in the desert or we're living in the tundra and then just expect every other country is going to say OK, you know, you guys go ahead keep on using 25 percent of the world's energy, even though you only account for 3 percent of the population, and we'll be fine. Don't worry about us. That's not leadership."This statement is stunningly ignorant, childish & scary. We use energy to be the most productive, comfortable, and peaceful nation on earth. Is Obama suggesting we change this? Is there a correct ratio of population to energy usage? What amount of energy is there in the world? Most of the energy out there exists only through the ingenuity of American industry and whatever we use in the future likely will come the minds of Americans. Don't we pay for what we use? Does Obama want us to reduce our energy consumption and possibly collapse the world economy? Hey, Obama, absolutely, let's all swelter and freeze so that the world economy comes to a grinding halt. And really, what is stopping other countries from using more energy? Nothing, except they have no demand for it yet! Are countries really complaining: "Hey..America is hogging all the energy!". No, they aren't. They are either selling it to us, actively trying to reach our status, or they are Zimbabwe. I think Obama actually has a lot in common with Mugabe. Maybe I'll post on that later.
This is a the kind of ridiculous idea that popped into my head when I was an ignorant little wannabe socialist. I say wannabe because I didn't even know what socialism was really all about--I just knew it was against capitalism. I wouldn't be surprised if this particular notion came to Obama courtesy of terrorist William Ayers--after all this is the kind of thing he wanted to kill Americans for.
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