Posted by
Patriot Action on Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00:00 AM
With all the "solutions" being talked about these days to the problems we face; from the economy to global climate change, I'm inclined to think about the utter silliness of them. As a nation, we are currently facing a great deal of issues, both real and imagined. For some reason, the politicians and a large number of the vocal citizens feel that the best way to solve the issues of the most industrial nation in the world is to slow down and go back in time. The following are just a few of the silly solutions that have been mentioned recently.
- In an effort to combat global warming, legislation has been brought up that would decrease the speed limit on freeways back down to 55 miles per hour. Aren't we supposed to be increasing productivity in order to compete in the global marketplace? Supposedly this decrease in speed will save us millions on oil each year.
- To cut down on carbon emissions, it has been suggested in Minnesota that citizens will have to pay a fine for idling their vehicle for more than 3 minutes. Just what we need, more crimes that police won't have the time to enforce. Cops will be sitting in McDonald's parking lots everyday just waiting for someone who doesn't get their order quickly at the drive-thru.
- A columnist is suggesting that we "kill" our air conditioning. He says that "The unnecessary refrigeration of America has become a chronic disease". Are you serious, sir? Are you suggesting that we go back to a time before comfortable indoor temperatures? Is this your solution?
For people who call themselves "progressives", it seems to me that many on the left have no real solutions to problems, other than to turn back the clock. They want to kill the economy, reduce production, make life uncomfortable as in days-gone-by and take away any real sense of progress. How on earth are these solutions to anything? I know, why don't we just stop driving and we can all use horse-drawn buggies. Since there won't be any dump trucks anymore, we'll just slop our trash into the streets and let the swine dispose of it. There, I've solved all of our problems.
In all seriousness, this is stupidity coming from the people who claim to be the only ones who are capable of "change" and progress. If this is the change they want and the progress they offer, I'll pass.
But that's just my opinion, for what it's worth. What do you think?
-Matthew J. Cochran
7/11/2008