Reply To: Barack Obama on Energy

[Aeronaut]

ALL STOP!!!

Some of us elders can remember a time when real people with real money in their wallets looked to their own communities to solve their own problems. The capitol was basically a place to send your taxes. Nowadays, at least Washington seems to be dead serious about removing any vestige of independent problem-solving ability, along with national identities as sweeteners.

Se habla poquito espanol, picked up a little here and there living in Texas for 15 years. If I really wanted to learn that language, I would. I resent being told to learn a language as much as I do being told I’m being forced to quit smoking “for my own good.” or that I have to ask permission to buy a house or a car or fund a business (think credit score). I’m sure our international friends feel pretty much the same about their countries, languages, cultures, and so on.

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