Darrell

What U.S. Needs Is Long-Term Comprehensive Energy Policy

I don’t think President Obama has yet developed a comprehensive energy policy that will define how our nation will meet it energy needs for the foreseeable future. Certainly president Obama has set clear guidelines on energy independence: renewable energy (wind, solar power, etc.) reliance on domestic production; but these are guidelines not a policy.

President Obama has not claimed he or his administration has all the answers, his energy task force is open to suggestions and comments, but he is committed to an energy policy that will define our sources of energy for the foreseeable future so that we can proceed with our lives knowing how we will obtain our energy sources and plan accordingly.

I think China, Russia and other countries are buying commodities because they want to reduce their dollar holdings, as they think the dollar will lose value over time. As long as people are willing to exchange their goods, services and/or assets for dollars, why not stock up on things your economy will need no matter the usage rate of said commodity?

Venezuela: Chavez's Control of Oil and Agriculture

You don't tug on Superman's cape

You don't spit into the wind

You don't pull the mask off the Lone Ranger

You don't ask where the gold is hidden

You don’t say that Chavez is cool