Oh Please, Give Me a Break

Congress recently voted billions of dollars to provide relief for Africa in their fight against AIDS. The question I have to ask myself is, “Why would a Congress that has ignored the housing crisis would, ignored the 50 million Americans who are without healthcare, and ignored the economic devastation of the current energy crisis find it necessary to fund Africa’s AIDS crisis? Let’s follow the money.

Where do the drugs to treat AIDS come from? American pharmaceutical companies provide them. Who, as a consequence, makes huge campaign contributions to Congressmen and Senators? American pharmaceutical companies do. Pelosi’s Congress is no less corrupt than the previous crooks that raped the American economy over the last eight years.

Let’s talk oil. Just the threat of domestic drilling has driven down the price of oil on the world market. Congress refuses to even discuss the possibility of leasing our lands with the biggest proven reserves to drilling companies. Why? The artificially inflated price of oil fills their personal bank accounts. Is it patriotic to refuse to reduce the American military’s dependence on foreign oil? I think not. At a stroke, foreign interests could shut down America’s military. While hybrid and electric cars are an option for the rest of us, no amount of batteries will get a fighter plane or missile off the ground; the technology does not exist.

The failed experiment of using food like corn for fuel has proven ineffectual as far as energy dependence is concerned. Indeed the policy has only served to inflate the price of food for the American people struggling to survive. Alternatives do exist, but Archer Daniels Midland would not be able to sustain their substantial kickbacks to Congress.

I hope the in November, Americans realize that being robbed, raped, and gelded is not in our best interests. We need leaders who will return the American Dream to the American people. Such candidates are easy to find. Just look to your local elections for candidates who are left unfunded by the major parties. There is no easier way to choose who to support than to find those men and women who are ignored by the Democratic and Republican political machines. Those candidates are our only path to a sustainable and prosperous future for America.