Food For Oil

Somehow this has taken on a completely different meaning since last year. The eco-terrorists have pushed our liberal elected officials into approving massive tax rebates for the production of alternative fuel in the form of ethanol. This takes corn which is the basis of the entire US farm ecomony. Corn goes into everything from corn flakes to New York Strip steak. This presents a dilemna that only Solomon would be worthy to solve.

We are putting the very groceries that we would consume into the fuel that we use to drive our economy. What doesn't make sense is that gas prices are not coming down and at the same time we are paying more for the food that we eat. This creates a double hardship for all Americans. We are faced with both higher costs to travel and higher costs to feed our families. What government agency had this huge vacant idea? I will give the Bush administration full credit since it has been too long since a Clinton was in office.

Alternative fuels should be renewable and not endanger the present economic situation. We have created what Mary Shelley wrote about in that we have released a monster that we created on the world and only we can stop it. The production of bio fuels needs to be stopped immediately. It is only there because it is propped up by grants from the US government and it is leading us down a path that will eventually lead to higher prices for everyone. The bread basket will eventually go into a gas tank and not a dinner table. I prefer not to drink my dinner, thanks.

I Not Cool

Cobb