real life wrote:engineer wrote:cjhsa wrote:B. Hussein Obama wants to lower our standard of living (and raise our taxes):
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said.
Wow, heaven forbid a Presidential candidate tell Americans a hard truth.
Why should Americans need the permission of other countries to eat what they wish, or cool their homes or drive what they have purchased?
Do you envision an America that asks other countries for permission to do these things, engineer?
I envision a country where people realize that the resources we consume are limited in nature and that the selfish and often silly decisions we make have an impact beyond our borders and checkbooks. Several months ago, the governor of Georgia held a prayer session to pray for rain. That struck me as terrible theology. Instead, we should be praying for forgiveness for wasting the bounty of water that routinely falls across the Southeast US. We routinely buy more horsepower than we need, more room than we need, more food than we need, etc. Of course, if you have the money, you can consume as you want, but eventually that behavior will drive the country into the ground. If any candidate wants to point out that the long term success of our country is directly tied to the proper use of our resources, I'm fine with that.
