Posted by
Claudia Bremmer on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:26:00 PM
The joke about the Post-Turtle has circulated various forms on the internet. For those of you who haven’t read the joke you can see it here - http://forthardknox.com/2007/08/11/post-turtle/. The definition of a post-turtle is an animal stuck on a post “balanced on top and it’s feet can’t touch the post that’s a post turtle. …..You know he didn’t get there by himself, he doesn’t belong there, he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, and you just want to help the dumb a.. get down.” While it brought a smile to my face (and I confess that I passed the link along in many emails), every time I try to visualize it she seems more like Chicken Little. You’ve got to admit, her latest mantra of “I’m trying to save the planet!” as an excuse for not allowing a simple vote on the American Energy Act (HR 6566 can be seen in it's entirety here http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:1:./temp/~c1101BgJmk) is reminiscent of “the sky is falling”. Becoming energy independent is by far one of the most critical issues facing our nation today and all options should be on the table. The American people are no longer satisfied to continue to live at the monetary mercy of countries that pray for our destruction on a daily basis. Explore offshore, open up U.S. lands, build more refineries, and pursue clean coal, natural gas, and nuclear power. If the French are able to figure out how to harness nuclear power surely we can, right? Attempting to pacify us with lectures on consumption and attempting to shame us for having SUVs are not going to cut it any longer. The time has come for practical solutions from leaders who are smart enough to see what needs to be done and patriotic enough to put the needs and will of their constituents ahead of their political careers.
And when will we have such leaders, you ask? We will have these leaders, when we demand it. We have been complacent for too long and taken our daily dose of valium. Every person in this country who is angry about the price of gas, needs to find out their elected official’s voting record on energy independence. The silent majority must become the vocal majority that refuses to be ignored. Let them know that if they won’t vote for us, then we will replace them with someone who took 7th grade civics and actually believes
“that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Until such time as we are prepared to do this, we are like trapped hamsters running on a wheel while watching the latest political drama. Since they don’t want to spend their time voting on legislation that the American people clearly want passed, maybe they should move their show to Broadway during their unearned vacation.
She’s got an entire supporting cast:
Henny Penny - Dianne Feinstein
Ducky Daddles - Harry Ried
Goosey Loosey - John Kerry
Turkey Lurkey – Howard Dean
The King – The Anointed One himself, Obamasiah
Can’t you just hear Pelosi cackling after The King, ”Barrrraaaack, Barrrraaaack”? Now, if we could just find a Foxy Loxy………..