Dems Want to "Change" Our Energy Policies

Mark Steyn is one of the few columnists who consistently belts out homers every time he steps up to the plate. His latest National Review Online article, "Fill Her Up with Hot Air," does not disappoint.

I was watching the Big Oil execs testifying before Congress. That was my first mistake. If memory serves, there was lesbian mud wrestling over on Channel 137, and on the whole that’s less rigged. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz knew the routine: “I can’t say that there is evidence that you are manipulating the price, but I believe that you probably are. So prove to me that you are not.”

Had I been in the hapless oil man’s expensive shoes, I’d have answered, “Hey, you first. I can’t say that there is evidence that you’re sleeping with barnyard animals, but I believe that you probably are. So prove to me that you are not. Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence and prima facie evidence, lady? Do I have to file a U.N. complaint in Geneva that the House of Representatives is in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?”

Later, he comes up with this vivid picture:

Okay, how about if we all go back to the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe, and start criss-crossing the country on wood-fired trains?

Go here to read the whole thing.

Characteristically, the Democrats, with the help of far too many Republican geldings, create problems, then worsen them with counterproductive solutions. Their War on Poverty has created millions more poor people, in addition to destroying the institution of the black family. Their meddling in the education field has resulted in the universal lowering of standards and the consequent graduation of huge numbers of abysmally unqualified students. Now, they have created a totally predictable energy crisis by restricting oil exploration and drilling while forbidding the construction of oil refineries and nuclear power plants for the past three decades.

Now, the Democrats propose to solve our energy crisis by "alternative energy sources" such as wind and solar, while unmercifully abusing our oil companies for the benefit of their constituents, who haven't the slightest conception of the influences of supply and demand in a free market, since they have been educated in government schools, and thus have never been taught even the basics of economics.

It's too bad we can't sue our professional politicians for malpractice.