"Why Is It We Hesitate?"

"There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in the shallows and in miseries...
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures." William Shakespeare

In the months leading up to July 4, 1776, Abigail Adams chose these words from William Shakespeare to inspire her husband, John Adams while he was in attendance at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. To John Adams, the only guarantee of liberty was independence. Choosing independence is a great step to be taken.

Our nation stands at a crucial moment in our history. We are heading towards an escalating economic crisis being imposed on us by three groups: OPEC, environmentalists, and a Democratic {Socialist} controlled Congress. We must choose to strike a cord for Energy Independence.

Gas prices at the pump will harm our entire economy by slowing, if not halting, numerous facets of our economy: tourism, transportation of goods and services, movement of people, and the list could go on ad nauseum. Rising fuel prices and the mandated biofuel program with subsidies for corn to be used in ethanol is already generating a rise in food prices. Rising prices is going to lead to UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION which is STAGFLATION like we experienced under the hapless Jimmy, the Peanut Farmer, Carter.

The three groups or culprits can be dealt with in one swift fashion: VOTE THE DEMOCRATS OUT OF CONGRESS. Why? They are in bed with the environmentalists and have thus become subservient to the Environmentalist Interest Group. The Democrats in Congress have forgotten whom they serve: THE PEOPLE--NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS GROUPS. By voting the DO-NOTHING DEMOCRATS out, the Environmentalists will realize they have lost the support of the average American who is trying to make ends meet, trying to live the American Dream, trying to live in liberty.

OPEC will be dealt a huge reality check if the United States would FINALLY have the intestinal fortitude to DRILL for oil while also developing alternative energy sources including nuclear. Failure to take this stand will only continue our dependency and our enslavement to the Middle East for the only source of energy we have to run our industries and factories that provide jobs for Americans.

In the words of Thomas Paine, "Why is it we hesitate?...The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth..."