Lefty reporter at TNT shows his ignorance of conservatism
October 10th, 2008 by Republican By DefaultI guess Joe Turner wants to keep me busy. In a post today he shows his ignorance of conservatism and family values in his post entitled “Family values group handing out 500,000 voter guides.”
The Family Policy Institute of Washington says it’s going to hand out its voter guides at churches and other places to let people know “where the candidates stand on issues like abortion on demand, gay marriage, the estate tax, off-shore drilling and embryonic stem cell research.”
Off-shore drilling? The estate tax?
I can see how the other issues would fall under the broad category of “the values that honor families and promote life,” but drilling for oil doesn’t seem to fit in. The estate tax also seems to be a bit of an outlier.
It’s sad that I have to explain this to someone who is supposed to be informing the public.
Off-shore drilling will lower the cost of gasoline and home heating fuels which are sucking families’ budgets dry.
The estate tax rips money from families as parents try to pass their wealth to their children when they pass away.
So, yes, Joe, those are family values.
He also seems to be baffled by the statements about McDonald’s in the press release. Maybe Joe isn’t aware of the boycott that was started by another family values organization, the American Family Association, Boycott McDonald’s. The inclusion in the press release was probably due to the apparent victory by family values groups over McDonald’s corporate support of gay and lesbian causes, such as gay marriage.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I just got a piece of tripe from an anonymous commenter. Putting aside the personal attack, here’s what he said.
The fact is that the price of gasoline is based on commodity prices. Commodity prices are based on speculation of what available oil will be worth. So if it looks like the price of oil will come down in ten years because of drilling, and even more so in thirty, the people who currently have the oil will try to sell all that they can now at the higher prices. That often means they lower their current price a little to avoid having to sell at a much lower price later.
In short, drilling lowers prices now.
Are you aware that both obstacles to offshore exploration and drilling are currently lifted? Have you noticed that the price of gas has dropped about 50 cents (in my neighborhood) in the last few weeks, which is when the ban was lifted?
For accuracy, G. W. Bush lifted the ban that was created by executive order, and congress allowed the ban to expire that was usually attached to unrelated legislation.
That’s the second ‘anonymous’ comment I’ve received when I posted about Joe Turner’s blog entries. I wonder if there’s a connection.