BARRY'S TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO - WHAT IT COULD REALLY MEAN

Do you remember that in 2009 Obama underwrote and guaranteed $ 2 Million to Brazil, Petrobas, in Rio, for offshore drilling exploration.  Not to forget that if any oil were to be found, it will stay in Brazil with no benefit to the US.

Not much later, Obama banned drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which meant no drilling to exceed 500 ft.  Later on, the ban was extended to no drilling off platforms.  Consequently, oil companies left the Gulf to drill in other countries.

According to Dinsh Sousa's book "Roots of Obamam's Rage", this kind of maneuver ties in perfectly with Obama's Neo-Colonialism agenda.  Weaken the strong, i.e. the US, so the weaker gains strength, i.e. Brazil.

This sudden upcoming trip to Rio must have significant meaning to Obama. why else would he leave his own country that is in severe trouble, behind?  He could concentrate on our economy, he could concentrate how else we can help Japan.

I'm thinking that maybe they found oil in Brazil.  Perhaps Obama will even have personal gain in this.

I'm just finding this very peculiar, co-incidental?

IRONY ALERT "I want to know whose a... to kiss"

With permission by my Facebook friend, writer and cartoonist, John Richards.

Who can forget Obama’s classic line “I want to know whose ass to kick” while oil was pouring into the gulf last June. Well here we are in January with gas prices shooting up and no end in sight, crude prices rising over 30 percent in the last four months while the world is awash in oil, and… silence. Maybe I missed it. Has Obama asked again “whose ass do I kick”? I didn’t think so.

So what has Obama done to secure our energy supply? Well he’s banned drilling in the offshore waters of our country and we now have less domestically produced oil and those oil rigs have moved on to friendlier countries. But at least we won’t have leaks in the gulf anymore… what’s that?... Russians and Cuban’s are drilling there instead!... then who does he kick when they have a leak? And then he closed off huge tracts of Alaskan land to drilling in order to save the Polar bears (without oil rig workers what are the Polar bears going to eat?) And just last week he had his EPA rescind an already approved permit for a new coal mine, but only after the mine owners had already made the investment to harvest the coal (keep this up and in ten years kids won’t even know what a “coal miner’s daughter” is). That’s sure to scare off any new mine development and help us achieve energy independence.

So what’s his energy plan? Well it’s green energy of course! And why do they call it “green” energy in the first place. Because it’ll cost all of us a lot more green. But Obama said he’s going to make us the green energy leaders… what’s that?... China is the leader in green energy equipment… and they’re smart enough to make the machinery but not use it… they just sell it to us so they have more oil for their own country and economy… that’s pretty smart. Too bad Obama didn’t think of that one! By the way, don’t you wish you had a gallon of gas for every time a Democratic governor said they were going to make their state the leader in green energy production.

Does green energy have a future? Maybe, but it’s way in the future. This is the United States of America. It’s not part of the American psyche to pay a lot more and get a lot less. To prove their point, the “global warming”, “climate change”, or whatever they call themselves this week fear mongers have found their true champion in Barack Obama. Finally they have a president who, if they can’t make their green energy more cost effective than carbon fuels and nuclear power, is more than happy to artificially inflate prices to make their economic case all while bringing our gross domestic product down to say that of… well… Kenya for example.

I’d like to stay and talk about how Obama and Company are trying to enact “cap and trade” through executive fiat but I want to be first in line at the gas station when they start rationing.

THE REAL REASON WHY OBAMA IS CONSIDERING TO DRILL FOR OIL

President Obama's proposal to open vast expanses of American coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling drew criticism from both sides in the drilling debate.

The office of John Kerry, who has staked out a key role shepherding climate legislation, sends over a statement saying that offshore drilling — which Obama announced he’s moving forward on — could help get 60 votes in the Senate for climate change legislation.

Kerry spokesperson Whitney Smith emails:“President Obama once again today reaffirmed his commitment to passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation.

“In the difficult work of putting together a 60 vote coalition to price carbon, Senator Kerry has put aside his own long-time policy objections and been willing to explore potential energy sources off our coasts as part of a suite of alternative solutions. He and his colleagues are committed to find acceptable compromises on onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration, conducted in an environmentally sensitive manner that protects the interests of the coastal states.

“They’ve met with Senators who oppose drilling and those who support it and they’ve worked for months to determine the best solutions.”

Kerry and Senator Lindsey Graham are developing climate change legislation that they hope will attract bipartisan support in the Senate. As the statement above suggests, Kerry believes that drilling could help win over some GOP support for this approach.

But the question remains: Which Republican Senators can be persuaded to support even a “compromise” version of climate change legislation? http://tinyurl.com/ylxc4t4