The Lack of National Pride on the Left.

The one thing that sets Americans apart from the rest of the world is mobility. When Henry Ford took the idea of interchangeable parts to the next level with the invention of the assembly line and gave the gift of mass production to the world, the result was extremely affordable transportation for the masses. People were no longer constrained by geography, and the age of mobility was born.

It is no mere coincidence that the petroleum industry was born at approximately the same time that the automobile was conceived. Natural petroleum seeps had been known to mankind for thousands of years prior to the automobile. They were thought by many to have medicinal value and were applied to wounds to speed healing, and truth be told, that wasn't too far off the mark. And so the natural seeps were revered as a gift from God.

It was used for lighting into the nineteenth century along with whale oil. But it was the age of mobility that caused the ravenous thirst for fuel for that mobility. Serendipitous as it was, oil  was discovered quite by accident in great abundance while drilling for water in Titusville Pennsylvania and it turned out to be the fuel of choice for mankind's new found mobility. And voila, it was the birth of the modern petroleum industry.

The extreme intrinsic value of a highly mobile society wasn't lost on the politically savvy. Hitler capitalized on that value. He honed the idea into a razor-sharp military machine. "Blitzkrieg" as Hitler called it comes from Middle High German and it literally means "lightning attack"; aptly named for the speed of overwhelming force by which Germany took control of enemy territory.


And in like fashion, the politically powerful of today are seeking to control the masses by controlling our mobility. They seek to make purchasing energy for mobility so expensive as to restrict mobility itself. This is the insane and warped reasoning behind the whole "Cap and Trade" ideology. It is a blitzkrieg of a different kind, but the intent and the desired result is the same; subjugation of the masses. It really doesn't have anything to do with environmentalism, or saving the planet. It isn't even about filling their coffers or lining their pockets or balancing budgets, social justice, or the redistribution of wealth. It is all about controlling the mobility of the freest people that God has ever graced this planet with; You!


There is an abundance of modern scientific evidence that refutes the notion promulgated by the left which postulates that there is only a finite amount of naturally occurring crude oil in the ground. The fact is that oil is still being formed today at a fairly fast pace. There is no shortage of oil in the ground. The only shortage we experience is that of will power to overcome the self-imposed limitations on exploration and development of our own oil resources here at home.

Live free or die trying is more than a slogan, it is who we are. It is what we are. It defines us. It sets us apart from all who have been before. Our mobility is why we are the envy of the world. It is why others covet our freedom. That is why even those who espouse unbridled disdain for us would secretly love to come and live here. It is also why those of us already here that preach against our values, simply do not pick up and go anywhere else on the planet to live out days. They talk out of both sides of there necks. Their mouths say one thing, while their actions (or lack thereof) says the opposite; hypocrites every last one.


I for one, know I am free and how that came to be. I make no apologies to anyone for daring to live free or die trying. How about you? Are you proud to be here? Are you proud to be an American? Are you proud to be one of the most free people on the planet? If you aren't perhaps you should look elsewhere for an oppressive regime to live under.