Monday, July 14, 2008
There are a lot of dumbasses in Tennessee ...
There are a lot of dumbasses running around the state of Tennessee. One of 'em, a Mr. Bob Tuke, is running for the U.S. Senate. According to Tuke, if you want to blame someone for $4-a-gallon gas, blame Senator Lamar Alexander. Check out his yard sign (which, by the way, was illegally placed near an Interstate exit in South Nashville):
If I were standing face to face with Bob Tuke, I'd set him right straight about why gas prices are high. (I might even kick him in the nuts during the tutorial so's it would remained seared in his pea-sized brain.) This is what I'd tell him:
Gas prices are high because oil prices are high. And why are oil prices high? Tight global supplies, growing global demand, and a weak U.S. dollar.
Until oil prices went through the roof, Democrats like Tuke said nary a critical word 'bout the weak dollar (because a weak dollar makes U.S. exports cheaper). Is he now trying to blame Senator Alexander for America's weak currency? If so, has he forgotten that monetary policy is the purview of the U.S. Federal Reserve, not the U.S. Senate?
That said, does Tuke believe that Sen. Alexander is somehow responsible for the growing global demand for more crude oil? Does Tuke have recorded phone calls in which Alexander told the Chinese and Indians to "BUY MORE OIL!" ...?! Tuke's attempt to tie Lamar Alexander to the global increase in oil prices is nothing more than a pathetic political stunt. Pretty sad, if you ask me.
I've been following - and occasionally participating in - politics in Tennessee for some 15 years. During that time, I've come to this important conclusion: the only candidates who place yard signs along public highways (instead of in yards) are candidates who don't have a snowball's chance of being elected to anything. You know, like Bob Tuke.
If I were standing face to face with Bob Tuke, I'd set him right straight about why gas prices are high. (I might even kick him in the nuts during the tutorial so's it would remained seared in his pea-sized brain.) This is what I'd tell him:
Gas prices are high because oil prices are high. And why are oil prices high? Tight global supplies, growing global demand, and a weak U.S. dollar.
Until oil prices went through the roof, Democrats like Tuke said nary a critical word 'bout the weak dollar (because a weak dollar makes U.S. exports cheaper). Is he now trying to blame Senator Alexander for America's weak currency? If so, has he forgotten that monetary policy is the purview of the U.S. Federal Reserve, not the U.S. Senate?
That said, does Tuke believe that Sen. Alexander is somehow responsible for the growing global demand for more crude oil? Does Tuke have recorded phone calls in which Alexander told the Chinese and Indians to "BUY MORE OIL!" ...?! Tuke's attempt to tie Lamar Alexander to the global increase in oil prices is nothing more than a pathetic political stunt. Pretty sad, if you ask me.
I've been following - and occasionally participating in - politics in Tennessee for some 15 years. During that time, I've come to this important conclusion: the only candidates who place yard signs along public highways (instead of in yards) are candidates who don't have a snowball's chance of being elected to anything. You know, like Bob Tuke.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, July 14, 2008 
