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Eliminating Dependence on Foreign Oil

Taken from an email floating around the internet.....

Once upon A time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. 

Congress said,
"Someone may steal from it at night."
So they created a night watchman  position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said,
"How does the watchman do His job  without instruction?"
So they created a planning department and  hired two people, one person to write the Instructions, and one  person to do time Studies.

Then Congress  said,
"How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks  correctly?"
So they created a Quality Control department  and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write The reports.

Then Congress Said,
"How are these  people going to get paid?"
So they created two  positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer, then hired two  people.

Then Congress Said,
"Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an administrative officer, assistant administrative officer, and a legal secretary.

Then Congress said,
"We  have had this command In operation for one Year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cut back."
 
So they laid off the night Watchman.

Does anybody remember the reason given for establishing the Department of Energy..... During the Carter Administration?  We've spent several hundred  billion dollars in Support of an agency....the reason for which Not one person who reads this can Remember!

The  Department of Energy was instituted on  8/04/1977, to lessen our dependence on foreign oil.  33  Years later the budget for this "Necessary" department is at $24.2 billion a year.  It has 16,000 federal employees and approximately 100,000 contract employees. 

33 Years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign Imports.  Today 70% of our oil consumption Is foreign imports.

The USS Cole

‎10 years ago today, two Al Qaeda terrorists pulled alongside the USS Cole during a routine refueling and detonated a suicide bomb. It was the deadliest attack on a United States naval vessel since 1987. 17 sailors were killed. 39 more were wounded. The 17 sailors who died left behind 11 children. Never forget
the names of the fallen who gave their lives in service to our country. 

1. Electronics Technician 1st Class Richard Costelow
2. Mess Management Specialist Lakina Francis
3. Information Systems Technician Tim Guana
4. Signalman Seaman Recruit Cherone Gunn
5. Seaman James McDaniels
6. Engineman 2nd Class Mark Nieto
7. Electronics Warfare Technician 3rd Class Ronald Owens
8. Seaman Recruit Lakiba Parker
9. Engineman Fireman Joshua Parlett
10. Fireman Apprentice Patrick Roy
11. Electronics Warfare Technician Kevin Rux
12. Petty Officer 3rd Class Ron Santiago
13. Operations Special 2nd Class Timothy Sanders
14. Fireman Gary Swenchonis Jr
15. Ensign Andrew Triplett
16. Seaman Apprentice Craig Wibberly
17. Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Kenneth Clodfelter.

The Road We Are Traveling

Stuart Chase, a principle author of the New Deal, outlined the following steps to pushing the progressive agenda. (Outlined in his book "The Road We Are Traveling")

1. Strong, centralized government
2. Powerful Executive at the expense of Congress and the Judicial
3. Government controlled banking, credit and securities exchange
4. Government control over employment
5. Unemployment insurance, old age pensions
6. Universal medical care, food and housing programs
7. Access to unlimited government borrowing
8. A managed monetary system
9. Government control over foreign trade
10. Government control over natural energy sources, transportation and agricultural production
11. Government regulation of labor
12. Youth camps devoted to health discipline, community service and ideological teaching consistent with those of the authorities
13. Heavy progressive taxation.

Sound Familiar?