The American Spectator

Whenever I read an American Political magazine, whether left or right, I invariably come of the effort thanking God that I am not like those lesser benighted breeds. I actually fancy myself superior-it is the only situation where I may. I am Pierce Brosnan to Maynard Eziashi's Mister Johnson, and if I look down on these squabblers patronizingly, well, what of it? It is the odder publications, left and right, of which I speak, and you know them by their spotty thinking. Seriously, reading such stuff constricts the thorax. Consider The American Spectator: http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13161 The Candidates and Oil By Roger Kaplan Published 5/6/2008 12:08:00 AM blah, blah, blah... WHAT IS TO PREVENT US from seizing the oil fields? The U.S. Army can solemnly announce that it will not take a dime from their exploitation beyond operating costs, and surely there are economists who can figure out how to set up a distribution system that will not wreck the world's oil markets, with all the ramifications that would bring about. I am in particular thinking of what a provisional neo-colonial administration of the Gulf's oil resources might do to Africa's booming oil industries. For what it is worth, the European dependence of Russian oil will be lessened by our seizure of the Middle East's reserves. Price controls fail. However, this is not a matter of price controls but of replacing a cartel run by tyrants with a commission that, notwithstanding your private thoughts about the U.S. government, will still be overseen by the U.S. government. Which has got to be better than a committee of Caribbean caudillos and Saudi princes....blah, blah, blah. You cannot but admire this. First, one must ask oneself if the writer is speaking of the future or the past. If the future, then why is the writer seemingly ignorant of Iraq? Secondly, the faith that there are economists that can set up a distribution system that will not affect world markets is touching in its innocence. Just as pre-Iraq, General Sherman is held to be foolish old Aunt Pittypat when he said "War is Hell!" War is just a little remedial discipline. Thirdly, Darkies of all shades, Caribbean and Saudi, come in for their dressing down. Darkies trying to act like white folks! Just like poor Mister Johnson. There is no need to go on. The picture of the paradise of War on a global scale ( surely an army larger than present will be necessary) has to be seen to be believed, sort of like "The Mystery Spot" we used to stop at while vacation driving, where the force of gravity was mysteriously reversed in a crude hut built on the side of a mountain....or Ruby Falls, if the above reference is too arcane. Even Reverend Wright will say "God Bless America!" And we shall pray to the God of war, a God who will be very different from the God of those fellows stuck below decks...in "tight pack"...who inhabit the countries where once stood those oil wells.