The "Do-Nothings"...

"It is okay to do nothing, as long as look cool while doing it..."

Someone once asked me if I had trouble coming up with topics to write about. My simple answer was "no" - in fact, there is so much to write about today, I have trouble doing only one or two articles a day.

I get a kick out of hearing people talk about Congress as the "do-nothing" Congress. I think quite often they do too much. Besides all of which, the Administration has told us repeatedly they will use Executive Actions to get things done - in other words, government by fiat.

Lets discuss the real "do-nothings" in Washington - our Administration. For the purposes of this posting, I will address only one issue - energy.

• Through practically NO HELP at all from he Administration, for the first time is decades our country is now producing more oil than it imports. If our "do-nothings" in the Administration had granted leases on more public land, more offshore drilling, AND authorized the X-L Keystone Pipeline, think of how much better our energy picture could be right now. 
• Today in the paper was an article about a subject we have not seen as of late - the temporary storage of spent nuclear rods. The "Wizards of Smart" in the Administration have given us a puzzle with no solution. First, they want to regulate the coal fired power plants out of business. That is where we get about 1/4 of our electricity. Next, they refuse to finish the long term storage facility at Yucca Mountain. All our nuclear reactors are stuck with temporary storage solutions - a disaster waiting to happen. Besides, no new reactors are being built. So, with a diminished coal industry, and a hampered nuclear industry, our electrical needs keeps growing like crazy. No solution to this problem from the "do-nothings" - except to pour good money after bad into inefficient, bird killing windmills.
• Planes, trains and automobiles. Our airlines are doing okay for right now. The "do-nothings" have not screwed this one up yet. How about trains? The American people have spoken with a loud voice - WE DON'T WANT THEM!. They are great for hauling freight, but not people. Hello? Remember Amtrak? Anybody need a better example? I will give you Northern Lights Express that Congress is going to help pay for. A train from the Twin Cities to Duluth. A train to nowhere. We don't want it . We always have been, and will continue to be, a nation of cars and hi-ways. The "do-nothing" social engineers hate that system and will continue to try and "change us".

I hope the next time we have a major election, more people really pay attention. We need real solutions to real problems. Recently, all we seem to get are solutions in search of  problems. Instead of "do-nothings" in the Administration, lets replace them with followers of "do the right thing" mantra. Anybody can do nothing, but we need somebody to do something (the right way).