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AS HE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT, BARAK OMAMA SAYS, "PAY TEACHERS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE."

AS HE RUNS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, BARAK OMAMA SAYS THAT "TEACHERS SHOULD ACCEPT GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY."

AS I WATCH HIM RUNNING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY, I ASK OBAMA WHY TEACHERS SHOULD BE PAID MORE WHEN A PAGE TURNER COULD TEACH STUDENTS IF THEY CAME TO SCHOOL UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MUST LEARN OR GET OUT? I ASK HIM FOR A DEFINITION OF ACCOUNTABILITY. WILL TEACHERS WHO DO NOT MEET THE HIGHER STANDARDS BE TERMINATED LIKE STUDENTS WHO FAIL TO PERFORM? I ASK HIM IF WE WILL EVER RUN OUT OF "ACCOUNTABLE" TEACHERS.

THE ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION REVEALS THAT 90% OF AMERICA'S ENERGY COMES FROM 3 SOURCES, COAL, OIL AND NATURAL GAS WITH THE REMAINING 10% FROM ALL ALTERNATIVE FUELS COMBINED.

RUNNING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF REALITY ARE THE PRACTITIONERS
OF THE RELIGION OF ENVIRONMENTALISM, CENTERED ON THE TENET OF GLOBAL WARMING CAUSED BY HUMAN INTERVENTION. DEVOTEES SAY THAT A LARGER SHARE OF ENERGY MUST COME FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES IN YEARS TO COME.

I ASK WHY OUR CURRENT, ABUNDANT ENERGY SOURCES COULDN’T BE IMPROVED IN PRODUCTION, SAFETY, EFFICIENCY AND CLEANLINESS? I ASK WHY NUCLEAR ENERGY THAT POWERS MOST OF FRANCE BUT REPRESENTS ONLY 19% OF OUR ELECTRIC ENERGY HERE COULDN’T REPLACE SOME PERCENTAGE OF THE COAL (50%) OR NATURAL GAS (19%) THAT WE UTILIZE TODAY? WHY NOT FACE THE FACT THAT ALTERNATIVE RENEWABLE SOURCES IN 2005 PRODUCED ELECTRICITY FROM 6.5% HYROPOWER, 1.5% BIOMASS, 0.44% WIND, 0.36% GEOTHERMAL AND 0.01% SOLAR.

I ASK ENVIRONMENTALISTS WHY THE EXPENSIVE, THAT IS, NOT COST EFFECTIVE, ALTERNATIVE SOURCES CAN ONLY BE DISCUSSED ACCOMPANIED BY SUBSIDIES AND INCENTIVES ( GRANTS)? I ASK FOR COMMON SENSE AND MARKET DRIVEN SOLUTIONS WHAT STILL REMAINS A SCIENTIFICALLY UNPROVEN PROBLEM (GLOBAL WARMING). LASTLY, I ASK FOR A DEFINITION OF THE WORD "LARGER" BECAUSE THE PUNY PERCENTAGES THAT ACCOUNT FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES CAN NEVER BE MADE LARGE ENOUGH TO MATTER.

HINT: THE WAR OF CONTRADICTIONS IS WAGED ON TWO FRONTS - OBAMA'S AND THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS. NEITHER A POLITICIAN NOR AN ENVIRONMENTALIST FACES REALITY.