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Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): With Sen. Barrack Obama all but declaring victory in securing the Democratic Party nomination, talk in Washington and among pundits elsewhere, has shifted to the discussion of Sen. Clinton as his running mate. As you may recall, in prior debates, both joked that the other could happily chose to be the Vice-President with the “Dream ticket” of either Hillary-Obama or Obama-Hillary.

Is Obama-Hillary a good idea? I argue - probably not. Read more »

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Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): I’ve been to Switzerland a number of times, representing the United States, before the UN and the various human rights organizations. Without question, however, this has got to be the most asinine thing I have heard yet come out of the “land of clocks and chocolate.”

At the request of the Swiss government, an ethics panel has weighed in on the “dignity of plants” and concluded that the arbitrary killing of flora is morally wrong. In other words - killing plants is murder. It’s morally wrong.

I’m not kidding. You go out and mow your grass - you’re no better than slaughtering people by the bushel… so must go this ludicrous argument of moral equivocation. By that standard - as a teenager - I killed more plants than worst tyrants combined. Actually ANY teenager who cut grass is by this standard a raving madman who has slaughtered innocent plans in the name of well-groomed lawns.

I was a weapon of mass mowing…

It is beyond the idiotic. Even for Switzerland…

A few years ago the Swiss added to their national constitution a provision requiring “account to be taken of the dignity of creation when handling animals, plants and other organisms.” No one knew exactly what it meant, so they asked the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology to figure it out. The resulting report, “The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants,” nearly gave me a brain aneurism.

A “clear majority” of the panel adopted what it called a “biocentric” moral view, meaning that “living organisms should be considered morally for their own sake because they are alive.” Thus, the panel determined that we cannot claim “absolute ownership” over plants and, moreover, that “individual plants have an inherent worth.” This means that “we may not use them just as we please, even if the plant community is not in danger, or if our actions do not endanger the species, or if we are not acting arbitrarily.”

And by the way - you Vegitarians are the worst of all - consuming the bodies of living organisms in your morally reprehensible manner. Here all this time you thought you were above the vicious savages that have characterized us meat-eaters. Well the Swiss see you no better than Pol Pot!

I don’t know what we do now. If you can’t eat meat and you can’t eat plants… I’m interested in what the Swiss believe is a morally sustainable diet.

Oh by the way - in Geneva, there are excellent restaurants - one in particular I’m thinking of is my favorite Le Chat-Botté - which serves exquisite French cuisine made from, yep you guessed it, meat and plants.

I suppose my Cigar smoking is even more reprehensible… I’m burning plant carcases for my personal amusement… so I suppose I shouldn’t do that either from the balcony of the restaurant, watching the sun setting over Lake Geneva.

Good grief - what idiotic thing to do. Clearly the issue is about property rights and regulatory control - but still - it’s beyond stupidity.

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US Economy

Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): To drill or not to drill oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been debated since the 1970s. The time to drill is now.

Many polls have indicated a majority of Americans favor not drilling in the ANWR. Overnight, the national average price Americans pay to gas up rose 0.4 cent overnight to a record $3.603 a gallon, according to a survey of stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.

Recently, OPEC President Chakib Khelil said he does not rule out oil prices reaching $200 a barrel, even though supply is adequate, because the market is driven by the dollar’s slide, Algerian government newspaper El Moudjahid reported on Monday.

If that happens, gas could reach $8 to $10 per gallon. Most agree drilling for oil in the ANWR will not end our dependence on foreign oil, but it will put a dent in it. Some oil companies have said the oil taken from the ground there wouldn’t reach the market for 10 years. So now is the time to drill for the future.

We cannot ignore this anymore. The United States HAS to improve its domestic oil production capability - including drilling for ANWR. By refusing to drill - we’ve decided to punish our economy and the American consumer. Read more »

POTUS 2008

Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): First she wants to date Abraham Lincoln. Now apparently she’s thinks Limbaugh - because of Operation Chaos - has a thing for her! (Albeit jokingly).

I’m telling you - it’s the vast left-wing conspiracy… first they’ll take out Honest Abe… then el Rushbo! Read more »