tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post8063926009402618910..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Who would you rather see drill for oil off the coast of Florida: Brazil, China, Venezuela or the US?Steven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-71924391649930229602008-06-04T19:00:00.000-04:002008-06-04T19:00:00.000-04:00Never say, I did not say we should be working toge...Never say, I did not say we should be working together. Cooperation was possible with China, Cuba, Brazil and Venezuela and it still is! BP is doing it, and the Nowegians are doing it and they are not playing power politics. They are playing the game of mututal benefit without regard to the political orientation of the country. I do not see why we cannot do the same thing?<BR/><BR/>Easing the embargo on Cuba, while lifting our restrictions on drilling off our own coast. Getting Valero to take a more active role, and easing domestic demanding for natural gas through offshore wind and clean coal and alternative production at home for housing needs....Even if it means that it is worthwhile going into offshore areas around Russia where there is a shit load of untapped oil, or buying sugarcane from Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela in a sharing program. It is a hell of a lot better than being left out of all the important decisions that the world makes. We had a chance to make a great deal with the Indian oil companies and we let it go for political reasons....We have a chance to really assist in the development of the Americas if we take the pan-American approach of Jefferson or the good neighbor approach of FDR. That is why I was scraeming about chaning policy, I was hoping we would not have to see the the day when a big country or UNASUR decides it needs to protect its interests to the exlcusion of ours. Have we completely forgotten Jefferson's and FDR's policies? These words "peaceful commerce with all, entagling alliances with none..." does that mean anything anymore? How much prosperity and peace are we willing to sacrifice to maintain a hostile position toward our neighbors to the south?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com