The American Spectator

NOT TO BELABOR br> Re: Jay D. Homnick’s Appoint of Order, Please : /p> p>Mr. Homnick may be correct in his reasoning as to why “Condi” chose not to run. She’s repelled by the actuality of the running. Rubber chicken, mingling with the great unwashed, unpleasant scrutiny. All of that does sound daunting. But let’s get serious. Other than preside without strength over a pusillanimous State Dept. what credential does she offer? If we stipulate that she’s more learned than Mr. Obama, and certainly a lot more pleasant, we are still left with the unhappy fact that she’s never run anything very well or to much effect. Let her go her way, Joan of Arc she ain’t. br> — J.C. Eaton br> Wisconsin /p> p> WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE br> Re: George H. Wittman’s When a President Comes to Visit : /p>

If President Bush wanted to kowtow to leaders who are hostile to the ideas of American prosperity and security in order to beg them to allow more oil production, he could have simply addressed his request to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

p>Congressional Democrats have hamstrung domestic oil production for decades through their obstruction of new refinery construction (our last one went online in 1977), drilling proven domestic reserves and br> exploration for new reserves. Oil reserves in ANWR, the Gulf of Mexico and California could alleviate our current oil shortage, while new refinery capacity would break the bottleneck that causes seasonal br> shortages, but specious environmental concerns and luddite economics conspire to ensure that U.S. capital will continue to flow to despotic regimes which funnel it back into the global jihad. br> — Mike Harris br> MAJ, U.S. Army /p>

It’s long past time the United States gave these duplicitous bastards a choice: stop supporting a de facto cartel or start defending yourselves.

p>They should be glad someone like me isn’t president. I’d make ‘em the 51st state. br> — Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, FL /p>