[Hoot Gibson]

So you do agree with me then on the point that there is a market for trying to find cheaper energy?

I agree with you on the second point: it could be argued from a purely economic standpoint that both of the two major parties contribute to this, and neither one of them are going to stop it, either be military, S.S., or Wel-fare. Period, the end.

You keep pointing to the left, proving that they do harm to our economy. I argue that both the left and the right both do harm, because they care less about the average American.

The proof is in the pudding, the last decade so the most billionaires ever in the world's history. However, the middle class american, shrinking... why, because of the policies of Bush and now Obama. Period, why is it so hard to understand that.

I could consider myself part of the tea party, but I have yet to hear one of them go after the military... why?

Instead, they will point to medicaide and S.S. and rightfully so, which makes me kind of like them.

When President Obama did the debt commission, I thought it was brilliant. You want to know why because both sides were ticked off. I thought that was the best solution for people like you and me.

But now I have gotten way off target and do appoligize for that.

So what is wrong with trying to use Propaine gas, nuclear energy instead of the other two, or use what Google is doing? I will tell you what is wrong not enough money will be made for those in charge and they would lose power over you and me.

There is no cheaper energy available than the sources that are being used today, so there is no "market" for developing alternative sources of energy. That market will exist when most companies conclude that energy prices, because of a diminishing supply, will rise predictably and allow alternative sources of energy to become competitive cost-wise with fossil fuels.

Our own federal government can continue to pursue ridiculous policies to make fossil fuels more expensive in our own country but all that will do is create jobs and wealth in China, India, and other countries led by people who have a better understanding of economics that Barrack Hussein Obama and those of a like mind.

Forgive me for saying so, but you sound like a Democrat trying to convince himself that there is no real difference between the two major parties. My problems with George W. Bush and the Republicans in Congress was that as the years passed, they began to spend money like the Democrats before them. However, the spending done under Obama, Reid, and Pelosi dwarfed the spending sprees of any previous administration or Congress, regardless of party. Everybody who voted for Obama or any Democratic House or Senate candidate in the 2008 or 2010 election shares the blame not only for the current economic mess but for the ones that Democrats have ensured are coming our way in the not-so-distant future.

Republicans have been, and continue to be, the lesser of two evils. So far, this Congress has been a big disappointment. The cuts being pushed by Republicans and portrayed by Democrats as draconian have been little more than symbolic. Even worse, the more experienced Republicans have begun to criticize the newly seated conservatives for not silently going along with the sham. I will not be satisfied until every Republican elected to Congress is a fiscal conservative. We can no longer afford to send big spenders to Washington - and if we do this country will not survive long.

As for the debt commission, you must be kidding. Appointing a commission is almost always an act of political cowardice. Politicians appoint commissions to avoid taking action or to provide political cover for unpopular actions that they want to take.

Tell me, what actions have been taken as the result of Obama naming the commission? Did it require a commission to determine that the federal government is collecting taxes at a rate of 20 percent of GDP and spending at a rate of 23 percent of the GDP, so current and projected spending rates are unsustainable?

It is only a matter of time before the misery index return to the levels seen in the four miserable years of the Jimmy Carter administration. Even if a grown-up wins the 2012 presidential election, it is going to take many years to recover from four years of gross negligence of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi.