When electricity is unaffordable

I`m usually not such a pessimistic person, but the actions taken by Obama`s administration toward the energy producers in this country are quite frankly convincing me that few, if any middle class workers will ever really get to retire.
In his second inaugural speech, Obama blames crippling droughts and powerful storms on carbon emissions (which in turn cause global warming), and he plans to greatly curtail them. His primary target is coal-fired power plants, the largest provider of electrical power in the country. The plan is to have the EPA regulate these plants out of existence or at least to cause a huge jump in prices where they would fall in line with what it costs to produce power from solar or wind-driven generators. It doesn`t seem to matter that we do not have these solar or wind-driven generators in place; those are just details.
My friends, that`s four to six times what it is costing us now. Natural gas is an option, but the price is always volatile (huge price per Million British Thermal Units - MBTU) when in demand, plus it is a fossil fuel and doesn`t fit in to Obama’s environmental legacy. Of course we are not the only country to use coal as a fuel to create electricity. China, India, Russia and Brazil also use coal to produce electricity with little if any pollution controls. Pollution controls cost a tremendous amount of money to install and maintain and use a lot of power to make them work. Obama asked these other countries to agree to carbon emission restrictions, but they declined. What a surprise. Well at least Obama and Al Gore will be able to sit around in their air conditioned houses 10 years from now and wonder (but not care) what the poor people are doing.      
•“PETA” has assured people there is no truth to the rumor there would be elephants at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie`s wedding. No wildlife at all. Well if you don`t count the six children. The way I see it, it`s none of “PETA’s” business what they do. Expect Jolie to buy another couple of children before they wed in May. She might have not realized it at the time, but Jennifer Aniston was so lucky she avoided this train wreck, meaning Brad Pitt.
•Eric Holder claims the government has the right to kill Americans on their native soil without due process. Best I can remember, that is exactly what happened in Waco about 20 years ago. Gee, Holder was involved there too.
•State Senator Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, has filed a bill to require taking an “anger management course” before an individual can purchase a certain amount of ammunition. The certification would have to be renewed every 10 years. Are you kidding? What a waste of time. And you still wonder why gun owners are paranoid?
•I know we can`t require testing a person for “minimal skills” before allowing them to vote. That would eliminate too many Democratic core voters, but shouldn`t we have something in place for the people running for office? Maxine Waters, D-California, wrongly declared if the sequester is allowed to happen we would lose 170 million jobs in this country.  The problem is there are only 134 million jobs in this country. Who am I kidding? If we actually tested for job placement, Joe Biden would be an assistant ditch digger.
•At dinner over the weekend, the ladies ordered a drink that was prepared at the table. The first ingredient was “dry ice.” I`m not sure what else was put in the concoction, but what it reminded me of was a toss-up. It was either an intro to “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple or a witch’s caldron, bubbling and turning. The women claimed the drinks were wonderful; I stuck with ice water being the safe and responsible person I am.
•With all of this talk and actual fights of drones patrolling different parts of this country, it`s amazing how quiet the ACLU is. It`s funny how the ACLU and NOW have nothing to say when there is a liberal in office.