The TP, which has notably supported a libertarian agenda (no federal government intervention except in cases of force or fraud), has also been an exponent of "drill baby drill!" Where will the oversight come from to ensure our oil, our fishing grounds, our air, and our drinking water are not destroyed by greedy foreign invaders ( British Petroleum, Shell Oil, Exxon... ) if not from the federal government, supported by the nation's taxes?
The TP chants mantras such as "States' Rights First," and "No Federal Taxes," yet we wonder which state should have been in charge of BP's oil drilling out in the "gulf stream waters?" Louisiana? Mississippi? Texas? Florida? Alabama? Maybe a Confederacy of Southern states should form a separate government and take charge... oh, wait a minute. We tried that about 7 score and ten years ago. I was only a lad back then, but it didn't work out too well from what I remember... we ended up with a million or so dead American youth and little or no resolution of the seething conflict; A festering conflict that may be at the root of the incredible violence in modern America.
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