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It has become more and more apparent that Barack Hussein Obama and the people who run him will go to great lengths to scrub the media to keep his image squeeky clean.  And if you really needed any more proof that the mainstream press is in the tank for the guy, check this one out.  A few days back I posted about Obama’s Militia, about his call during a speech in Colorado for a national civilian security force.  The internet has been abuzz about it since.  Well, that isn’t the kind of buzz the Obama handlers want.  After all, they’ve got a rookie on their hands, and sometimes he runs off at the mouth.  So, scrub the media.

The stunning comments from Democrat Sen. Barack Obama that the United States needs a “civilian national security force” that would be as powerful, strong and well-funded as the half-trillion dollar United States Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force have mysteriously disappeared from published transcripts of the speech.

In the comments, Obama confirmed the U.S. “cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set.”

Campaign officials have declined to return any of a series of WND telephone calls over several days requesting a comment on the situation. Nor have they posted a transcript of the speech on their website.

But transcripts posted at both the Wall Street Journal and Denver Post do not have the critical comment that has raised such concern.

I just checked the link in my post, and the Chicago Tribune article I originally linked to has been changed to a text that doesn’t include any reference to the “national security force” language.  Blatant.  Can you imagine what the answer would be if George Bush went to the media and said “hey look, I got a little carried away in my speech the other day, so would you mind removing the embarrassing part, and let’s just pretend I didn’t say it”?  Yeah, like that’d ever happen.

Here’s the YouTube video of the speech.  Check it out before they take it down.  He really did say it, at 16:50 into the speech.

Speaking of political bullcrap that doesn’t solve the problem, did you notice this little piece of news this morning?

Spiraling corn prices have squeezed profits and stressed the U.S. ethanol industry in recent months - a phenomenon that threatens to destroy hope that American farmers could help end the country’s dependence on oil imported from hostile nations.

So let’s see now, the government meddled in the corn market, promising the people it would solve the oil crisis, and promising Big Corn scads of money and favors.  Only now, the law of unintended consequences comes and bites them all in the butt, because it doesn’t change the oil situation and the Big Corn isn’t making money anymore (despite all the taxpayer dollars they’re sucking in).  Imagine that.

In June, VeraSun Energy, one of the country’s largest ethanol producers, recently delayed opening three new ethanol plants because of “volatility in the market,” and a Citigroup analyst predicted last month that nearly three-quarters of U.S. ethanol plants could face a possible shutdown in coming months as profit turns negative.

“One of the main reasons for high ethanol prices is that the cost of the feed stock has been soaring,” said Jerry Taylor, senior policy analyst at the D.C.-based Cato Institute. “When corn prices go up, its going to make it more expensive for an ethanol processor to make ethanol from corn.”

By the way, it makes food more expensive too.  But what the heck, the world runs on fuel not food.  Be quiet you whiners.  The government has this all figured out

“If you’re dependent on oil from overseas, you have a national security issue,” Mr. Bush said at the International Renewable Energy Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “The vast majority of ethanol is coming from corn, and that’s good. That’s good if you’re a corn grower. And it’s good if you’re worried about national security. I’d rather have our corn farmers growing energy than relying upon some nation overseas that may not like us.”

The government spends roughly $7 billion in ethanol subsidies annually. Yet as food prices skyrocket, the prospect of corn ethanol becoming a significant alternative to foreign oil is diminishing.

That’s a problem.  I’ve got an idea.  Let’s start importing  ethanol!  Yeah!

As corn and ethanol prices skyrocketed, cheaper sugar-based ethanol from Brazil has become competitive in the U.S. market, despite a 54-cent-a-gallon import tariff.

“After the price of ethanol gets over about $2.50 per gallon, it still pays for Brazil to export ethanol to the United States,” said Joel Velasco, chief U.S. representative of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association.

“With prices in the U.S. approaching $3 per gallon, despite the fact that we have to pay about 50 to 60 cents of tariff coming in, it is still worthwhile to export.”

Current prices for ethanol in the United States average roughly $3 per gallon. Mr. Velasco said that if prices remain high, Brazil will boost its production with the expectation of exporting to the United States.

They can make it in Brazil, have a big tariff added to it, then ship it thousands of miles and still make a profit?  And we can’t grow it here and make a profit?  Hmmm… I smell the heavy hand of Big Government screwing up yet another part of the American economy. Who would’ve imagined we’d become dependent on foreign ethanol too?

All snark aside, this is an eye opening article, and if you’ve never paid much attention to the whole ethanol thing you might look at it.  I doesn’t matter which party is waving the magic wand passing the laws, saying the magic words making promises to the American people, and spreading the fairy dust big gobs of taxpayer money around.  If the answer is Big Government, the answer is WRONG.

Obviously, the plan calls for more Democrats.  This, from Ann Coulter

That’s the Democrats’ plan to run cars on biofuels, solar and wind power: Then a miracle happens. The current Democratic mantra on energy is: “We can’t drill our way out of this problem.” Apparently their plan is to talk our way out of this problem.

Of course.  Barack Miracleworker Obama wants to talk our way out of Iraq, and Nancy Pelosi, the worst Speaker in history, wants to talk our way out of the oil crisis.  I guess that explains one of the reasons they don’t like Bush… he can’t speak miracles into existence because he talks like some southern hick oilman.  Now I get it.  That also explains why they loved Bill but now hate Hilary.  He was a consumate bs’er.

Alright then.  More slick talking, miracle working Democrats it is then.  After all, what’s a little $5 or $6 gas when you’ve got a guy who gives you a thrill up your leg?