About this episode
Mike BoydThe Russia/Ukraine conflict is not an easy one to figure out. Most American’s are under the impression that if Russia wanted to, they could basically annihilate Ukraine. But for reasons that will remain a puzzle for now, they seem to be prolonging the inevitable. Winston Churchill defined Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." No one’s quite sure what Russia’s endgame is in the Ukraine. They win some battles easily and have taken some big losses in some others.So far, the biggest consequence of the war for most American’s has been the steep increase in gas prices, to go with the already steep ones since Biden took office. As is often the case in world conflicts, the price of natural gas and crude oil go up. Crude oil is above the critical $100 a barrel price. That’s 5x higher than what it cost during the Trump presidency. Prices at most pumps have gone up nearly $2 a gallon…a tax that the ruling elite can absorb, but what about the underclass? Our poorest citizens often have to commute the farthest to get to work. On average, it means a $2,500 hit by the end of the year. In addition, natural gas prices have almost doubled since Biden took office. Biden and his like-minded lackeys are so beholden to the climate activist wing in the Democratic party, that they refuse to see the gathering gloom ahead of them. Inflation, which to a great degree hinges on fuel prices, is the top reason given by voters for Biden’s abysmal polling numbers.From cancelling major pipeline projects via executive order to refusing to schedule and hold court-ordered federal lease sales, to the implementation of an array of onerous new regulations at the Interior Department and the EPA, this administration has been waging war on the U.S. oil industry since literally the day it took office. We’ve chronicled Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s disdain for the average American, when she laughed at a reporters question about re-opening the Keystone Pipeline in the US once prices started to rise. She basically was saying that it was the Saudi’s fault, not the fact that the Keystone Pipeline was turned off during Biden’s first day in office. And just yesterday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttegieg was asked why he can’t turn the Keystone spigot back on, at least while the conflict lasts. He said it would be “galloping after permanent solutions to immediate short term problems.” And then
