http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jun/11/brent-batten-oil-spill-drill-gulf-bp/
Once again, Ol Battin' a Thousand comes out with a puerile and punky piece of punditry squarely in the Nanny Nanny Boo Boo tradition. How many barrels of ink, one wonders, have been squandered on his scrawling.
My refutation of his feeble logic follows. Note the smarmy nature of his false premise, a standard feature of little boys who spend their days building straw men and tearing them apart:
"A favorite pastime of the left of late is to gleefully observe that they’re not hearing much from the “drill baby, drill” crowd these days."
Poor Binary Brett. Everything must be right or left, black or white, on or off, 1 or 0. No wonder his little lizard brain seizes on the gaudy nonsense peddled by the Cheneys and Palins. I'm not saying he robs from them, mind you. Only that the sentiments they voice are so rudimentary and simplistic, so chest-thumpingly self-interested, that those whose brain pans are too small to contain the notion of ambivalence or gradation or relativity become natural allies, sycophants and cheerleaders for the worst impulses of human nature.
All the while, of course, claiming the "high road" of morality and responsibility and grown-up-edness.
Your premise is absolutely false, Brent. I have many -- I mean MANY -- conservative friends who are upset and disgusted beyond measure with BP and Palin and the whole "free oil, come and drill for it" mentality. There is no right-left divide on this one, and your statement to the contrary reveals -- again -- your deep-seated and abiding bias against, I'm guessing, the smart kids who always laughed at your attempts to guess the answer in class.
And even if there were such a thing as a monolithic "left wing" representing a clear line on the issue, you are being disingenuous (as only you can be) and smarmy by suggesting that those upset by the mess BP made are "gleefully observing" as a "favorite pastime."
Let me make it clear for you, you superficial hack: We are sick beyond words at what has happened. We accept our complicity in the events that brought us here; we should have worked harder to elect politicians who would lead us away from the path of cheap thrills and subsidized energy and toward the future Jimmy Carter pointed to more than 30 years ago. Your type, led by Reagan, laughed at him. Instead of acting sensibly, the faction you represent made a mockery of fuel efficiency standards and gave us the reign of the land yacht and the McMansion. We couldn't stop you, and for that we'll take the blame.
But how dare you suggest that what we feel today is remotely related to pleasure or mirth. You are one sick individual to suggest such a thing, and the fact that you do only proves to me that you're what I have always suspected you to be: A hillbilly who wandered into a place you don't understand and proceeded to trash it beyond repair.
It is true that I have taunted you to come out and tell us how your pro-drilling stance would play in today's climate. That you chose to offer the tripe above as your defense marks you as nothing if not consistent. You can't help batting a thousand. Your streak is intact.
