When I heard that AFP [Americans for Prosperity] Colorado was holding a town hall meeting in Colorado Springs this evening, I believed that it would be a prime networking opportunity - and I was right!
The following panelists addressed a near-capacity audience: Jim Pfaff, Americans for Prosperity; Paul Prentice, PhD, Limited Government Forum, UCCS Economist; Colorado Rep. Marsha Looper; and Colorado Rep. Bob Gardner. The second part of the program was given over to questions and comments from the audience.
There appears to be a groundswell of public support for the following positions:
1. Arbitrary legislative and bureaucratic restrictions are driving up energy costs, diminishing the world food supply, and cheating the public of hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, of high-paying jobs in the energy industries.
2. Environmentalism has become a control issue, and is more about imposing socialism and making the people more dependent on government than about preserving our environment.
3. Science is almost incidental in the current controversy over climate change. Many thoughtful scientists do not agree with the dogma, and the high priest of global warming, Al Gore, is not even a trained scientist!
4. Our elected representatives are doing a poor job of serving the public interest. They're either sabotaging development of existing energy sources, or not fighting hard enough for the interests of the entire United States.
5. England, France, Japan, and other countries are well ahead of the USA in using nuclear power to generate electricity. But then, none of these countries produced hyper-traitors like Jane Fonda, who made a stupid movie called "The China Syndrome."
The town hall meeting went well, encouraging its organizers to start planning even larger events in the future. And I was impressed enough to add AFP Colorado to my blogroll, effective immediately.
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