We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
Obviously, the war in Iraq was not for oil, because we aren't taking any. Instapundit makes a semi-tongue-in-cheek case that we should go to war for oil. Look where the profits are going...here.
Unfortunately our leaders are not smart enough or ruthlessness enough to do this.
Neither are they smart enough to work towards energy independence from our enemies. No domestic oil drilling, no new nuke plants. Just a lot of hot air (not turning a turbine).