Just Starting to Beat a Dead Horse...

I recently heard two things that the McCain camp put out to our "venerable" press. The senior Senator from Arizona expressed to his staff that after his "victory" on Mardi Gras that he would like to meet with conservative leaders and find a common ground. Now I may just be your simple scribe on this site but, I do remember the Senator campaigning recently as the true conservative in the Republican field. Now, correct me if I am wrong but if Mr. McCain is the true conservative why would he need to find "common ground" with conservatives? Just a thought.

Next thought: John McCain has said in speeches lately that part of his platform is to procure federal funding for companies that specialize or are willing to start researching "solutions" to our energy solutions. He wants to give millions of dollars of our money to companies to use to find new avenues for our needs. Sounds good right. Here is my thought on that intention. How much money and for how long are these companies going to get these monies. My simple conservative thought on this topic is, let the market bear. Let the free market dicate how these companies use their money - not ours - to find "solutions". If a company receives money from the federal government, who is keeping tabs? Why not give them more when they ask for it. And if they receive money, why should they actually use it to find the "solution"? Why should they not keep stringing the federal piggy bank along for more money? If they eventually find a "solution", what would be more profitable, federal money, or the public dollar? Again, just a thought.