Today on MSNBC's Morning Joe, the Republican host said the government should simply order, Mafia-style, car manufacturers to make only Prius-like vehicles, because of the alleged urgent need for "energy independence." Everyone in public life--ecept the heroic Ron Paul--seems to take the neocon line on oil autarky: imports are evil, especially if they come from Muslims who--mirabile dictu--do not appreciate Protestant domination.

Needless to say, there is nothing wrong, and everything right, about international trade. There is nothing wrong, and everything right, about Arabs living at non-Gaza standards. Eschew the neocon hatemongers. Energy Fortress Amerika is a bad idea, and is designed in part to divert our eyes from the role of the Fed counterfeiting gang.