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.