But one of those coastal elites has finally had enough, saying now that "U.S. energy policy today has to be the arsenal of democracy" and the "engine of economic growth" that will some day make possible a "transition to a low-carbon economy."

It only took seven months of brutal warfare financed by Russian oil profits made possible by Presidentish Joe Biden's war on domestic energy production, but Thomas Friedman has joined Donald Trump and Sarah Palin in the "Drill, Baby, Drill!" fan club.

And Friedman did it on the opinion page of the Left's Holy of Holies: The opinion page of the The New York Times.

Can you fracking believe it?

You remember Thomas Friedman, don't you? He's the author and New York Times columnist who once admitted longing for Beijing-style authoritarianism right here at home.