Another Bush Lie

[rory_20_uk]

The "clarification" that the original speech was merely the "noddy" version of policy to try to engage the general populace is to me very believable.

To reduce oil consumption by 75% seemed a extremely optimistic thing to say - although as he has no need to be in office when that year hits he might as well go ahead and say it.

Again, by "clarifying" that it was only the amount from the middle east that was to be reduced and not America's total - and the amount was purely figurative, and the amount as a percentage of the total from the middle east can in fact increase sounds reasonable.

Sure, it means that the initial speech was effectively meaningless - but it was a hell of a mot more interesting that the truth

[Major Robert Dump]

Hahaha. Classic. And they always get a court order, too

[KukriKhan]

Presidents since Nixon have promised, then extended the deadline for, "Energy Independence"

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/...jgwNTIwWj.html

Obviously desireable, apparently elusive.

[Major Robert Dump]

Maybe the administration can fork over a hundred million to the big-3 auto makers to develop a hybrid, like clinton did, only to have them piss the money away and have a japanese auto maker who didnt get any of the "research" money beat them to a hybrid.

[Xiahou]

I pretty much think that the domestic side of Bush's speech was unqualified crap. So, there ya go.

He proposes trimming the budget, then in almost the same breath lays out billions of dollars in new government handouts.... I'd go on, but the author of this article took the words out of my mouth (and put them better than I probably could).