There’s so much news today and so little time…*sigh* Seems the monkeys that run the country have decided we’re almost close to energy independence.
Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would “startle” most Americans,
President Bush on Monday outlined his energy proposals to help wean the country off foreign oil.Less than half the crude oil used by refineries is produced in the United States, while 60 percent comes from foreign nations, Bush said during the first stop on a two-day trip to talk about energy.
Some of these foreign suppliers have “unstable” governments that have fundamental differences with America, he said.
“It creates a national security issue and we’re held hostage for energy by foreign nations that may not like us,” Bush said.
Bush is focusing on energy at a time when Americans are paying high power bills to heat their homes this winter and have only recently seen a decrease in gasoline prices.
Of course, this makes me want to say “Of course, you schmuck, that’s why we’re taking over Iraq!” But then I realize that we’re there to institute democracy and have no other interest than that. Who needs their oil anyway? We just want them to have an democratic puppet government society. Nothing wrong with that, right?
Bush, who likes to fly all over the country in his private jet and rides in a big ol’ black SUV that is protected by a fleet of big ol’ black SUVs (just to sell us on his poorly thought-out policies) has decided that cleaner fuel is better fuel. I wonder how he was transported to this little shindig…hmmm…Perhaps a horse and buggy?
One of Bush’s proposals would expand research into smaller, longer-lasting batteries for electric-gas hybrid cars, including plug-ins. He highlighted that initiative with a visit Monday to the battery center at Milwaukee-based auto-parts supplier Johnson Controls Inc.
Don’t worry, though, you who loves your gas guzzling SUV. There’s still something in all of this for you.
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., questioned Bush’s energy policies Monday, saying the administration also supports subsidies for luxury SUVs.
“This single tax subsidy dwarfs anything being done for hybrid batteries,” Markey said in a news release.
Our oil-baron prez wants to kiss up to the gas-poor, but isn’t forgetting about his real power base. What’s the use of invading Iraq if we don’t have something to put all of that oil into? Well, that just doesn’t make any darned sense. I know I would be lost without my Hummer and it’s 3 t.v.s I can get around the block twice before I have to fill up again. Nuttin’ wrong with that.
Now, in completely related news:
The Energy Department said it has come up with $5 million to immediately restore jobs cut at a renewable energy laboratory President George W. Bush will visit on Tuesday, avoiding a potentially embarrassing moment as the president promotes his energy plan.
It’s a little too late for that now, isn’t it? Of course, GW doesn’t like to read the papers (and probably doesn’t know one .com from the other) probably doesn’t know of the disaster that he narrowly avoided.
Bush proposed spending millions more dollars in renewable energy research. However, Democratic lawmakers and environmentalists questioned the administration’s commitment when jobs were being eliminated at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado.
Don’t worry. They’ll have another couple of weeks to get jobs at the local Wal-Mart. Afterall, it’s highly unlikely that the media will check back in to see if those people still have their jobs. It’s kind of like someone picking up the clutter in their house for an important visitor, sticking it in the closet, then going back to normal when the visitor is gone. Especially since we all know the visitor really doesn’t care if they’re actually doing the research, as long as it looked that way when he was there.
It’s so refreshing to see that nothing is really going to change.
UPDATE:Bush Blames Cuts at Energy Lab on Mix-Up
“Sometimes, decisions made as the result of the appropriations process, the money may not end up where it was supposed to have gone,” Bush said.
“My message to those who work here is we want you to know how important your work is. We appreciate what you’re doing and we expect you to keep doing it, and we want to help you keep doing it.”
“Oh, and to those that were supposed to lay those fuckers off after my whirlwind tour, you’re fired. Heh.”
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