Bipartisanship, Dems with no ideas

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Redux

As to spin doctors, I marvel at how the Bush White House has mastered the art.

And even when they say something that sounds good:

Originally Posted by George Bush in the State of the Union

"replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025."

"move beyond a petroleum-based economy and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past."

Guess what? Just kidding!

his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally.

"This was purely an example," Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said.

It was a sort of silly way to phrase it anyways, since oil is fungible.

[Riddil]

Well... IMHO (in-my-hyperbolic-opinion) the biggest reason the Dems are so quiet is b/c there's some serious in-fighting. We don't see the power struggle for the most part b/c if the Dems let on that there's multiple factions that can't agree then they'd lose even more support.

Which goes back to the sad truth that disagreeing with your party is seen as a BAD thing, when it should be the norm. Why should All Dems / Reps feel exactly the same on every single issue. Why does it seem that every vote on a major issue is polarized down party lines? Why can't Lieberman stand up and support the war, and at the same time a Republican senator announce he thinks it's a bad idea?

And yeah... even back in middle-school when I first learned of PAC's and lobbyists the thought that went through my head was... "how the hell can this be moral / legal / just?" And I'm still asking myself that question.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Guess what? Just kidding!

It gets better.

The Energy Department will begin laying off researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the next week or two because of cuts to its budget.
A veteran researcher said the staff had been told that the cuts would be concentrated among researchers in wind and biomass, which includes ethanol. Those are two of the technologies that Mr. Bush cited on Tuesday night as holding the promise to replace part of the nation's oil imports.