The State of the Union and Groundhog's Day

[tnf]

Got this emailed to me...Although I think Groundhog's day is tomorrow (is it?), the point is still kind of funny...

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This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address occur on the same day.

As Air America Radio pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition of events:one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication while the other involves a groundhog."

[dzjepp]

Exactly. This years sotu was a bunch of bs we've all heard before.

[seremtan]

yeah apparently bush now thinks america should wean itself off its dependency on oil. middle eastern oil that is. instead they'll just control it and use it as a veto against europe, russia and china

but wouldn't it be cool if bush kept waking up to the same day, day after day, until he learned not to be a total cunt

[R00k]

http://www.alternet.org/story/31616/

I thought about posting it in the global warming thread, but this is a better fit.

[R00k]

It's funny, for a split second I almost found myself believing Bush when he talked about his energy innovation programs and tax credits.

Obviously it didn't take long to remember all the other BS he's promised in SotU's and campaign speeches. Still, for a split second I had a little bit of hope that our government could come up with a rational approach to a difficult situation. It made it that much worse when my Bush-induced cynicism pinched me awake again.

[Hannibal]

rational approach

[R00k]

Tell me about it, I leave my gut on auto-pilot for a split second and look what happens!

[Nightshade]

It's funny, for a split second I almost found myself believing Bush when he talked about his energy innovation programs and tax credits.

Obviously it didn't take long to remember all the other BS he's promised in SotU's and campaign speeches. Still, for a split second I had a little bit of hope that our government could come up with a rational approach to a difficult situation. It made it that much worse when my Bush-induced cynicism pinched me awake again.

He had a chance to do something substantive with that ~$11 billion energy bill he pushed through. Instead of taking some sort of action of the type he described last night, he had the provisions for increasing alternative fuels usage removed, and kept the most titanic of SUVs exempt from fuel economy standards. He's a lying prick.

[werldhed]

but wouldn't it be cool if bush kept waking up to the same day, day after day, until he learned not to be a total cunt

[R00k]

It's funny, for a split second I almost found myself believing Bush when he talked about his energy innovation programs and tax credits.

Obviously it didn't take long to remember all the other BS he's promised in SotU's and campaign speeches. Still, for a split second I had a little bit of hope that our government could come up with a rational approach to a difficult situation. It made it that much worse when my Bush-induced cynicism pinched me awake again.

He had a chance to do something substantive with that ~$11 billion energy bill he pushed through. Instead of taking some sort of action of the type he described last night, he had the provisions for increasing alternative fuels usage removed, and kept the most titanic of SUVs exempt from fuel economy standards. He's a lying prick.

Yea I already knew all of that. I think maybe the convergence of the impending oil problems with the thought of global warming, then actually hearing the president admit we are addicted to oil just......... ........... I plead temporary insanity.

[R00k]

Administration is already backing off the energy claims.
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashing ... ton_nation

Apparently what he "really meant" was that our goal was to reduce foreign imports by around 15% or so.

Why'd he specifically talk about being independent from the Middle East? Because that's what people wanted to hear:

Asked why the president used the words "the Middle East" when he didn't really mean them, one administration official said Bush wanted to dramatize the issue in a way that "every American sitting out there listening to the speech understands." The official spoke only on condition of anonymity because he feared that his remarks might get him in trouble.