They're in rare form in Washington lately:
- Bush is pushing ahead with raping some of our most pristine lands for their natural resources: Arctic Drilling . For a more detailed analysis of what they are planning: Oil on Ice
- Republicans have this distorted view that the environment will always recover from any damage we inflict on it. Rush is one of the strongest proponent's of this view. He's right in one sense ... the environment will recover ... but long after we are all dead. "The environment heals slowly -- we are destroying it rapidly."
- It is typical that when we are facing record gas prices, their first thought is to go look for more oil instead of getting at the root of the issue: our dependance on fossil fuels. There are many alternative energy sources that we don't take advantage of because our government is so in bed with special interests from big oil and the auto industry. And we continue to not take advantage of mass transit. Urban sprawl contributes to more gas usage, more pollution, disconnected neighborhoods, blight in our inner cities, etc. So many people and especially those in power have so little understanding how everything is related. They plan for next year instead of for the next 100 years. Countries in Europe have created test projects where entire towns or areas are given incentives for switching to more efficient/clean energy sources. And they've discovered that doing so has created benefits beyond just saving energy and the environment: whole new industries to support the new technologies.
- It's this lust for oil that has created the problem for us in the Middle East. We're getting in the middle of ethnic conflicts that we would not otherwise do if we didn't have an economic interest. And it's this meddling that is causing the very thing we are supposedly over there fighting: Imperial Hubris
- With a straight face, the government released a report saying that "...no Pentagon policy was responsible for abusive treatment of prisoners." This administration, even when faced with overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing, will never admit it.
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