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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (3091)	5/17/2001 11:59:42 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Junior George looked more stupid than usual today. He was trying to sell the ginsu-energy plan. A little slice, a little dice, and billions of dollars fall into the pockets of his daddy's buddies. Bush is a complete undisputed disgrace! TP

To: jlallen who wrote (3091)	5/18/2001 2:58:40 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

jlallen, TigerPaw is too kind in his words for Bush and his energy plan. The libertarian Cato Institute argued that the administration "is simply positioning itself to take credit for what the market is already busily accomplishing." Cato analyst Jerry Taylor said the nation is in a power plant construction boom, with 90,000 megawatts of new capacity to be available by 2002 and as much as 200,000 megawatts by 2004. "This will not only burst the electricity price bubble but will probably produce an electricity glut in the near future," Taylor said. He decried a "smorgasbord of handouts and subsidies for virtually every energy lobby in Washington." ------------ Not to worry, Bush has told us that there's environmental/conservation stuff in there... ---- And they argued that Bush's plan, by increasing reliance on fossil fuels, would increase global warming emissions by 35 percent over 20 years. ---- "In what is a truly cruel joke, the Bush plan would also use oil revenues from the Arctic refuge to pay for land protection and renewable energy programs," said William H. Meadows, president of the Wilderness Society. "That's like burning your furniture to heat your home." ---- Congress will take steps to allow consumers to sell power back to their local energy grids [There's a biggy! How much energy are you planning on selling back to the local energy grids jlallen?] ---- In his energy report, the page with a message from Vice President Cheney is stamped "Printed on Recyclable Paper," ------------ There's even something for the regurgitating morons... On Capitol Hill, reactions to Bush's fell predictably along party lines. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) pledged to start hearings immediately on the plan, which he praised as well-balanced. It's balanced -- I think it has something for everybody and it addresses the problems that should be addressed," said Thomas E. Capps, chairman of Dominion Resources Inc., the Richmond energy company that is Virginia's largest electricity supplier. washingtonpost.com Let's all start saying it's balanced ... well, we all won't, but I'm sure you will. And I'm sure we will all be hearing it's balanced quite a bit... jttmab