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To: Brumar89 who wrote (74369)	1/19/2017 11:16:07 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86355

So all of the universities around the world are lying?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (74369)	1/19/2017 12:11:55 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 86355

Rick Perry regrets calling for abolishing his new dept: "My past statements made over five years ago about abolishing the Department of Energy do not reflect my current thinking," Perry plans to say at his Senate confirmation hearing, according to his prepared remarks. "In fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the Department of Energy, I regret recommending its elimination." Yes, there are things the DoE does that need to be done .. particularly regarding nuclear power, but those things were done by other agencies, that still exist, before the DoE was created. This agency only goes back to the Carter administration and was a panicked reaction to the "energy crisis" that the market solved. I worked in the energy industry then and remember the President and Congressmen saying we needed the department to keep the oil industry price gouging under control. I also remember the department's first year annual budget exceeded the combined profits of the 10 largest oil companies. Long ago, I recognized that no Democratic politician could be trusted. Now I find you can't trust a former Republican governor of Texas either. Granted, Perry started out a Democrat.