Buxh in Columbus preaching "conservation" and alternatives. (CNN)

[JohnnyRingo]

Pay more...use less.
His new energy plan.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. But.didn't Georgie want everyone to buy giant SUVs..didn't he

give huge tax deductions to 'businesses' buying the gas-guzzlers?

[hector459]

6. This is the Jimmy Carter plan. Rush is really going to be pissed at Bush

The hypocrisy of this administration knows no bounds.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Maybe Carter started it, but the GOP upped the ante to $100,000 and

extended the loophole. See below:
http://www.vote-smart.org/speech_detail.php?speech_id=70775
Location: Washington, DC
Date: 10/11/2004

CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4520, AMERICAN JOBS CREATION ACT OF 2004 -- (Extensions of Remarks - October 11, 2004)

Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, this week the price of oil rose to more than $53 a barrel, a record that will translate into higher home heating oil prices this winter and higher gasoline prices at the pump.

Last night, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives responded to this news by passing a tax bill that renews an expiring tax loophole for small businesses to buy huge, gas-guzzling SUVs, like the Hummer.

Our tax code should offer incentives for people to conserve energy. Unfortunately, the SUV tax loophole does just the opposite. The Republican Hummer tax loophole entices Americans to buy the biggest, heaviest, and least fuel efficient vehicles on the market. Under this loophole, a small business that purchases a large SUV, such as a Hummer or Cadillac Escalade, can deduct up to $25,000 of the vehicle's cost. In contrast, citizens who purchase a fuel efficient hybrid vehicle this year will be entitled to just $2,000; starting in 2006, the hybrid vehicle tax deduction will shrink even further until it disappears entirely by 2009.


Corrected spelling on edit.

[bigtree]

2. All he wants to do is revive his 'Energy' bill that is stalled in Congress

by making it appear that their intransigence is the cause of the high oil prices instead of the gouging by his family's oil buddies.

[hector459]

8. I remind all, this is a Republican controlled Congress!

Whatever is wrong, they bear the brunt.

[bryant69]

3. It's all part of the masterplan

"Look Karl, the American people will never voluntarily conserve energy. The only hope for America is to drive the economy right into the ground. Once we hit 60 to 70% inflation, there's a whole lotta lights that won't be turned on. And society will be saved!"

"Mr. President are you on the herb again?"

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. Did he actually say what I thought I heard him say?

I could have sworn that I heard this come out of his mouth, while I was watching him on CNN:

"The more energy you conserve, the more energy you save."

Anyone else hear that?

[hatrack]

5. And the more money you earn, the more money you bring in

It's of a piece with his musings on foreign policy, i.e. "Iran is not Iraq."

Thanks for the tip, Chimpy.