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However, regarding this energy issue, all Bush has done is to give lip service and bend to the will of the Congress.

I agree! President Bush should have abolished CONgre$$ and signed an executive order to begin drilling in ANWR and every other place the USA has oil deposits on January 20, 2001 at 3:00 PM!!!
President Bush campaigned on drilling in ANWR and pushed to begin drilling in ANWR. He should have kept his promise, the pesky CONgre$$ be damned!

Just stop. He had a Republican Congress for awhile and he has always had the bully pulpit. He didn't make a big enough effort. We're now experiencing that, and it's going to get worse. No, the sky isn't falling, but the demand for oil is going to increase...bet the farm on it.

Now he's all about ethanol (bogus) and alternative energy, now that we're looking at $130 a barrel for oil. Face it, Bush has been asleep at the wheel regarding energy. Or maybe he just blew off his Secretary of Energy when he/she mentioned that China and India are growing exponentially and that will create higher demand for oil. Even a layman like myself could see the development occuring in the emerging markets on the Discovery Channel or National Geographic or name the media. Sheesh.

But instead of facing down Congress and taking his message to the people when he still had power, he wanted to reach across the isle as so many RINOs do. I'm not sure, but he probably lost his veto pen on this matter as he has on so many others.

So what was left for him to do as a lame duck but to schlep over to Saudi Arabia and get rebuffed. Pathetic.
As I told someone above, remember you heard it hear first, our President got punked. It will be written into history, but probably not before we all feel the consequences of Bush's poor action on this issue.

BTW, just as a reminder how serious this oil situation is, petroleum is not only used for transport and heating, it is used in countless products you have in your home. The plastic surrounding the monitor that you are reading right now starts with a petroleum base. You don't think the cost of those products are not going to go up?

But hey, we can always get the new President to go ask for some more oil from the King. Maybe he'll get another laugh at our expense while he builds more palaces and funds more Madrasses around the world.