I missed that. In that case Obama is wrong. If he were to modify his statement to say we send millions (or, more likely, billions) ot the islamic states in the Middle East for their oil, then he might have a point. However, that is one of the prime arguments behind lifting the ban on exploration in ANWR and off of our own coasts, such as the areas off California and Florida.
By "alternative sources of energy" he probably means the fantasies of powering the world with solar cells and windmills, but his friends the Kennedy's object to the windmills (in their back yard) and solar cell production creates horrible toxic run off of things like Galium Arsenide. Not nice. Then his friends like Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer are blocking oil exploration off the coast of California, so we're screwed on all fronts. Of course, Jeb Bush is doing his bit to block oil exploration off the coast of Florida, but I don't think that he is doing it out of conviction, just political necessity.
Sad, isn't it? We need to light up 1,000 more nuclear power plants in order to cut down on pollution (and global warming, if such a thing exists), but his party is owned, lock stock and barrel, by the econazi's and he can't say that. He just dances around the edges with stupid and ineffective slogans instead of actually addressing the problem.
Just as I sat down a little while ago...the Fox news ditz was interviewing Rep. Dingell and Rep. Burton...
They were going to discuss the SOTU address and what President Bush would say about the economy...
Dingell started out, of course...blaming Bush for the car companies having to lay off thousands...
But, then....that DITZ says "But with the high cost of gas..people are HAVING to sell the cars!!!...They can't afford gas for them anymore"....she sounded SO distressed...
and I about barfed!!!
Then, Burton brought up ANWR and offshore drilling...but, Dingell said NO>..we need electric cars...and nuke energy.
Well...we do need nuke energy...but the dems will NOT give, when it comes to drilling ANYWHERE...