[thucydides]

Here we are in the middle of war in which we are funneling billions in energy payments to our enemies, and the democrats don't want to let a bill to allow us to develop our own sources of energy come to a vote. And the super - incompetent Republicans are unable to make a case for it. Congress is a mess of incompetents and scum, just what one would expect a mal - educated public to elect.

[verboten]

Here we are in the middle of war in which we are funneling billions in energy payments to our enemies, and the democrats don't want to let a bill to allow us to develop our own sources of energy come to a vote.

We could say the same with our drug war as well. We funnel money to criminal enterprises by making drugs illegal and I don't hear the Republicans complaining about that. I guess the government makes more money off of drugs being illegal than it does if it were legal so don't expect change. As for oil my guess is the most favored interests now benefit from not opening up ANWAR so it doesn't get opened up. Principles are not involved in these decisions.