I like the oil addiction point; it could have been even stronger, such as saying "we're gonna break this addiction or it'll break us". But his subtle point him to walk the fine line between supporting the oil industry that basically gave him a base of financial power, and the new energy research that he genuinely would like to support more.
I don't care about being green for the sake of being green. Building back-to-the-future fusion cars out of some pie-in- the-sky-nostalgia doesnt matter to me. But I DO CARE about winning the war on terror, and I DO CARE that this remains Bush's top priority while in office.
I think Mr. President realizes that with the short time in office he has remaining, he can make a difference ensuring our military and civilian economy has the literal power to do this, even when a someone else occupies the Oval Office.
Let the race for new energy begin - to beat Iran at their own game, we'll be stronger if we dont have to depend on the middle east anymore.
(Guess the speech fired me up I was too longwinded here...)
this was a bad choice. That eyebrow is just too distracting.