[Amelia]

In addition, the consuming nations are now providing a windfall of several hundred billion in extra profits to the likes of the House of Saud, the Iranian theocrats, the Gulf Sheikdoms, Hugo Chavez, and Vladimir Putin. Not only are some of these billions recycled in nefarious ways in arms purchases and terrorist subsidies, but also the intrinsic failures of theocracy, autocracy, and neo-Communism are masked by such accidental largess.

I think we have to realize our own domestic failures in not implementing more policies to reduce our dependence on foreign petroleum.

IMO, Congress and the President could have and should have shown more leadership in this matter.

Actually it seems that conservatives and radical environmentalists might be able to make common cause on this matter, albeit for different reasons.

Regardless, the country ought to be able to come together and find ways of significantly reducing our dependence on foreign oil, quickly and radically. If we have the will, we can find a way.

[Madame Dufarge]

Actually it seems that conservatives and radical environmentalists might be able to make common cause on this matter, albeit for different reasons.

It's truly amazing to me that increasing domestic production hasn't been on the front burner since September 12, 2001.

I'm not so sure that making common cause with radical environmentalists would be possible, given their rice bowls and irrationality.

The time is long overdue to go on the offensive against them.