[jamaksin]

During the Nation's bi-centennial year, in the Spring of 1976, in a speech given at the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, the then President, Gerald R. Ford said, to paraphrase, "By the Year 2000, the United States will be energy independent."

[lexusppd]

I remember that. But didn't you leave off part of the quote?

"By the Year 2000, the United States will be energy independent...if all the liberals pack up and head to Europe" :-)