Boosh on Energy? Whatever; Plus a Temporary Goodbye

Boosh is on another tour of the country. This time, touting his "new" energy plan that is going to save the world. Even gave this tour a name. He calls it, "Energy Week." Prediction. It will be at least as effective as "Social Security Quarter," "Medicare/Medicaid Month," and "War Years." Clearly, the last few names came solely from my head, Boosh did not have the foresight to name his other tours.
Think it might have something to do with the '06 elections? Guess what? It won't work.

"The best way to meet our growing energy needs is through technology. We will pursue promising technologies that will transform how we power our vehicles, businesses and homes--so we can reduce our nation's dependence on foreign sources of energy." Boosh said this yesterday during his radio address. Notice anything missing there? Like, the word OIL? The last time he commented about this subject was during his State of the Union address, and the Saudi Grand Poobah was not happy when Boosh stated that his goal is to reduce our dependence on "foreign oil." So, let's make the Saudi's happy while we play the smoke and mirrors game. This time we'll replace the word oil with "energy." Pure brilliance, if you are dealing with a bunch of 4 year olds. Otherwise, not too effective.

For our nation to seriously consider an alternative to foreign oil, we needed to start a hell of a long time ago. To believe otherwise is to put yourself in full denial mode, in the same la la land where most Americans already reside. Among Boosh's proposals is to expand research into smaller, longer lasting batteries for electric and hybrid cars. Haven't we been doing that for the last, say, 20 years or so? Trying to make a better battery? He also wants to re-start the "plug in" electric car program, one that was scuttled many years ago because Americans wouldn't want to pay $30,000 for something that they can drive only a couple hundred miles in and then have to plug it in the wall overnight. This is not back to the future, but back to the past.

Boosh has also just discovered solar panels, it appears. Novel idea, I had never heard of them. What exactly do they do now, create electricity through sunlight? (actually I helped a friend install some in the early 80's) He says we need to make more of them. We probably need to get people to purchase and use them too, but he didn't mention that. I doubt that it fits into the long range plans of the 1% of the richest in America that he saves meaningful tax cuts for. They might look ugly in gated communities. Actually, we should pour a bunch of money into solar panels made specifically for mobile homes and then give them away. It would make more sense in the long run. In fact, we could probably take 2 weeks worth of money spent in Iraq and offer free solar panels to every household in America. But, this isn't about sense anyway, is it?

Hydrogen fuel cells to power cars, another brilliant "new" idea. It does have a couple of problems, though. Most experts say that it will be 20-30 years before they are ready for use. On top of that, only the wealthy will be able to afford them when they become available.

His main objective, though, appears to be the development of new biofuels. Using everything from corn to wood chips, Boosh sees this as the fuel of the future. Funny, I thought we were already doing that, though on a limited basis.

During the State of the Union address, as I mentioned above, Boosh claimed that he wanted to replace three-fourths of our oil imports from the Middle East over the next 19 years by substituting gasoline with a renewable fuel source. This, despite the fact that his own advisors admit that the way the market is currently structured makes it impossible to single out specific countries or regions to purchase or not purchase oil from. It is, however, comforting to know that Boosh will have a hand in our energy policy for 16 years after he leaves office. All his other ideas have worked so well, I'm hoping that perhaps he can figure out a way to commit our Defense Department to some long range program before his term expires. Regardless of how or when his exit from office comes.

The bottom line is this. George W. Boosh has made and blown a fortune in the oil business. All of his friends and cohorts are in the oil business. Clearly his only international friends, can you say Saudi's, are wholly dependent on the sale of oil for their very existence. Boosh does not give a rat's ass about changing any American dependency on foreign oil, domestic oil, Texas oil, or any other kind of oil. In fact, the opposite is true. He hopes that we use more and more oil, damn the long term consequences. Why? Because he also doesn't give a rat's ass about me, you, or anybody else in this country, unless you vote for Republicans and donate money to be used to keep them in power. Even then, he only pretends to care. Boosh can't see past the next hour, much less 20 years down the road. This is nothing but an attempt to garner votes for the '06 elections, an act that is so transparent it is becoming tired.

So, take your dog and pony show on the road all you want, Georgie. And be sure to use all the oil you can while you do it. Exxon, BP and the others can use the money. Besides, it's much too late for us to switch to another form of energy before the economy goes kablooey. If you really gave a damn about the American people, you would be preparing them for how to find things to eat when the shit hits the fan, not where the oil, er, energy will come from. We will be out of money long before we are out of oil. On second thought, now that I remember the aftermath of Katrina, never mind. We'll figure out the food thing on our own.

Cyclone


Boosh quote of the Day:


"The goals for this country are peace in the world. And the goals for this country are a compassionate American for every single citizen. That compassion is found in the hearts and souls of the American citizens."

George W. Boosh, Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2002



Note:

This is my last post until I somewhat recover from tomorrow's surgery. I hope that some of you will take me up on the offer I made yesterday, to create something I can post during my absence. If you missed it, read yesterday's post and it will explain what I am talking about. One thing I thought about this morning, for those of you who are located outside the US; I would love to see something from your perspective about what you think is going on in America these days. I believe that all of us could learn a lot from hearing about what you really think. I have an advantage in that many of you email me, so I know somewhat how we are viewed by people in various countries. Many others who read this site do not have any contacts overseas, and I'm sure they would appreciate hearing viewpoints from outside our borders. Last night I counted, and this site has been visited from people in 47 countries, plus 38 visits from the "unknown" countries, over the last 10,000 visits. The "unknowns" must be black sites I guess. I thought that we had identified all of the countries in the world, but, maybe not. So, I know you are out there and would appreciate hearing from you. Obviously, this is not to discourage US readers from sending me stuff as well. I hope that we can continue this on weekends after my return. I doubt that I will be able to do anything tomorrow, but hopefully on Tuesday I can post one of your articles. Nothing would make me happier, so email them to me if you wish. I will also answer personal emails as soon as I come out of the fog and can get up and move about.

cyclone@cyclonesrealdeal.com

Until then,

Cyclone