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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-05 06:05 AM
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American energy policy -- written by Beavis and Butthead.
http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv

MOLLY IVINS

RELEASE: THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2005, AND THEREAFTER

AUSTIN, Texas -- When the history of this administration is written, I suspect the largest black mark against it will be wasting time. The energy bill just passed by the House is a classic example of frittering away precious time and resources by doing exactly nothing that needs to be done about energy. The bill gives $8.1 billion in new tax breaks to the oil companies, which are already swimming in cash.

ExxonMobil's profits are up 44 percent, Royal Dutch/Shell up 42 percent, etc. According to the business pages, the biggest problem oil executives face is what to do with all their cash. So why give more tax breaks to the oil companies? Makes as much sense as anything else in this energy bill. Nothing about conservation, higher fuel efficiency standards or putting money into renewable energy sources. It's so stupid, it's painful...

Sorry administrators, but this doesn't appear to have a title so I used the last line in the article.



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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-05 06:30 AM
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1. Nah, Beavis and Butthead would only write a stupid one
Edited on Sat May-07-05 06:31 AM by Spinzonner
It takes the administration to write an truly evil and counterproductive one.
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