I've just been on my morning round of internet news and found a great "Washington diary" entry by Matt Frei of BBC News titled
The price at the pump.
In it he's making fun of "the self confessed oil addict-in-chief, who was suckled on Four-Star Texaco" for suddenly talking nonstop about renewable energies. Oh, how I wish some "reporter" from the American MSM would have the guts to state the obvious.
More quotes below the fold. Enjoy!
Matt Frei compares W's PR conversion from oil to ethanol to his conversion from alcohol to religion:
Kicking the habit
I'm sure the president is totally genuine about his desire to help America kick the oil habit.
It will extricate him from a part of the world that he has surely come to loathe.
It is a conversion as dramatic and potentially life-changing as his ability - two decades ago - to shun Johnny Walker and embrace Jesus Christ.
That line is just priceless. Love it!
But the best is yet to come:
Some Democrats are calling for a cap on the oil company's huge profits, on a windfall tax, and on raiding the strategic reserve of petroleum.
But so far Mr Bush has remained loyal to his tribe of oilmen and his economic principles.
But consider the irony: the Texan who was widely accused of invading Iraq because of oil is brought to his knees by petrol prices.
It is the Chevron version of Hamlet.
Yup, a Brit loves his Shakespeare, that's for sure. However, this is a really a great analogy.
To cap it off Matt Frei wonders "what all the fuzz is about" considering that the gas prices in Europe are twice as high as the gas prices in the States. I should know. Living in Germany I pay about $6 per gallon now.
Here, again, is the link to his diary and many more. Enjoy!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...