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Glenn on September 24, 2005 - 11:12am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Any ideas out there on what a real leader would do right now. Here's mine:

Ask for short term gasoline conservation from the general public and/or raise the gasoline tax to pay for Katrina/Rita damage

Also maybe anticipate the next disaster - people freezing or going bankrupt in the Midwest and Northeast this winter paying for Natural Gas or Oil heat. Maybe we could start better insulating homes now?

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odograph on September 24, 2005 - 11:50am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Did you see the Green Car Congress story about Bill Ford Jr.'s call for a new energy summit?  Alomst enough to make one an optimist:

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/09/ford_asks_bush_.html

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Glenn on September 24, 2005 - 12:22pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Yes, I think that's great. Didn't they complain in the same breath that the Japanese were stealing all the critical parts for hybrids?
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odograph on September 24, 2005 - 12:49pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I believe the makers of appropriate batteries are all in Japan.  It would be kind of funny if someone did complain about them using "our" batteries.  Reminiscent of other people owning "our" oil.

FWIW, Ford may have some frustration about that situation ... but energy might be better spent finding/creating US suppliers.

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wadosy on September 24, 2005 - 1:07pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
american car makers are so far behind the japanese that ford licensed hybrid tech from toyota
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Charles Mackay on September 24, 2005 - 11:53am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Interesting that the President has decided to ride out the storm at Peterson Air Force Base, which also has a nuclear war protected bunker deep inside the adjacent Colorado mountain.  This, of course, is being downplayed by the major media.  

What exactly is he afraid of that would make him hide out there during a national crisis, or is he to be perceived as the military leader directing FEMA and giving orders from there?

11:00 a.m.: In Colorado, President Bush received an hour-long update this morning from military leaders at the U.S. Northern Command and from other federal officials via videoconference. "It comforts me knowing that our federal government is well-organized and well-prepared to deal with Rita," Bush said. "The first order of business now is search and rescue teams -- to pull people out of harm's way." Bush warned people who evacuated from coastal areas to be careful about returning home.

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112731385505947351,00.html?mod=special_coverage

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step back on September 24, 2005 - 12:02pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Oh yeh. Great Leader brings "COMFORT" noises to his sheeple while he hides in a spider hole deep in the mountain. Maybe Billy the Goat lives inside the mountain? Billy need "comfort" in these times of stress.
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MikeCapone on September 24, 2005 - 12:06pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Why Bush canceled his trip to Texas yesterday: "Another White House official involved in preparing Mr. Bush's way noted that with the sun shining so brightly in San Antonio, the images of Mr. Bush from here might not have made it clear to viewers that he was dealing with an approaching storm." http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/24/why-bush-canceled-his-trip-to-texas-yesterday/ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/national/nationalspecial/24bush.html?pagewanted=all
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MikeCapone on September 24, 2005 - 12:09pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I also like this Tony Auth cartoon:

http://www.ucomics.com/tonyauth/2005/09/23/

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Glenn on September 24, 2005 - 12:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
The right wing is setting up the military as the only legitimate "can-do" part of the US government. Forget about all this civilian crap...
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Rajiv on September 24, 2005 - 6:36pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I think are fearless leader was concerned with the following and opted out of DC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9463993/
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/9/24/142248/079
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/images/warprotest/index.htm

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The Interloafer on September 24, 2005 - 9:15pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Exactly! The people of his country chased Bush out of Washington, and the hurricane chased him out of his home state. The poor guy had to hole up in a mountain bunker.
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