London Times Analyzes Bush

A great observation in the London Times on Bush's statement of America's "addiction to oil."

"The guy from Texas, whose energy bill gave oodles to big oil, made a feint to the green caucus. No one should be too alarmed. This president has never asked Americans to make any sacrifices in the war on terror; he has never vetoed a spending bill; he has never raised a tax; he has added more than $20 trillion to America’s long-term debt in a mere five years. He isn’t actually going to ask people to use less oil.

Last year, in the same address, he vowed to put men on Mars. Here’s my bold prediction: there will be Americans on Mars before there will be no Middle Eastern oil in the American economy. Almost as soon as the speech was made, the administration scrambled to reassure its Saudi friends/enemies/evil-doers/clients/partners that the president didn’t really mean it. That whole Middle East oil reference was “purely an example”.

As the president knows from personal experience the first thing an addict must do is recognize he has a problem. The second thing he has to do is change his own behavior. This president took five years to get to step one."

Of course someone should tell the writer that Bush is not from Texas, but rather from New England, as he just acts like a "gold ole boy." And Bush's only experience as an oil man is as a failed one (like his presidency) until Daddy had his Arab friends bail him out. Other than that, it's a pretty darn good evaluation.