Comments on: SOTU: U.S. Foreign Oil Dependence Has Increased Under Bush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:18:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: DDB http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1515624 DDB Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:19:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1515624 Didn't he say the EXACT same sentence in the last SOTU?? Didn’t he say the EXACT same sentence in the last SOTU??

]]> By: muckdog http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1512333 muckdog Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:38:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1512333 A 20% reduction in oil consumpion would almost end our reliance on Mideast oil. Something to think about. A 20% reduction in oil consumpion would almost end our reliance on Mideast oil.

Something to think about.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1512210 Jay Randal Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:22:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1512210 skipjack > Bush is NOT looking out for your best interests, unless you are one of the wealthy elite in America! skipjack > Bush is NOT looking out for your best interests, unless you are one of the wealthy elite in America!

]]> By: skipjack http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1512158 skipjack Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:14:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1512158 As long as this watershed of all of this mideast is going to be ours, I will sleep very well at night knowing I will stay warm and cozy and have plenty of chaep gasoline to put in my SUV and my wifes SUV. I will sleep well at night knowing my children will never have to suffer through a full out national fuel panic and all the violence, turmoil and killing it would bring to them. You may not like George W Bush as many dont, but you have to admit our way of life is non negotiable and I for one like a guy as President who looks out for my and my childrens best interests. As long as this watershed of all of this mideast is going to be ours, I will sleep very well at night knowing I will stay warm and cozy and have plenty of chaep gasoline to put in my SUV and my wifes SUV.
I will sleep well at night knowing my children will never have to suffer through a full out national fuel panic and all the violence, turmoil and killing it would bring to them.

You may not like George W Bush as many dont, but you have to admit our way of life is non negotiable and I for one like a guy as President who looks out for my and my childrens best interests.

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1511866 unbelievable Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:44:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1511866 Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. ---Thomas Jefferson Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
—Thomas Jefferson

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1511818 unbelievable Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:38:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1511818 Empty words from an empty man mean nothing. It was when he had full conservative power he chose to be arrogant and tyrannical to those in minority. Now that he is confronted with oppositional power, his attempts to sound contrite are empty. I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. ---John Locke Empty words from an empty man mean nothing. It was when he had full conservative power he chose to be arrogant and tyrannical to those in minority. Now that he is confronted with oppositional power, his attempts to sound contrite are empty.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
—John Locke

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1511811 Jay Randal Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:37:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1511811 Iraq occupation is all about petroleum > PERIOD. Iraq occupation is all about petroleum > PERIOD.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1511806 ForTruth Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:36:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1511806 Lots of co-dependence has increased under Bush. Lots of co-dependence has increased under Bush.

]]> By: n69n http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-1511760 n69n Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:30:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/sotu-us-foreign-oil-dependence-has-increased-under-bush/#comment-1511760 was he applause because he used the phrase "global climate changes"? oy, "a prompt up or down vote" was he applause because he used the phrase “global climate changes”?
oy, “a prompt up or down vote”

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