Rove: ‘This Administration Put More Into Alternative Energy Research Than Any Administration in History’
Rove: ‘This Administration Put More Into Alternative Energy Research Than Any Administration in History’
Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Karl Rove attempted to defend the Bush administration’s energy record by falsely claiming that it had spent more on alternative energy research than “any administration in history”:
ROVE: This president and this administration put more into alternative energy research than any administration in history by a significant factor. And as a result, things like the lithium ion batteries which are needed for cars, plug-in cars, all kinds of cellulosic and other forms of ethanol, hydrogen, wind, solar, all of these with one exception saw a dramatic movement in terms of being able to come to market.
Watch it:
O’Reilly questioned Rove’s assertion, saying “maybe that’s true and maybe it isn’t,” and called Bush’s actions on energy “invisible.” O’Reilly was right to be skeptical. Since 1980, federal spending on energy research has declined, and since the mid-1990s, “R&D spending has been stagnant for renewable energy and energy efficiency.”
In 2006, Bush stated that “America is addicted to oil.” However, his 2006 budget called for “significant cuts in renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean air, and climate change related-programs.” In fact, Bush has continually slashed funding for renewables from the federal budget, while threatening to block legislation that would have funded renewable energy by transferring money from oil and gas industry tax breaks. In 2007, the administration attempted to completely “eliminate federal support for geothermal power.”
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) said that, though the President’s 2008 budget request included $2.7 billion for research, it “cuts 2007 spending for efficiency and renewables by 16%.”
The Wonk Room offers a further deconstruction of George Bush’s energy policies here.
Transcript:
ROVE: This president and this administration put more into alternative energy research than any administration in history. As a result, things like lithium ion batteries, plug-in cards, forms of ethanol, hydrogen, wind, solar, all of these with one exception saw a dramatic movement in terms of being able to come to be. We used to think they were in the future, but they’re now in the market or on the verge of being in the market.
O’REILLY: Maybe that is true, but I am an American citizen and I do not know anything about it…
ROVE: It’s true. It’s True.
O’REILLY: It is invisible to me. I am praying you are right. I do not question the money. The progress, i do not know. …
ROVE: Bill, I think you need to get a briefing on this.
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So Cheney is the inventor of the Li ion battery ? (and look how they plastered Gore for saying he funded the internet).
July 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pmBush, Rove, Cheney, et al are all PROVEN LIARS with ZERO credibilty.
They lie because it is not illegal to lie. Get them to testify under oath and things will change for the better.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:46 pmWrong , Turd Blossom
This administration , starting with your lying slimy ass , put more into usurping the Constitution and trying to consolidate power into the executive branch than any administration in history………
July 17th, 2008 at 3:46 pmLast night on The O’Reilly Factor, Karl Rove
Billy & T-blossom, two peas in pod . . and what a cute couple at that, they’re made for one another.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:52 pmOh, If I had a nickel for any lie Rove told I’d be rich man. I think the percentage of lies to truth just in normal conversation with the man still favors lies.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pm‘This Administration Put More Into Alternative Energy Research Than Any Administration in History’
– - Someone needs to clue Karl in to the fact that farting into the wind does not qualify as “alternative energy.”
July 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pmRove and other Republicans lie through their teeth daily on Corporate News shows and NEVER get called on these lies or asked to cite any facts to support their assertions…….AAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 3:59 pm… to be skeptical…
July 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pmHmmm…when I look at the charts, it appears that the peak of money (adjusted for inflation) invested in alternative energy R&D happened during the Carter years.
Methinks Rove has found a way to twist numbers to his advantage, like using unadjusted dollars and comparing the R&D spending during eight years of Bush to four years of Carter. This is like Hillary Clinton claiming that she received the most popular votes for president — counting states that didn’t count, and discounting caucus states that did. Both Rove’s and Clinton’s claims are meaningless because they paint a rather warped picture.
Someone once told me that numbers are like a cheap whore — once you’ve got ‘em, you can pretty much make them do anything you want them to.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pmtruther21 Says
July 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I’d like to take the time to quote just three words from TP above: “…O’Reilly was right…” I never thought I’d see that. :)
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Well, in this case he was. Unlike the wingnut cheerleaders, we aren’t too proud or stubborn to give credit where credit is due.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pmand just why haven’t this lying weasel been arrestesd yet for contempt of Conress?
July 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pmCongrats. All you had to do to make yourself feel better was take something out of context.
Bet it’s not the first time that’s worked for you, eh?
July 17th, 2008 at 4:06 pmWe have seen this tactic taken with every single policy line and fact presented by this administration, the Republican party and its supporters. It has traditionally been the job of the press to expose these lies. It has traditionally been the job of the opposition party to bring out the failings and lies of the other party.
We live in a society in which the press has become a lap dog to the Republican party. They sit by idly while a fountain of filth spews forth from the lips of the Republicans. The press has become controlled by the corporate and conservative elite and has no more relevance than Pravda did under the Soviet system. The Democratic party has been emasculated and provides as much push back as anyone suffering from severe battered spouse syndrome.
It is time to revolt in this country and bring down the traitorous vermin inhabiting our political system. The Republicans have no more validity than the Nazi party. The Republicans are war criminals, fascists and deserve to be arrested, house in camps and exterminated as the inhuman filth that they are. That will not happen. But it is time for us to realize that the end is here. We will either stand up and destroy the enemy within or our democracy and way of life will vanish.
Some will say that I have spoken too harshly. Screw you! This country has become nothing more than a third world cesspool and will not change without an overthrow of the existing, mutated and ineffective political system. I hope that change can come from the ballot box. However, what will you do should the current system continue under the Republicans? Treat them with respect as they laugh about torture? Mock the fourth amendment? Provide the president with the right to detain any citizen as an enemy combatant without trial, hearing or habeas corpus? Rejoice in the declining standard of living for 95% of the population while the ranks of the impoverished balloons?
July 17th, 2008 at 4:07 pmto re-iterate from yesterday;
G.O.P.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:10 pm1854-2008
B.I.H.
(BURN IN HELL)
Rove is a proven liar who would sell out his own country to get revenge or gain political advantage.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:11 pm“This Administration Has Put More Energy Into Alternative History Research Than Any Other Administration
There, that’s better!
July 17th, 2008 at 4:11 pmHow about “This Administration Has Put More Energy Into Alternative Reality Research Than Any Other Administration”
July 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pmWhat is more sad then this display of bull shit is that the interviewer doesn’t even have any facts to counter any claims made. Thats the sad part about america, there is no accountibilty, not in the White House, not in the Press, Not in congress, not in the senate, not in america anymore…that is why the toilet is still to good of a place for all the bull shitters of america.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pmAs a techie, I know that every word spoken by Rove on this issue was a misstatement. The petroleum industry has driven this administration from day 1. Li ion batteries were driven not by this nation, but by corporations in Japan and China. In ethanol, wind and solar, the US is lagging behind every industrial country in the world. In the case of solar, there was an actual attempt to shelve development for a period of 10 years on Federal land. Plug-in car(d)s are being advanced by private firms and individual techie types, without government support. Daimler is driving a concerted effort to market hydrogen fueled cars and Honda is introducing a test fleet of same.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pmGood is bad, up is down, right is left, green is blue….
July 17th, 2008 at 4:20 pmROVE: Bill, I think you need to get a briefing on this.
Meaning “See me in my office for a little attitude adjustment”
July 17th, 2008 at 4:20 pmTubby McTreason Rove: ‘This Administration Put More Into Alternative Energy Research Than Any Administration in History’
Spare me. Rove is beyond nauseating. This criminal can go on the Blowhard O’Reilly factor to give this crapola spin but he refuses to testify to the House Committee.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:27 pm“all of these with one exception saw a dramatic movement in terms of being able to come to market.”
This little piggy lied about what went to market, this little piggy lied about wiretapping your home. This little piggy lied about the outing of a CIA agent, this little piggy lied about deleting emails (saying there were none). And this little piggy will say “Wee, wee, wee” all the way to jail.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:28 pmOh, fer the luvva Jebus – !!
The inmates are truly running the asylum, the country formerly known as the United States of America.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:32 pmI guess it is good to have this nonsense reported, and it is readily apparent how angry everyone can be, but maybe it all needs less space, since ignorance becomes almost immediately redundant. Did anybody REALLY expect Turd Blossom to tell the truth about anything? I am surprised O’Reilly didn’t try to make the information an amendment to the Constitution.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:34 pmWhat’s really sad about this story is that out there in the audience are droves of people who believe every word this pathological liar spews.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pmRove: And as a result, things like the lithium ion batteries which are needed for cars, plug-in cars, all kinds of cellulosic and other forms of ethanol, hydrogen, wind, solar, all of these with one exception saw a dramatic movement in terms of being able to come to market.
Seeing as the first lithium ion battery was released commercially by Sony ( of Japan ) in 1991, I believe this shows Rove to be not only a liar, but a Damn Ignorant Liar.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:41 pmThis is just laying the foundation to say that democrats are weak on the environment. I wondered when that would show up. It wouldn’t surprise me for him to say that this administration has done the most to expand freedom and/or to supress government power and/or reduce national debt. I feel sorry for the sheep that still blindly follow these criminals without question.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:49 pmRove should save his voice for the Hill.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pmwhat is the “one exception”? nukular?
July 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pmOh, I get it.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pmRove is counting the $800 billion spent in an attempt to secure an alternative source of energy; Iraq.
Rove is obviously lying…once again. That’s expected. But, frankly, the statement that disturbed me the most is this one:
“Since 1980, federal spending on energy research has declined, and since the mid-1990s, “R&D spending has been stagnant for renewable energy and energy efficiency.”
Reagan and Bush I were President throughout most of this period of time, but by the mid-1990’s, that was Clinton/Gore. What the hell happened then?
July 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pmSo, why isn’t Rove arrested for lying?
Oh, that’s right, everyone lies on FoxNews, the more outrageous the better.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pmimpeachcheneythenbush Says:
Reagan and Bush I were President throughout most of this period of time, but by the mid-1990’s, that was Clinton/Gore. What the hell happened then?
Oil was below $20 a barrel?
July 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pmThe bottom line is that, while the technology has been there for a long time to produce cars, etc. that were much more energy efficient, it’s been squelched. For instance, just how much money went toward development of hydrogen batteries vs. subsidies to the oil companies for drilling that they didn’t do? I remember tax breaks being given for the purchase of Hummers! The auto companies fought against the very ideas that would have allowed them to thrive, and the cost of that is lost jobs and closed plants. One of the CEO’s of one of the big auto companies recently said they hadn’t “foreseen” what the situation would evolve to with high oil prices. HELL! I’ve never worked in the industry and “foresaw” that 4-5 years ago at a minimum! And these “leaders of the auto industry” make how MANY millions of dollars per year? The damn inmates are running the insane asylum…it’s the only reasonable explanation at this point.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:12 pmYup, Dr. Matt – I wish all those stupid reichwingers would just hit themselves in the head with a hammer. It’d be more productive – and do more for the country.
*eyeroll*
July 17th, 2008 at 5:16 pmTotal damn BS, just more lies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 5:23 pmI can’t watch oreally without feeling nauseous, so watching sht flower on will surely make me puke, but did they leave a word out?
‘This Administration Put More Into Obstructing Alternative Energy Research Than Any Administration in History’
That makes more sence, but I know rover is just lying.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:36 pmDid Bill luffa the folds of fat? Two turds in the punchbowl. No president since Carter has been serious about alternative sources of energy. Reagan removed the solar panels from the White House. The GOP is owned by oil industry.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:42 pmRove is 100% correct with his statement. Methane is a wonderful alternative energy source. Since anyone remotely associated with this administration does nothing but spew a stream of happy horseshit everytime they open their mouths, it stands to figure they are doing their part to tap this overlooked energy source.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:50 pmWe’ve allowed energy companies to set the energy policies of America long enough. They have proven their plan is to only maximize their take-home pay.
Perhaps the next energy policy discussions should exclude them completely from the table. You know, Mr. President, the table Cheney and Ken Lay sat around next to the Oval Office where they developed The Screw America Program (SAP).
Bush has not represented America’s interest. He represents oil companies. His energy policy was to give tax breaks to these companies and start a war for them. And he has the balls to tell America the problem rests with Congress?! No, Mr. President, the problems rests squarely on your felony-stupid shoulders.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:51 pmBill needs a briefing — Rove will see to it that the latest talking points are quickly emailed to B.O.
I would like to dissect Rove’s claims of having put more into alternative energy — just as he is wont to say one thing when he actually means another, so he can’t be accused of lying. Put more “what” into alternative energy? He put more roadblocks in the way of R&D.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:54 pmThe administration contributed what to research? He contributed to slashing funds.
Jim Wilke Says:
“I would like to dissect Rove’s claims of having put more into alternative energy.”
I did that at 04:15 PM. I cited no references because all are available on the net and each is easily accessible. If I put up all of the references, TP would need another petabyte database.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:16 pmThis guy would lie even if the truth would keep him out of trouble.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:23 pmThanks, WaltM.
I knew it was all b.s. on his part and he was just spinning his usual crap into words.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:33 pmThis president and this administration put more into alternative energy research than any administration in history by a significant factor.
So why then is Bush’s answer to our energy problems, is to drill for more oil? Rove is simply playing the plausible deniability game. That doesn’t fix problems, actual leadership does.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
July 17th, 2008 at 6:34 pmok, i’ll admit, bush did put more funding into alternative energy than George Washington. But for all of the post-Thomas Edison presidents, Bush has done the least by far!
July 17th, 2008 at 6:44 pmThe thugs in this crime family just makes crap up. They lie and believe their lies they are so sick.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:45 pmJim Wilke Says:
Since when do we have a supply problem with plenty of supply? Have you waited in line to pay $4.00 per gallon of gasoline lately? No you have not. The drilling is only a diversionary tactic to get the remaining 21% of leasbable land for Dubya’s oil baron cronies. Dubya is a slacker and a liar. The 28% who believe this moron after all the lies of the past eight years are beyond help. Go away. The GOP makes sh!t up.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:48 pmOur decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern. This difficult effort will be the “moral equivalent of war” — except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not destroy.
President Carter 1977
So….what happened??/ Oil dropped to $10 a bbl…gasoline dropped to 79cents/ gallon… and the American people and the
President and Congress forgot all about the whole problem.
I hope the WHO were right , ” we won’t be fooled again”
July 17th, 2008 at 6:58 pmJim Wilke Says:
Walt, you did not address the issue and no one else has, either.
If Rove’s claim is a lie, as so many of you here have said, then some other Administration must have spent more on alternative energy. Fine. Which one? Which President has “put more into alternative energy”?
Well for starters:
July 17th, 2008 at 7:05 pmRoosevelt, Franklin Delano
Truman, Harry
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
Ford, Gerald Rudolph
Carter, James Earl Jr.
Clinton, William Jefferson
Doublethink at it’s finest. I guess he means more resistance.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:08 pmOh yeah, Porky must be speaking from an undisclosed location, you know, in order to remain “safe”.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:09 pmAmerica take over by a bunch of texan brushcutters. This is America.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:14 pmJust pay the those brushcutter bills.
i’m sorry. i can’t listen to this vermin… nor any public speaker that sees fit to wave his arms in front of a camera like a used-car salesman. classic deceptive techniques: “pay no attention to that man behind the curtain”.
it’s all about that “body language”, huh, “DubYuh”?
but… i WILL listen to him when he gets his ass hauled to Congress for some face time.
based, of course, on some rare show of patriotic backbone.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:26 pmhttp://dpc.senate.gov/dpc-new.cfm?doc_name=fs-109-2-18
July 17th, 2008 at 8:02 pmMy guess is that MOST of the Government Funded research and development into Alternative Energy occurs in the Military and the Space Program.
Whatever Government Funding exists…it is Appalingly Inadequate. We need solar power on earth, not just on the space station.
July 17th, 2008 at 8:12 pmKKKarl “TurdBlossom” Rove Issa Complete Lying C0cksucker!
July 17th, 2008 at 8:32 pmCharles Manson has more credibility than this fat self-serving traitor.
July 17th, 2008 at 8:43 pmJim Wilke said:
Bush agreed with one main argument for restricting drilling – that it would take years for the new supplies to come online. But still, he said that’s no reason to not act.
“There’s a psychology in the market that says supplies will stay stagnant while demand rises,” he said. “It seems to make sense to say to the world that we’re going to explore for oil and gas, to send a message that supplies will increase.”
What point are you arguing? That Bush really is the alternative energy president or that drilling in protected areas is the way to go?
For the first point, whatever amount his administration has spent on alternative energy, his statements make it crystal clear where his priorities are. That is what I meant about plausible deniability. Bush has given lip service at best about finding new sources of energy while his policies have, and continue to favor burning oil.
As to the second point. Drilling in protected areas will not lower the price of fuel, in part because of how long it will take to produce any oil and in part because whatever oil is produced will only represent a fraction of the oil in the market. Contrary to Bush’s statement regarding the psychology involved, oil futures are mostly measured in months not years so opening up new leases will have no effect on the “psychology” of oil futures today or for some time to come.
Meanwhile, serious amounts of resources will go towards extracting this oil, resources that could be better spent developing alternate sources of fuel. More drilling will only put of for a short time the problems we’re facing now with the addition of pumping that much more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
July 17th, 2008 at 8:43 pmhis alternative energy policy involves drilling in ANWR…to spite liberals…and environmentalists…some alternative energy policy…
July 17th, 2008 at 11:51 pmJim Wilke Says:
Rove said, “this president and this administration put more into alternative energy research than any administration in history by a significant factor.”
Jim, I ask you when has KKKarl Rove, George Bush, Dick Cheney and the rest of the crime family ever been right or told the truth about anything? Did the sun come up in the west today that would make you think that they are telling you the truth? I refuse to waste time on what these thugs say because they have never been right or truthful in the past eight years. If you are stupid enough to believe what they say, you qualify for the lowest level we have in this country, the knuckle dragging, bottom feeding, troglodytes in the 28%tile.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:28 am.
Q U E S T I O N:
Why is it that Rove can tell a Congressional inquiry to go Cheney themselves, escape on vacation, and return from a 5 day extension by that Committee, repeatedly telling them to get Cheney’d AND then still collect a paycheck to propagandise his truths on National air waves?
Where’s the outcry?
Why no thread covering this angle?
Or is CONgress that incompetent and impotent?
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July 18th, 2008 at 1:25 amJOHN McCAIN’S 3R ECONOMIC PLAN 2008
Abbreviated version
Progressive thinking Republican Candidate John McCain comes through for America with his 3R economic plan. In the persona of Theodore Roosevelt, McCain’s plan just makes sense.
FIRST , keep in mind that to drop the fuel tax, the local gov’ts would crash. We must use the 3R to replace taxes lost from replaced fuel through green energy (Yes, we have it ready to go!)
http://www.betterconstructed.com
1. RETHINK: America must see globally on what America is capable of in our current state of technology, engineering and meet the demands that face the world.
Private Sector framework is in place and current laws allow the 3R to happen. The Progressive attitude of John McCain to get things done by crossing party lines will resurrect America.
2. REFORM: The American people must demand higher quality products and less restricted trade routes for Made in USA components. We will lead the way of MFG again!
The USA will reform its dead manufacturing base
3. REINVENT: America and Americans must reinvent themselves to reach and maintain these standards and by sheer American ingenuity, control the world’s marketplace in the competitive manner, as the USA has always been proud to be #1.
NUTS AND BOLTS of the plan are simple.
Billions of savings equates to millions of lost tax revenue from energy companies. The US needs a separate tax revenue source before we can move away from fossil fuels.
McCain 3R solution.
McCain’s 3R is about technical, closely monitored and rapid hands on training from pros to create new pros. Thousands of currently-job-displaced “once leaders in the manufacturing arena” will be asked to train and play instructor rolls in the 3R plan. Paid, of course, as these new leaders will help create a whole new style of prosperous America. A massive restructure providing thousands New American MFG means millions of new jobs for infrastructure alone.
We have the buildings, needs and infrastructure to do this!
New jobs is the mainstay for Creating a new guard for Social Security.
This is the new place for financial speculators to invest!
McCain’s Progressive nature embodies Theodore Roosevelt more than any US presidential candidate in history since the original Rough Rider blazed the greatest era of growth in America.
We need John McCain to lead our nation with the same type of change.
http://www.betterconstructed.com
THIS 3R DRAFT COURTESY OF:
John Lewis Mealer, Founding President of Mealer Companies
IF Obama is elected he would crush this nation by doing the following:
Obama’s World Poverty Bill (google it) would be passed and take ALL of the US Gross Domestic Profit earnings to give to the UN for distribution to African nations (seriously, GOOGLE IT) (All 7%. Which is the profit margin).
There goes the US cash gifts to support Israel!
Guns would be also gathered up according to Obama’s Global Poverty Bill plan (Did you Google it yet?) and the US would go into massive civil war.
Hey.. the lefties are unarmed anyway, so that might not be so bad!
Obama would tax the investor class and no new small businesses would come into being (esp with the bank failures going on at the moment and no new loans being issued).
America would stagnate and begin to fall apart.
Obama’s tax on the investor class also takes away incentives for lower classes to strive to become better people!
Did you hope to begin your own business someday?
Obama says NO!
Obama must keep us in our place, after-all.
Obama would immediately tax the large corporations which are already just barely balanced between the democrat instituted union demands and simply closing up and moving overseas or to Mexico.
The USA corporate infrastructure would be detroyed within a year.
Obama would force the remaining small businesses to pay totally unaffordable health care for employees and they too, would close up and go out of business even before finding health care, IF it were available. This will really hurt the women business owners who employ mostly younger women in retail, who have higher health care coverage. THEN he comes up with some LIE that he wants to give small business 5k per covered worker. DO you realize how many workers there are in small businesses? How would he pay for thise TRILLIONS?!! Talk about not even thinking about how grand of a lie he tries to weave.
Jane… Looks like you need to become a waitress again.
Obama will over tax and over extend this country so quickly and at the worst time that we will DIE as a nation.
If you want the USA to die, then you surely want Obama to become president and vice versa.
Israel will fall apart and diappear if the USA falls.
The US pays Israel just enough to stay afloat with all of it’s military needs against the very countries that McCain defends Israel from, YET, Obama supports and wants to discuss politics with these same terrorist groups over crumpettes and tea.
Note to Obama:
Terrorists do not eat crumpettes, they send their brainwashed neighbors into tea N crumpette shops with bombs strapped to their bodies. They do not negotiate!
This is not some game where we can push reset and this certainly is not a basketball game or charisma pagaent.
This is the cold hard reality of Obama that people play deaf and dumb to.
This is real life.
July 18th, 2008 at 2:20 amAre you awake and ready to learn about the survival of our nations?
McCain 3R Plan is a start, but Obama’s view is the end.
“Rove: ‘This Administration Put More Into Alternative Energy Research Than Any Administration in History’”
Probably a byproduct of the development of MORE EFFECTIVE nuclear warheads, in violation of the SALT and START treaties:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks
An agreement to limit strategic launchers was reached in Vienna on June 18, 1979, and was signed by Leonid Brezhnev and President of the United States Jimmy Carter. Six months after the signing, the Soviet Union deployed troops to Afghanistan, and in September of the same year some senators like “Mr. Boeing” (Henry M. Jackson) unexpectedly discovered the so-called “Soviet brigade” on Cuba. As such, the treaty was never ratified by the United States Senate. Its terms were, nonetheless, honored by both sides until 1986 when the Reagan Administration withdrew from SALT II after accusing the Soviets of violating the pact.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:36 amjlmealer Says:
JOHN McCAIN’S 3R ECONOMIC PLAN 2008
Abbreviated version
Progressive thinking Republican Candidate John McCain comes through for America with his 3R economic plan. In the persona of Theodore Roosevelt, McCain’s plan just makes sense.
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July 18th, 2008 at 7:38 amEven more Abbreviated version: SH!T