'....the administration scrambled to reassure its Saudi friends/enemies/evil-doers/clients that the president didn’t really mean it. '

Bush bangs out a hollow message on an oil can

Andrew Sullivan
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Carter vowed to end dependence on foreign energy by 1990. He was not alone. Ron Bailey, a libertarian writer, pointed out last week that even Nixon had promised energy independence — by 1980. Ford moved the date back to 1985. Carter’s 1990 was just another kick of the can down the road. The second Bush has just promised 75% independence by 2025. Some kick. Some can. 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.

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--Well when you put it like that it really does seem hollow, huh?--