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Dave Cohen on September 29, 2005 - 10:40pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
I see that Harry Reid is in the forefront of energy solution thinking.... Here's what I wrote --
Surely it's unfair to those who are not stakeholders that Big Oil Companies are making money hand over fist right now after the hurricanes and with our country at war, but don't you think the energy problems the US faces are a bit bigger than that petty concern? We are looking at Natural Gas shortages and eventually Oil shortages -- if not this winter, then in years to come. Your shortsighted views are doing us (the American people) no real good given the enormous tasks we face to stabilize our energy usage in the face of impending scarcity. We need a real energy policy to see us and our children through to a safe world this year, 5 years from now, 10 years from now and after that. Your typical politician's view that we can find a convenient scapegoat does not put the US on a sound energy basis -- and time's a' wasting.
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Super G on September 30, 2005 - 10:40am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Do you really think that accusing someone of being "shortsighted" and practicing "scapegoating" is a way to win them over to your position? I think that politicians are more likely to listen to a more diplomatic tone.
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Dave Cohen on September 30, 2005 - 12:31pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Honestly, SuperG, I can't decide whether I agree with your comment or not. People like Reid are leading us down the garden path and there is a lot at stake -- I also said "We need a real energy policy to see us and our children through to a safe world this year, 5 years from now, 10 years from now and after that" -- that's what's at stake. There's blunt talk and there's diplomacy. Sometimes one works, sometimes the other.

I assume you don't disagree with the fact that Reid is being shortsighted and is indeed practicing scapegoating. The problem is just that I said so.
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