Slow Suicide

"Of the qualities that George W. Bush embodies - inattention, inability to communiciate clearly, impatience, violence, arrogance - his utter shortsightedness in regard to the health of the world and its people is the most damning. Oil and coal, shrinking in supply, polluting our air and water, is quite clearly not the best way forward. To continue to inject taxpayers' money into this obese, overpowering industry is to speed the demise of this precarious global economy. It's government assisted suicide, and the oil-soaked politicians on both sides of the aisle are to blame. Withholding government subsidy from those who engage in fossil fuel production while offering it to alternatives will help move industries in the direction of a healthier future for we Earthlings. Democrats have bellowed for weeks now over Bush's fiddling as NOLA sank, yet we stand in the midst of a much greater global crisis doing nothing. Market forces will help drive the economy towards increased efficiency and alternative fuels, but the progress will be slowed by the massive suckle offered by our government. It's madness." - - - Screwy Hoolie