"The history of the last 100 years has been a toxic mix of oil and war."
Of all the speeches I saw last week, Senator Reid's oil speech best articulated the Party's view of the role of oil in distorting power globally and within the United States. It is forceful, rational, and clearly articulates why a democratic administration is vital to break the power of oil interests.
While McCain is clearly beholden to Big Oil, the speech clarifies why McCain's VP selection would please them. Sarah Palin, in the words of a Republican surrogate, is "CEO of America's largest oil state". Her husband was employed by the oil industry, she opposes wildlife protections that might impede oil exploration in Alaska, and she is a key linkage between the industry and the push for a petro-centric energy policy extending at least another four years. While her claim to fame in Alaska has been her willingness to squeeze the Big Three oil companies for increased tax revenue, she's far from a crusader for breaking our addiction to oil. Quite the contrary.
Full transcript of Reid's speech is here: http://www.demconvention.com/harry-reid/
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Don't miss Harry Reid's Coal is making us SICK speech!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2xYNaTRBxY
It's not just oil, it's all fossil fuels. Burning coal (including replacing foreign oil with coal-to-liquids) is a foreign policy nightmare due to it's effects on the global climate.
In addition to threatening the U.S. with hoards of eco-refugees, coal is sickening it's people through the sinful practices of mountaintop removal coal mining and burning the coal itself. Palin might start asking herself whether her child with Down Sindrome might be the result of the mercury in the fish she so loves to catch and in the air contaminated by the refineries she so loves to site in her state.
comment on September 12, 2008 8:17 AM by Bradford has been deleted. please, no flaming or name calling.
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