--- shempmcgurk wrote: > > --- Gillam wrote: > > > > > on 7/4/06 5:04 PM, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > >> on 7/4/06 12:38 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> And Thomas Friedman's point is well taken > > > >>> as well: he says that Bush should do with > > > >>> energy what Kennedy did in '63 with the > space program (you know: "send a man to the moon > > > >>> and bring him safely back to Earth"). > > > >>> Commit the country to finding alternative > > > >>> fuels and getting us off the back of oil. > > > >>> > > > > Why didn't Clinton do it when he had a 10 trillion dollar > surplus? > > > > Republican Congress? > > > > Are you giving the Republican Congress complements for having a > balanced budget/surplus ... or .... are you chastising them for not > instituting an alternative fuels project?
I'm not chastising, and I'm certainly not complimenting. I'm venturing a guess as to why Clinton didn't launch a grand plan for energy independence. It seems such a plan would be futile unless the Republicans were behind it, seeing as they controlled Congress for three-quarters of his presidency. Is it part of the Republican plan for America? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
