--- shempmcgurk wrote: > > --- Patrick wrote: > > > > --- 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? > > > > Well, if the Republican Congress is to take the blame, then they > should also get the credit for the good things that happened during > the Clinton administration, too, no? Such as: balancing the budget, > welfare reform, free trade...
Well, I didn't think I was assigning blame so much as giving a reason why Clinton wasn't able to snap his fingers and launch a new energy program, as someone implied above. But as for giving credit for the successes of the Clinton years, I'm happy to acknowledge everyone who was in the city during those years, whatever his or her party. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
