Monday, July 13, 2009
LAMAR!
Lamar! Alexander is pushing moderately hard for nuclear power. The details of his proposal are just right: aim for 100 new plants in the next 20 years, fix regulations, provide loan guarantees, find a new way to handle waste.
The reporters at the news conference asked good questions, and Lamar! handled them well with one exception. Q: "Why didn't you get this done in the Bush administration when you had the majority?" A: "Well, I don't know. I wish we had." That's a non-answer.
Unfortunately Lamar! is a moderate man, not the kind who stirs up public excitement. But maybe he doesn't need excitement since the allegedly "anti-energy" Obama admin, as noted before, is already more pro-nuke than the allegedly "pro-energy" Sultan Bush admin.
The truth is: Sultan Bush was only pro-Saudi Arabian energy. He made absolutely no move to increase America's energy production in any form, because more energy from America would compete with the Sultan's boss. ¶ 6:50 PM
The reporters at the news conference asked good questions, and Lamar! handled them well with one exception. Q: "Why didn't you get this done in the Bush administration when you had the majority?" A: "Well, I don't know. I wish we had." That's a non-answer.
Unfortunately Lamar! is a moderate man, not the kind who stirs up public excitement. But maybe he doesn't need excitement since the allegedly "anti-energy" Obama admin, as noted before, is already more pro-nuke than the allegedly "pro-energy" Sultan Bush admin.
The truth is: Sultan Bush was only pro-Saudi Arabian energy. He made absolutely no move to increase America's energy production in any form, because more energy from America would compete with the Sultan's boss. ¶ 6:50 PM
