Gas prices: Bush’s rebound fuel (Dick Morris)

The Hill ^ | April 26, 2006 | Dick Morris

[headstamp]

"We must stop paying terrorists at the pump even as we pay to repress them with our taxes."

Hey it's Dick Huffington.

[wai-ming]

As anyone remotely into New Age voodoo knows, the Chinese symbol for crisis is said to consist of the words “danger” and “opportunity.”

Which Chinese character is Mr. Morris referring to? I know of no such symbol.
New age voodoo, perhaps. Chinese character, no. Read on:

How a misunderstanding of Chinese characters has led many astray

Chinese translation of "crisis"

Not conversant with Chinese, we must accept this derived wisdom on faith.

That's exactly what it is: "derived" wisdom, based on wishful thinking, not facts.

[NewJerseyJoe]

I've learned to pay attention to Dick Morris when he's discussing the Clintons, and ignore him on everything else.

[amutr22]

Dick Morris has officially lost his mind.

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I really dont' think so. I actually think he has a point. Bush and this administration has got to take this crisis and DO SOMETHING with it. Come up with a plan.

He's been plagued by Katrina "should haves", Iraq is still in turmoil, he's not winning on immigration.....this is an issue that the American People are very concerned with. If Bush takes charge, he could win some big points, IMO.

[MadIvan]

Bush can restore some prestige with the following energy plan:

1. Relax EPA regulations on building new refineries.
2. Relax EPA regulations on the variants of petrol that need to be offered.
3. Relax EPA regulations on diesel - American tax and environmental policy has an insane bias against diesel.
4. Offer tax incentives for diesel cars and consumption.
5. Petrodiesel technology is a gateway to bio-diesel, a viable prospect, as in many cases it's made out of rubbish, which is something we never run out of. ;) Offer tax incentives for R&D into this technology; give grants to universities that do research into it.
6. Drill ANWR.

The mere announcement of these measures should cause a drop in the price of oil. As a medium-term strategy, it should allow the USA to become much more energy independent.

Regards, Ivan

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Actually a good piece by ole toe sucker. He forgot to add that Bush needs to pound it into the nation's head everyday, that it was the democrats and their environmental friends that are in large part responsible for this nation's dependence on foreign terrorist oil.