[alarm rider]

"Bush, Hastert and Frist have completely squandered the opportunity the voters handed to them on a hard-earned silver platter. We've been had."

Sad for me to say, but I think you are right here. Where is a leader who says, "Whoa, hold it, this America, we can do anything we find the will to do. We are Americans
, we are problem solvers. Here is where we start..."

To hear the President say we can do nothing is way too....French for me and I am starting to get irritated.

[kabar]

Sad for me to say, but I think you are right here. Where is a leader who says, "Whoa, hold it, this America, we can do anything we find the will to do. We are Americans , we are problem solvers. Here is where we start..."

The best thing government can do is to get out of the way and let market forces find the solution. It has been government that has limited domestic exploration, imposed onerous regulatory restrictions and processes that make it difficult to build refineries, nuclear plants, etc., and created, by state, different boutique fuel blends that hinder distribution and refining. Despite all this, the US has the cheapest gas in the the developed world.

NIMBY (Not in my backyard) has morphed into BANANA (Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anybody). Americans want cheap energy but are not willing to make the changes necessary to deal with the fact that worldwide demand for oil is increasing faster than supply. Our supply cushion is getting smaller, which makes any disruption in supply to be felt immediately.

[lepton]

To hear the President say we can do nothing is hallucinating. There's no quote provided which supports the contention that he said any such thing.