Obama Says Oil Spill Underscores Need for Alternative Fuels... Editorial
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No shit, Sherlock!
By Marc J. Rauch
Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher
THE AUTO CHANNEL
Firstly, last month when Congress grilled the Goldman Sachs' goniffs, the word "shit" was heavily used in open hearings. Usually, the word "shit" had been lumped into the so-called "7 dirty words" that the FCC wouldn't allow to be uttered on public airwaves, and it was taboo in polite conversation (although compared to the other 6 words it is very tame). So, since the FCC has no control over what anyone on the Internet says, and since the word "shit" is now acceptable for use by our leading lawmakers in public hearings in the Capitol Building, then I hereby make it an acceptable word to use on The Auto Channel (although I would bow to pressure from my business partner if he disagrees). So, if you're offended that I used the word "shit" to rebuke an overly obvious statement made by our President while millions of gallons of oil are poured into the Gulf of Mexico, tough shit!*
In any event, Barak Obama, speaking at a fund raising event in Fremont, California, just rolled out this pearl of wisdom, as if he just came up with the idea. I guess he forgot the energy speech he gave on August 4, 2008, before winning the Democratic nomination and the Presidency.
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Yes, Barry, we need alternative fuels. We need them because we have to stop as much pollution as possible. We need them because we have to distance ourselves from dictators and regimes that hate America. We need them because we have to reduce the price of energy and engine fuels. And the biggest reason we need alternative fuels is that the development of fuels, manufacturing and production plants, conversion equipment and installation services, and new products that can use the alternative fuels are the way for us to get out of the economic depression that we're in.
So this means, Mr. President, that you should get off your ass and make something happen. You can mandate that the EPA drops it's objections to using higher alcohol-level ethanol, and you can mandate that the EPA and state governments get rid of their antiquated restrictions against converting gasoline engines to CNG and propane. Of course it would mean that you have to start turning down all the political bribes that you and the senators/congressmen get from the oil industry, but shit, you can pretend that you're working for the American people for a change.
TheAutoChannel.com is loaded with stories that present great ideas about alternative fuels and technologies, if anyone would like to take some time to read them.
*I suppose that instead of "No shit, Sherlock" I could have substituted it for something like "Ya think, Yasir," but then someone could have mistaken that for an ethnic slur, god-forbide.
