Misleading us again

In the manner we have now become used to the White house speaks with forked tongue or from both sides of it's mouth as the sayings go. In late January we learned that NASA had attempted to limit what James Hansen their top climatologists had to say and from speaking publicly about Global warming and the long term effects of not reducing air pollutants. Of course the NASA politicians quickly denied that this was happening. See the NY Times article for more details. To his credit Mr. Hansen continues speaking and writing undeterred.

Then came the State of the Union address. In the list of issues we heard that we must reduce our dependency on oil. A laudable and very urgent issue that we all need to be helping with. However, right after the speech ever faithful Dick starts lobbying for drilling in the thankfully still protected Alaskan forests. Followed shortly by the President saying that ExxonMobil making an outrageous profit of the backs of you and me is good and right. If the oil price had not been allowed to skyrocket, ExxonMobil would not be so brimming with cash. While the oil companies have a bunch of their servants in the White House bowing to their every wish we will not cure the Oil addiction.

You can do something about this now. Go to the NRDC Action site and help in the battle to change the direction we are on to drill for more oil and feed the addiction a little longer. We do not need to be cured, the future generations will do that. Well folks, the future has arrived.