State of the Union lies

My curiostiy was piqued when the President promised to fund alternative energy research, while reducing dependence on foreign oil. for a split second i actually enjoyed a moment of excitement.. it was quickly dashed when i remembered the man is a nazi who only made the remark out of that get-back-at-the-bully 5-year-old mentality, and was simply using a ploy to gain supporters from the left and to bolster continued support for the war.

From yesterday’s New York Times:

The Energy Department will begin laying off researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the next week or two because of cuts to its budget. A veteran researcher said the staff had been told that the cuts would be concentrated among researchers in wind and biomass, which includes ethanol. Those are two of the technologies that Mr. Bush cited on Tuesday night as holding the promise to replace part of the nation's oil imports...