Oh, I know Ken. I see what you're saying for sure. I can't tell you how many times I've thought about Jimmy Carter trying to get nuclear energy off the ground, and the sweater thing, and how nobody took him seriously. Him and a bunch of other people who've been trying to get our attention for a long time.
I don't think the people who insist we remain in Iraq have nearly the honest frustration that you have about our dependency on oil -- they're not saying, "We just don't have any choice, because the American people just won't get off the dime and drive hybrids and ride bicycles." I think they have an arrogant, cavalier outlook about this. It's basically screw everybody, we want Iraq's oil and anybody who doesn't like it can lump it.
Me, I think if we had $100 a barrel oil we'd be in enough pain to get off the dime. I think it's a big mistake to wait around for us to wean ourselves off oil first, and then disengage ourselves from the someone else's oil we decided to commandeer.
It's all about cutting to the chase.
