Obama's Conservative Call to War Against Oil

[mgc1961]

For people who live along the Gulf Coast, it's a matter of life or death. For the rest of us -- c'mon now, let's be honest -- the oil spewing from the Gulf floor and the effort to control it is mostly a television show. American politics, too, is mostly a television show. Last night Barack Obama tried to combine the two and turn it into a gripping, compelling drama. Whether he succeeded is a matter of opinion. When we watch TV we all get to be critics and make up our own minds.

I hope he succeeded, because his speech, like any TV show, had one goal: to raise the ratings, in order to sell more of the advertiser's product. And the product Obama was selling is immensely important: an America that runs on renewable energy instead of oil.

The star of the show made it sound like he really cares about the product. His delivery was surprisingly flat, almost canned, until he started talking about the long-term solution -- new energy technologies that will wean us from our oil addiction. Then he seemed to come alive.


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[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. It's about time we had a renewable energy show

I think the more POSITIVE coverage in the media the better - even if involves putting announcements on alternative energy on the TV 3 or 4 times a day. People have to see it.

[leftofcool]

2. We will have renewable energy in this country when the wells run dry.

Then you will actually see people scramble to figure out how to run their cars, heat their homes etc... Repigs who are fighting this all the way will probably lead the front on an alternative energy source if the wells run dry and if Boner's tanning bed runs off of gasoline, he will be in the forefront. I'd vote for a renewable energy show anyday of the week. Maybe if you pound this into the heads of the naysayers with a TV show, it will finally sink in.

[suzie]

3. +1,000,000

[Child_Of_Isis]

4. It's become about us & our oil addiction instead of big oils profit addiction. n/t