Give Me Carter In A Cardigan

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Carter's brave vision on energy:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/5657601.html
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George W. Bush asking Americans to save oil by driving less reminds me of Jimmy Carter wearing a cardigan sweater and asking Americans to save oil by turning down our thermostats and, yes, by driving less.

But former President Carter was asking for individual sacrifice as a small part of an aggressive, national campaign. President Bush is asking for individual sacrifice instead of a national initiative.

Carter gave his first energy speech in February 1977. In July 1979, four months before Americans were taken hostage in Iran, he delivered his fifth energy address. To this day, that speech and its aftermath illuminate the profound differences between the way Democrats and Republicans address the oil crisis.

"Ten days ago I had planned to speak to you again about a very important subject -- energy," Carter began. "But as I was preparing to speak, I began to ask myself the same question that I now know has been troubling many of you. Why have we not been able to get together as a nation to resolve our serious energy problem?"

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I always felt bad when Clinton didn't keep the fire on the car manufacturers. I thought is was a democratic thing to progress in technology and conserve. Back in the seventies, my father was selling solar panels that had tax incentives and synthetic oil. Amsoil is still going and Solar Panels have gotten better since then, but everything really dropped off in the last 30 years. dubco is bound to take us backwards.