Comments on: California greenhouse gas regulations http://polizeros.com/2007/12/21/california-greenhouse-gas-regulations/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2007/12/21/california-greenhouse-gas-regulations/comment-page-1/#comment-146685 DJ Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:47:34 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/21/california-greenhouse-gas-regulations/#comment-146685 I think Bush knows exactly what he's doing: representing the oil consituency. The Iraq War makes perfect sense in that context, and has been a spectacular win if advancing the interests (and profits) of the oil lobby are the goal. Bush's position on global warming also caters to big oil and coal, but it's more obvious and less likely to succeed. Bush may have lost many of the allies he started with, but he still has the ones he values most. I think Bush knows exactly what he’s doing: representing the oil consituency. The Iraq War makes perfect sense in that context, and has been a spectacular win if advancing the interests (and profits) of the oil lobby are the goal. Bush’s position on global warming also caters to big oil and coal, but it’s more obvious and less likely to succeed.

Bush may have lost many of the allies he started with, but he still has the ones he values most.

]]> By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2007/12/21/california-greenhouse-gas-regulations/comment-page-1/#comment-146682 Bob Morris Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:56:39 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/21/california-greenhouse-gas-regulations/#comment-146682 Doug Henwood of Left Business Observer summed up Bush perfectly, describing him as a "willfully ignorant provincial." Doug Henwood of Left Business Observer summed up Bush perfectly, describing him as a “willfully ignorant provincial.”

]]> By: Joe Hartley http://polizeros.com/2007/12/21/california-greenhouse-gas-regulations/comment-page-1/#comment-146678 Joe Hartley Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:13:23 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/21/california-greenhouse-gas-regulations/#comment-146678 My 24-year-old son posits the theory that Bush is behaving like an asshole so that all the other Republicans can look moderate and decent by comparison. It's an intriguing theory, one that I might accept were it not for the fact that the Bush administration is so incompetent and self-centered that it's unlikely that anyone in it could figure out so sophisticated a strategy. Even Karl Rove. My 24-year-old son posits the theory that Bush is behaving like an asshole so that all the other Republicans can look moderate and decent by comparison. It’s an intriguing theory, one that I might accept were it not for the fact that the Bush administration is so incompetent and self-centered that it’s unlikely that anyone in it could figure out so sophisticated a strategy. Even Karl Rove.

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