George Bush Oil Addict

We have a president who owes his success in the oil business to the Saudis...
He mentioned we are addicted to oil in the State of the Union speech in Jan 2006 and we need to get off it -

"Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology. Since 2001, we have spent nearly $10 billion to develop cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable alternative energy sources -- and we are on the threshold of incredible advances.

So tonight, I announce the Advanced Energy Initiative -- a 22-percent increase in clean-energy research -- at the Department of Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital areas. To change how we power our homes and offices, we will invest more in zero-emission coal-fired plants, revolutionary solar and wind technologies, and clean, safe nuclear energy. (Applause.)

We must also change how we power our automobiles. We will increase our research in better batteries for hybrid and electric cars, and in pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen. We'll also fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn, but from wood chips and stalks, or switch grass. Our goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive within six years. (Applause.)

Breakthroughs on this and other new technologies will help us reach another great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025. (Applause.) By applying the talent and technology of America, this country can dramatically improve our environment, move beyond a petroleum-based economy, and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past. (Applause.)"

...he has gone twice to the Saudi Arabia this year pleading for them to increase their oil output - that sounds like a drug addict pleading with his supplier for more drugs...this past week he was rebuffed by the Saudis...he pleaded with them and told them that they risked the US turning to alternative sources of energy -



"Bush said he told Saudi King Abdullah Friday he should be mindful that high oil prices are hurting the economies of some of the kingdom's best customers, such as the U.S. He said he also told the Saudi king continued high oil prices would move the U.S. and others out of the oil market. "High energy prices are going to cause countries like mine to accelerate our move to alternative energy," Bush said he told Abdullah."

....that's what we want to do isn't it?

...who does he represent anyway...where are his loyalties...what side is he on?