"There the Bush administration goes again — coddling Big Oil instead of developing alternative energy resources that will lower oil prices and save our planet from the worst impacts of global warming," said Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass.

first of all, he sounds like a 12-year-old with that statement.

second of all, why is it the responsibility of the GOVERNMENT to develop alternative energy resources? shouldn't that be up to the private sector?

i also like how you say this is a reason to be upset with our idiot president...when the article clearly states it's his ADVISERS who are recommending that he do so. nothing in there says anything about him directly.

with our taxpayer money?

don't be fooled. they tax the oil companies--who in turn tax US to make up for it. corporations don't pay taxes. they pass them on to the consumer.

therefore, yeah, tax oil companies. but we're the ones who will actually be paying those taxes.

if i want to fund research for more energy-efficient resources, i will do so out of my own pocket, thank you. i don't appreciate the government TAKING my money for it.

you choose your friends...if someone doesn't like what your friends say, does that mean they shouldn't like you?

but why?

a lot of things are very very very important to have. but that doesn't mean they should ALL be funded by the federal government. that's not its job. national defense IS...and that's where war funding comes in.

and how can you say this is a war with no good outcome? you can't tell the future. that is an irrelevant statement. just because tons of people in this country love to spew hollywood rhetoric that "bush lied, people died" does not make it a scientific fact that this war is no good. i can list a ton of reasons why this war is needed AND how it would work (if people would just shut their mouths).

i think you should be more concerned about other places that a huge chunk of taxpayer money is going--like politician's special interests and campaign funds. funny how no one ever mentions that. it's always "the war, the war, the war." it's like in chicago right now. the state government won't fund the public transportation so they're cutting bus lines and train service in the city because of it.

i just think it's funny how taxes here are SO HIGH, yet somehow, they just can't seem to scrunch up quite enough money for our public transportation system. the reason is because that money is going into politician's pockets and (as i said before) special interests--services unneeded by the majority of people in order to secure votes by a minority of others. a problem that's so prevalent, yet somehow just seems to go over everyone's head. people are so upset that we spend so much money on "the war," yet aren't upset enough about the dirty politicians who use up all the rest of the money that could go to good use for the MAJORITY!