It's payback time -
and Bush intends to make California
pay. Let me list California's sins. First, California voted Gore...
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You nasty-minded readers probably believe George Bush's
energy plan is just some pea-brained scheme to pay off the
president's oil company buddies, fry the planet, and smother
Mother Earth in coal ash, petroleum pollutants and nuclear
waste.
If that's what you think, you've overlooked the vicious intent of
the whole programme. It's payback time - and Bush intends to
make California pay.
Let me list California's sins. First, California voted Gore. Second,
California's governor, Gray Davis, is an intelligent, popular
Democrat who could whup little George's butt in the next
election. Three, California voted Gore.
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The entire excuse for
this polluters' wet dream of an 'energy
plan' is the energy 'crisis' in
California.
Even the Democrats and the New York
Times agree that there is an energy
crisis in California, which is evidence
enough to conclude: There is no
energy crisis in California.
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Keep in mind that the entire excuse for this polluters' wet dream
of an 'energy plan' is that there is an energy 'crisis' in California.
We are told that there is just not enough electricity and gas.
Even the Democrats and the New York Times agree that there is
an energy crisis in California, which is evidence enough to
conclude: There is no energy crisis in California.
In case you need more evidence, check this out. In December,
the lights went out in southern California, the price of electricity
jumped 1000% over the previous year and the price of natural
gas jumped 1000% in one week.
Power shortage? Nope. The California power grid operator
reported that, just over the California border at the 'Henry Hub'
gas pipeline switching centre, you could buy plentiful gas for
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