Irony is not dead

I saw the news yesterday. GW Bush is now urging us to conserve fuel. Yeah, that's right. George W Bush says we should drive less. Plan our trips. Travel less. A crisis is at hand, caused by the storms in the Gulf. Of Mexico, that is. Now isn't that ironic? The Texas oil man whose idea of an energy policy was finding more oil to feed the American habit.

Now I find this hilarious. That this man - the same man who wants to dig in the last wildernesses on earth to find more oil - would ask us to conserve after 5 years of conspicuous consumption. That's just funny. Does he think that people will actually do this? If so he's even more of an idiot that I already suspected.

Michelle - my wife - on the other hand is infuriated. When we were talking about it last night, she called GW a "prick". If you know Michelle, you would understand the full impact of that statement. She doesn't swear. She may become angry, but she doesn't use language like that - no, not even with me (wish I could say that).

Her beef seems to be exactly what I find funny. The LAST thing this president could actually advocate was conservation. This guy wants to preside over the largest increase of oil consumption in the history of the earth. His idea of an "energy policy" is to find more places to dig. Reduce use? Drive more fuel efficient cars? Public transportation? Not for this guy. "America needs more oil" seems to be his mantra.

And now he wants us all to conserve. It woulda really threw me had I not seen today's headlines. You know, the one where the EPA increased the amount of pollution a company can spew before they actually have to tell anyone.

Now THAT'S the GWBush I know!