>>>Neither one of us is going to convince the other. Like you, I believe that reducing our dependence on oil is probably the best thing we can do for our national security.
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>>Yup. As someone said to me a few weeks ago, let the Arab nations drink their oil. They sure don't have anything else going for them other than sitting on top of oil.
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>But, can you ever imagine Bush asking Americans to reduce their usage of oil for the national benefit?


He did, and it was so ludicrous in light of his actions that it was not taken seriously at all.