Thus said "Doran L. Barton" on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:37:33 MDT: > Congress (and the president) has settled on inaction with regard > to energy policy, immigration policy, and, surprisingly, national > security policy.
If by inaction you mean that they aren't letting the free market (aka the invisible hand) develop new energy solutions by eliminating laws that prohibit companies from providing what consumers need, then I would agree. > Part of the reason is that the special interest lobbies have become so > powerful in their influence. But that shouldn't matter if we elect > people who don't care about getting re-elected or getting favors, only > getting the job done right. But isn't this the natural tendency of Democracy; elected officials who serve their own interests in shorter amounts of time? Just like the natural progression of Socialism is economic ruin. Andy -- [-----------[system uptime]--------------------------------------------] 9:05pm up 17 min, 1 user, load average: 2.36, 1.65, 1.10 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
