Compare and Contrast, then “incent”

Do you really think the bush administration gives a good damn about renewable energy sources and all the other bullshit that he’s preaching this week? Come on, do you? The only reason he’s hawking this idea is because it’s safer than continuing to hawk private Social Security accounts. He has to be on the soapbox about something and this soapbox isn’t high enough to hurt him if he falls off.

Here’s what bush said yesterday, “Some of the nations we rely on for oil have unstable governments, or fundamental differences with the United States. These countries know we need their oil and that reduces influence. It creates a national security issue when we're held hostage for energy by foreign nations that may not like us.”

Yes dear, that was just about the same time that we found out Arabs would be running our largest ports. Shaking your head yet?

Here’s something else he said. “If technology is going to help us change our energy habits and change the way we live, it makes sense for the government to ‘incent’ people to invest in research and development. Right now we've got what we call a research and development tax credit, which is a major incentive for private companies such as yourselves, to invest in research and development, which will yield new technologies.”

“Incent”? That’s not a word. That is however one more bit of proof that he may be dumber than we thought.