transportation and energy

> now can you understand why i, not even owning a car, am not a
> big fan
> of the bush/cheney administration?

Didn't realize that. You're lucky to have public
transportation up there. Did you know that they have no
bus or train service in this part of the country?

Makes it tricky as I have no car either, nor do I
possess a license. Fortunately I have been able to make
it on the farm so I don't need to go into town that
often. But even so, would be convenient if there was
regular bus service or something. The Greyhound only
passes through here once a day (by here I mean there is
a bus station 35 miles away) -- I'd have to take it to
the nearest train station, which I -think- is in
Chattanooga and then if I wanted to head west the only
service that goes that way is the northern route so I'd
have to take the train to DC, then Chicago -- leaving
me with something like one or two-weeks to get across
country. I imagine they have far better service in
Antarctica! I have been a few places and can say
honestly that the public transportation in the US is
the worst in the entire world I am aware of. There
could be soemthing worse but I haven't seen it.

> the power these men possess is all thanks to america's
> overuse of this fuel,

OK, well, perhaps -- but George Jr. is hardly to blame
for the obscenely indulgent power addiction of the
american public.

You are right about overuse -- just look at a nighttime
satellite image of the US to see that wasteful power
consumption is waaaaaaay out of control. Or the crazy
arrangement of suburbs and cities- requiring people to
pack themselved into mobile sardine cans one sardine
per can and sit in traffic for hours everyday instead
of walking to the office or working from home. It is
strictly illogical, wasteful and disrespectful of
future generations. Madness in fact!

> which in turn was fostered by bush sr. and other previous
> administrations.

Yes, alright. Power industry has probably lobbied to
prevent a lot of investment in alternative powers.
Public hysteria is to blame too for our backwardsness
as regards clean nuclear energy.

> and the loyalties of bush and cheney are towards the
> interests that would preserve this status quo.

Maybe. I go back and forth on Bush, though I do not
like certain people in his cabinet who I suspect are
conniving pretenders.

- Jeff