Where is the beef?

Remember when Dick Chaney had a secret meeting with oil company executives to set the administration's energy policy? I wonder what was said. Could the conversation have gone as follows "Boys let's figure a way to bump up the price of oil. We can all skim off a big piece of change and pay ourselves huge salaries and bonuses. All we have to do is create a shortage and everyone who drives will have to pay. To insure our success, lets make a down payment to our friends in Congress and we are on our way. "

Well, here we are. Oil prices doubled and we are all the poorer. Good job Dick. Even if we put the country into an inflation-recession, your buddies will count their money on the way to the Florida Gold Coast.

Big oil is not going to solve this countries energy problem, not if it hurts their profits. We need a rational energy policy that considers, renewable sources, nuclear, coal gasification and deep drilling on land and in the continental shelf. And probably, most of all we need to change the leadership in the White House.