the bigger they are...

our benighted leader saw fit to declare that the USA would reduce its mideast oil consumption by 75%. What he didn't mention, but everyone else noted, is that the middle east actually ranks only fifth as an oil source for America. News sources say it provides less than 20%, but let's call it 20% for easy yet conservative math. Three fourths of that 20% would be of course 15% of our total that we'd have to get from conservation. Or of course, our friends in other areas: Canada, Nigeria, Russia and Venezuela. Other than Canada, one can see the "stability issue" quickly. But worry not, the USA is already hard at work making friends with Venezuela. Bush has offered drilling in Alaska and increased use of ethanol as solutions, but no analyst finds those ideas credibly replacing 45,070,200,000 gallons of oil per year (15% of US consumption). Let's be clear, Venezuela already knows they have us over a barrel (get it?). Solar panels, anyone? Perhaps a wind turbine on top of that detached garage?