Everytime I watch the bills being debated and voted on it is almost always Republicans voting straight line lock stock and barrel on bills one after another that seriously undermine the public's quality of life.

We can not expect to defeat the Republicans that will be up for re-election if all the blame is placed on Bush and Cheney.

In general the energy proposal as put forth is fairly good, however I would love to have seen more weight put into the Biodiesel sector and the mention of hydro electric damns for generating electricity.

With a combination of Biodiesel, Wind, and Solar plus Hydro electric damns would or could virtually eliminate our dependence on oil based energy.

Electrical generating damns have proven for decades to be an economical and safe polution free way of creating energy. There are many places still available where such damns could be built if we are willing to stop killing everything with enviromental issues.

I am not advocating that enviromental issues are not important or should be forgotten. I am simply  making the statement that in all areas we are going to find ourselves having to compromise in ways that may not have been viable before.