Jul 15 2009, 1:42PM
Guestblogging For The Daily Dish
I should have mentioned this a few days ago, but I forgot. Anyway, as the headline of this post suggests, I'm guestblogging for Andrew Sullivan this week. I have a couple more interviews to grind through (I'm talking to Kenneth Arrow later this afternoon) and I'll post those here, but all of my other blogging will be on the Dish.
But I will note that the Dish doesn't have a comment section, so if I write anything stupid over there please feel free to leave any and all mean comments here.
Okay. You say:
I don't think cap and trade has many supporters who think it's the best way to become "less dependent on foreign energy sources."
Actually, Waxman-Markey *is* intended to make us less dependent on foreign energy sources. It’s even in the name of the bill and the brief description:
H.R.2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
AN ACT To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.
Furthermore, revamping energy policy to make us “less dependent on foreign energy sources” has been a repeated theme of Obama’s since the campaign. You can find references to our addiction to foreign/Mideast oil and to the need for energy independence everywhere from his campaign website to his DNC speech to his inaugural address to his recent remarks on energy and the need for Waxman-Markey. Here’s what Obama said on June 25, 2009 in his Remarks On The Importance Of Passing A Historic Energy Bill:
For more than three decades, we've talked about our dependence on foreign oil. And for more than three decades, we've seen that dependence grow. We've seen our reliance on fossil fuels jeopardize our national security. [snip]
There's no disagreement over whether our dependence on foreign oil is endangering our security; we know it is.
There are many valid reasons to criticize Sarah Palin. This is not one of them.
I am more sorry than I can say to see that you are filling in so perfectly for Andrew Sullivan when it comes to Palin.