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Baucus makes the Massachusetts legislature look like Guardians of Democracy by comparison.
-- A. C. Santore

THE ENERGY MESSIAH
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s Freedom From Foreign Oil:

Isn't T. Boone Pickens the self-styled Energy Messiah who said wind power is the only answer? Alas, his wind power scheme went bust, despite its dead-certain inevitability and the fortune Pickens spent on radio commercials telling us so. Whither wind power, T. Boone? And whither objectivity, R. Emmett?

As for the oil supply, I thought untapped U.S. oil reserves off our coasts -- which the tree-huggers won't let us drill -- are greater than those of Saudi Arabia. And I'll pass on the panic, so Emmett and Boone can have bigger portions.

Forcing semis to change from diesel to natural gas, within just seven years, is another big-government diktat with unknown feasibility or consequences on a resource crucial to the U.S. economy. One thing is certain: it would impose huge costs and significant hardship on shippers. And nothing ever goes smoothly with new, mandated technology. Can we afford this? That is a real concern in the real world, where real people have to buy stuff and make it work to apply the theories of the Energy Messiah and his Apostle Tyrrell.

Even if the facts are accurate (I have doubts about the alarmist statistics), this article read like nothing so much as a breathless, adoring paean to T. Boone Pickens and "Change, Energy Division." Pickens appears to be auditioning for "National Energy Mountebank." By publishing such drivel, American Spectator is enabling him.
-- Mark Petrina
Benicia, California

UNDER REVIEW
Re: Matthew Vadum's ACORN'S Prophetic Lawyer:

The last national presidential election outcome must be reviewed.
-- George Korycan
Hollandale, Wisconsin

The directors of the various entities better hope that they were carrying super duper Directors and Officers liability insurance because they are looking at massive lawsuits.

The scope of the negligence and the ongoing participation in criminal acts, tax fraud and misappropriation of government funding after a warning from counsel may negate coverage for many of the directors.

It will be interesting to see minutes regarding board meetings, to see who was appointed, when they were appointed and when they resigned.

It seems pretty clear no sane person with personal assets will touch ACORN and the whole mess will get dissolved.

Lots of shredding parties are underway and a recent story on an abandoned ACORN office in Oklahoma and a treasure trove of documents indicates that rats are scurrying away.
-- Chris Harley
Piedmont, California

Will justice listen?
--Anonymous

DEATH CULTURE
Re: G. Tracy Mehan III.'s Senate Committee Holds Fast for Abortion: