ADDICTED TO LOVE — by Steve Nadis
George Bush just confirmed what Robert Palmer has been saying (singing?) all along: We’re a nation “addicted to love.” That’s a serious problem, and we need some research on the scale of the Manhattan Project to find news ways for people to relate. It’s great that an American president finally had the guts to face up to an issue that has stayed below the surface for so long.
Oh wait. I just read the newspaper more carefully. Actually he said we’re “addicted to oil.” OK, forget what I said before. Sorry Robert Palmer, sounds like you’re wrong after all. The problem is OIL, not love. And we need to break our addiction to it right away. The first thing we need to do is to resist any efforts to increase the fuel efficiency of our nation’s cars and trucks. And to deny vehemently that the carbon dioxide we’re pumping into the air might have anything to do with the Earth’s climate. When you’re done with that, come back and we’ll talk again. I love these little talks of ours, don’t you?
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17:08:19
If Bush had hired those models posing as band members that Palmer used in his videos and put them back where Cheney and Hastert usually sit, THAT would have been a State of the Union worth watching.
That’s an excellent point, Doc. I would have watched too but kept the sound off (unless, of course, they interviewed the models).
Where does the band “Bush” fit into this conversation? Just wondering.
Speaking for myself, I’m addicted to olive oil. Imported. With bits of minced garlic in it and a nice loaf of bread to dip in it. Yum.
I like olive oil too. But I think this guy we’re talking about is into hayseed oil.
zardoz says:
even though atheist,
I think god has mysterious ways,
i mean were could i have met three very funny people
who like the girls from the robert palmer videoclip
the song is great , anyways
and love = olive oil with garlic , and have
better humor than the ABBOT and CASTELLO threesome
REJOICE in jesusland you have a follower,
ok its ultra-violet rays gone to my head.
you know thru the hole in the sky down here.
BY THE WAY ANYONE OUT IN THE MEDITERRENEAN ,
FOR A VISIT , LET ME KNOW , AND ILL DROWN YA IN OLIVE OIL AND SUCH OTHER DELICASIES FOLLOWED WITH OUZO.
———-ZARDOZ
Wait a sec. Wasn’t Bush ENCOURAGING our dependence on oil during his first term to drum up business for his buddies in the oil business?
Hey Roses — wait a minute, did you spot an INCONSISTENCY, and possibly even a CONTRADICTION, in something our president said. No, I don’t think so… Well, hmmm, maybe you’re right. And thanks Z–the Abbott & Costello comparison is flattering indeed–far better than being compared to Bush-Cheney. In fact, I’d much rather be compared to the 3 Stooges (even if there’s just one of me) than the latter.
I’m copying-pasting my comment from WindfallWoman’s blog regarding Bush’s reprimand, because it relates:
“W” should lay off his “addiction to oil companies”.
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Mr.Bush got a sudden urge to “scold” the American people for being scattergood with oil? Why then did Mr.Bush refuse to sign the Kyoto Protocol? Why hasn’t he struck out against the big industry energy-guzzlers slash polluters?
Sure, everywhichoneofus should help out, but then why go to the fuss of wreaking havoc on a sovereign state (i.e. Iraq) and queuing up for it’s next door neighbour (i.e. Iran), when all we needed to do is “cut down”? So, in the end the culprits of this war are the American people not the US administration? Huh, nice save Mr.Bush.
Well put, FW.
Actually, Bush isn’t being as inconsistent as you think. The key word in his State of the Union speech was “foreign”. He doesn’t want us to stop being addicted to oil. He just wants us to be addicted to domestic oil.
And let’s face it, if the U.S. cuts down on its imports, where is all that oil going to come from? Surprise! The Arctic Wildlife Refuge!
Damn, isn’t it great when one stupid decision can lead to so many more stupid decisions?
zardoz says:
hey why should we be rained upon by depleted uranium
from the yugoslavian campaign, from desert storm,
and have our enviroment poisened ,
here in the mediterrenean, ………xmmmm
—–what a righteous man that Bushe’s son georgie
—-zardoz
It’s starting to sound like the “domino theory”–a dumb idea that has so many unfortunate consequences.
And to this (if I follow you correctly) I say, “amen.”
Um….can’t you just picture Condi Rice, Ronald Dumsfield 9(in drag), etc. right behind him as the backup singers? By the way, he offended me too.
That’s quite an image, WFW. “I can’t get it out of my head,” as the saying goes, though I’d sure like to.