ODemagoguery

clipped from www.foreignpolicy.com "Energy independence" has become a byword on the American political scene, and invoking it is now as essential as baby-kissing. There are many causes behind last year's oil price spike, but Saudi Arabia is not one of them. Unlike large oil companies, which have been slow to respond to the supply crunch with more capital investments, the kingdom realized that such investments -- even if they seem counterintuitive in the short term -- are essential to avoiding catastrophic energy shocks. But Americans don't hear all this from their political leaders. In one of his very first speeches as U.S. president, for instance, Barack Obama declared that "America's dependence on oil is one of the most serious threats that our nation has faced." He said that it "bankrolls dictators, pays for nuclear proliferation, and funds both sides of our struggle against terrorism," and announced what he called "the first steps on our journey toward energy independence." The allure of demagoguery is strong

You really know the world has turned upside down when one of the leaders of the country you still think we should invade has a better story to tell than your own President.

Sigh.