On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:05:25 GMT, Ed Rasimus
wrote:

You might recall that the oil shortages of 1976 were caused by the
Carter administration assertion that we would be out of oil by 2000.
And don't forget his 55 MPH national speed limit to save us oil.

I think it was the Club of Rome in '68 that made those assertions on
"out of oil." Of course it heartily embraced by the Carter and the GA
Mafia.

The "double nickle" comes from the Nixon Administration. As a
practical matter it IS the quickest and and easiest way to increase
fleet milage. I pull a big horse trailer and if I slow down from 70
mph to 64 mph I get an almost 20% increase in milage.

Carter never understood The Bully Pulpit. He was an honorable man who
thought all other men were honorable, too. He was a man of his word
and thinks all others are, too. Witness his recent contacts and
assertions about Hamas.

He also pulled the rug out from under the Shah and failed to do
anyting to fill the resulting power vacuum, which resulted in the rise
of the Ayatollah Khomeni (sp) and the release of large scale relgious
fundamentalism fueled by petrodollars. He's still an honest and
honorable man. He still hasn't figured out that very few others are.