State of the Union, but not State of the ANWR

My take? Not Bush's best speech. Part of the problem with last night's State of the Union was that it seemed to be several speeches thrown into one. Several, maybe many, speechwriters crafted last night's State of the Union address. It felt like a joint effort instead of a seamless presentation.

Bush was correct in declaring that it's unwise to depend of foreign sources of energy. From last night's speech:

Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.

This was an excellent opportunity for Bush to bring up the necessity to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. Bush, correctly, brought up the need for finding alternative sources for energy, but the harsh reality is that even if affordable and practical sources of energy are mastered, fossil fuels will be the main source of power for our economy for the next 20 or 30 years.

"So we need ANWR open for drilling," should have been in the president's State of the Union address.

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