#1 A very meaningful nine seconds, thank you.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:24 pm
The Senate Commitee On Energy And Natural Resources held a meeting today, and got a bunch of energy experts sworn in. Here's the transcript of the funny, and important, part.
WHITEHOUSE: Gentlemen, we’re in the middle of a near total mortgage system meltdown in this country. We have a health care system that burns 16 percent of our GDP, in which the Medicare liability alone has been estimated at $34 trillion. We’re burning $10 billion a month in Iraq.
This administration has run up $7.7 trillion in national debt, by our calculation. And there is worsening evidence every day of global warming, with worsening environmental and national security ramifications. In light of those conditions, do any of you seriously contend that drilling for more oil is the number one issue facing the American people today?
[NINE-SECOND SILENCE]
WHITEHOUSE: No, it doesn’t seem so.