A minor, minor point, but:

Last year, the president said, “America is addicted to oil,” and stimulated a debate over dependence on foreign oil that has overlapped with environmental groups’ calls for cleaner-burning domestic fuels.

In what circles did the president "stimulate a debate"? All I recall is that he stimulated mockery, because he's a former oil guy and also full of crap.

No, wait. Was it last year that we had the articles explaining what switchgrass is, because Bubble Boy uttered that word in the SOTU? What did that last, a week? And anyway, see my previous point about mockery.

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