Boxer: speech was more notable for what he didn't say on global warming

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/state_of_union

......"For me, the president's speech was more notable for what he didn't say on global warming than what he did say," said Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record). The California Democrat advocates steps to halt the gradual rise in the earth's temperature. The president did not mention the subject as he called for greater domestic oil production as well as an effort to more than quadruple the nation's production of alternative fuels over the next decade.......

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1. it was a payoff to Grassley of Iowa--the ethanol lobby is in full swing!

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2. Grassley

God, did you see him grinning, and carrying on? He was on CSpan yesterday morning. 'Bout made me :puke: when he was talking about all the ways Iowa could produce alternative energy...including "squeezing dead animals". That was a delightful breakfast-time vision.

On edit: Bush mentioned the switchgrass and woodchips. I wonder what speech viewers would have thought if he'd mentioned the animals. LOL