Tonight for the first time in a while I watched NBC Nightly News. My thoughts...
Iraq: It seems like a giant CYA lately. Everyone wants to be right. I would love to hear some truth about the situation. I know I won't watch Bush's address tomorrow night, because he will have an agenda to prove he and his policy are right. I won't watch the Democratic response either, for the same reasons. Why can't we know what's really going on over there? I realize there's a difference between an experience and an agenda, but I wonder if those who have the bully pulpit see that difference as well. Until the powers that be have this realization, I'm afraid we're screwed. But not nearly as badly as those who still live in Iraq.
Cars: Apparently there's been a lawsuit between some states and the automobile companies regarding the states' ability to create their own emission guidelines. Why is this a suit? Hasn't this issue already been decided? California requires standards for cars imported and sold into it. So why is there a suit? Suddenly other states figured out that they have some power over big industry as well. I do understand that 50 states with 50 different requirements is a nightmare. So what's the harm in picking the most stringent and going with it?
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I suspect that many states will not want to go along with the most stringent because they are fearful that the stringent guidelines will 'hurt' the automobile industry. The automakers will whine that this will increase costs and that they will have to cut their labor force even more, then the unions will get fired up and it will all go on and on and on and on. People tend to do the opposite of what Dumbledore sugested to Harry. Instead of doing what is right instead of what is easy, society tends to do what is easy instead of what is right.
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