Advance: Bush's State of the Union (excerpts)

A well-placed friend in DC just sent me what she claims are excerpts from President Bush's State of the Union speech tonight - these are from his comments on energy and climate change. Seems legit (*note - read carefully - it's easy to miss the nuance from a man of such lofty genius.

- “That’s why I’m calling on the Congress to fully fund my Administration’s Future Gen program to build clean coal power plants that will reduce our competitivity with foreign sources of oil and increase our commitment to carbon emissions.”

- “Congress needs to fully permit and fund the development of our oil reserves on the outer continental shelf. These reserves can be developed with clean, cutting edge technologies with no environmental damage, because nobody lives in the ocean.”

- “We have got to develop carbon capture and rendition technologies so we can keep the carbon locked up before it attacks America again.”

- “My administration believes in the promise of solar, I believe in the sun. In fact, top scientists with the Department of Energy have evidence that the sun comes up every single day, rain or shine. We need to study this and, if confirmed, Congress should set aside significant funding to confirm these studies.”

- “Finally, America can not achieve its energy and climate goals without learning how to pronounce the word ‘nukular.’ Tonight, I am announcing a new initiative through the U.S. Department of Education to train America’s children in the appropriate spelling and diction of nukular technologies. I am committing $14 trillion dollars to this program, which is about what it would cost to build two or three nukular power plants by the year 2075 – enough to dramatically reduce our discussion of carbon dioxide emission reductions while accelerating the deployment of kerosene lanterns, candles and dung fires. Together, we can take America back to the future, which, with my commitment, looks a lot like the past we all miss so dearly. Thank you and God Bless.”