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Ethanol Gets Less Attention in Bush's State of the Union Address

Simple. The ethanol support paid for in 2006 by Big Agriculture's lobby, was delivered in 2007's SOTU address. In 2007, Bush's approval ratings, and influence over legislation, went to near zero; consequently, so did the interests from lobbiests; consequently, so did the alt-energy part of his SOTU address.

He dedicated most of his address to the "fight against terrorism". We already know where Cheney will be going a year from now: back to Halliburton (this time, with Bush in tow). This is why they're trying to cut a deal with the Iraqi "government" to bind the U.S. to perpetual oversight: to fill HAL's coffers.