From the Politics Desk… Right Wing Department
Our ‘friends’ over at American Daily have a unique theory about how to cut the deficit. Eliminate the Department of Energy. That’s right… eliminate.
Apparently, they believe Job#1 of the DOE is to eliminate the import of foreign oil.
According to the DOE’s Web site, however, their mission is as follows:
The Department of Energy’s overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.
You could certainly make the argument that lessening our reliance on oil from countries who may not have America’s best interests at heart is part of of this mission. But when the last Vice-President was known… [view entry]
