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30 Years Ago Today

James Joyner
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Glenn Reynolds: “Thirty years ago Jimmy Carter established the Department of Energy. And all our energy problems were solved . . . .”

Heh. Indeed.

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7 responses to “30 Years Ago Today”

  1. Anon Avatar
    Anon

    I should point out that DOE is a bit weird. In fact, only a small part of its budget is devoted to finding new sources of energy.

  2. Jamie Avatar
    Jamie

    Just you wait until John Edwards becomes Poverty Czar.

  3. Bithead Avatar
    Bithead

    t comes down to ‘government isn’t the solution; It’s the PROBLEM.’

  4. charles austin Avatar
    charles austin

    Two years later history’s greatest monster also gave us the Department of Education, aka ED so as not to be confused with the earlier established Department of Energy.

    Tough call to decide which is worse, though I’d probably go with ED.

  5. Bruce Moomaw Avatar
    Bruce Moomaw

    Heh. How much worse off would we be WITHOUT it?

    Really, James. The fact that Reynolds keeps his brain switched off most of the time is no excuse for you to switch yours off part of the time.

  6. Bithead Avatar
    Bithead

    Heh. How much worse off would we be WITHOUT it?

    Because there are so many who want every area of their lives legislated and controlled by ‘someone else’… the test cannot be made.

  7. Bruce Moomaw Avatar
    Bruce Moomaw

    Does that include its research work?

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