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The Last Thing This Nation Needs…

8:57 AM PST on January 21, 2009

I hate to nitpick at an outstanding and historic speech but it's
January 21 and time to start talking about the stimulus bill, so, well,
I'll let James Howard Kunstler do the nitpicking...

“We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars…” -- Barack Obama's inaugural address.

“The last thing this nation needs now is a stimulus plan aimed atthe development of non-gasoline-powered automobiles married withextensive rehabilitation of the highway system.” -- James Howard Kunstler

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