If you've never seen it

there's a program on tv called Intervention that purports to follow some poor sap around under the guise of a documentary film crew, supposedly to chronicle the life of an addict. The individual haplessly exposes his innermost feelings and vulnerabilities all the while exhibiting the self centered mindset that it's everyone Else's problem and not theirs, that they aren't hurting anybody but themselves and not seeing the pain they are really causing everybody...then they are subjected to a round table of their friends and relatives who attempt to enlighten the victim and steer them into therapy and hopefully free them of the monkey they so happily seem to want to carry around on their back.

President Bush, in one of his many speeches, pointed out that the U.S. was addicted to oil and that something needed to be done, and that's as far as it got...

All the little Republicans continued on their merry little way, bee-boppin and skit-skattin while they lost everything they held dear, giving all their wealth to foreigners so they could feed their habit for the good life...

And now, just like the addict in the program, they are suddenly faced with the hard cruel reality of the situation and they exhibit the very same behavior that the the victim does...surprise, denial, rage at the cost of their addiction, the guilt of everyone but them. All they can think of to scream is we need more, more, more...when instead they should have been looking for the cure to their ills...and endeavored to develop alternatives they fought tooth and nail to derail them...

And even in the face of reality, with all those near and dear in attendance they can only think of one thing...we need to drill for more oil. Waste the nations beauty and resources to suit their selfish needs...People with vast wealth whining that they can't fuel their great big SUV's because of the price of gasoline when for the price of the precious fuel they pay to fill up the vehicle would more than make the payment on an alternative energy automobile...The could still keep the land yaht for special needs.

So until they realize that we don't need more drilling but more research and a lot more development, they won't come to grips with the depth of their dilemma...and maybe we will all be a little better off...