Late Thoughts

A little followed news story is the statements made before the Senate recently by Big Oil. The assembled big shots denied taking part in Cheney's little energy confab early on in the administration. It says two things neither one of which is flattering to either Cheney or Big Oil namely that somebody lied or Cheney didn't use the talents of Big Oil. An investigation into the statements made before the Senate should be convened but no doubt it would end up with the quibbling, as seen on the neocon news shows on Fox, that will undoubtedly be used in the Libby defense of the indictments. Somebody is lying, and it smells a lot like the Administration's fat hitting the fire. What is the big secret about who participated in the energy conferences? How would that limit the ability of Cheney to get the views of our energy leaders?