In the comments on the previous post, that excellent chap ‘banned‘ observed:


I share the view that Obama looked at this as a gift following the likely defeat of his  cap & trade nonsense; he has deliberately allowed the crisis to worsen to boost his Green Economy agenda. Thus far he has been successful.

Tuesday’s over-hyped Oval Office address on the oil spill was a masterclass of style over substance, of posturing over leadership – and as ‘banned‘ rightly says, did indeed push his Green Economy agenda to the exclusion of anything to do with the actual cleanup. This was not a speech about the oil spill, the aftermath, or recovery in the Gulf. It was a blatant sales pitch for Obama’s “green energy” agenda.

A breakdown of the 2,700ish words Obama used in his first Oval Office address shines a very interesting light on to his priorities. RedState separates the speech into four broad themes: an update the oil spill and clean up efforts; the impact on the Gulf region; a history of regulatory ineffectiveness (Bush bashing); and the case for his “green energy” agenda.

Here is how the sections break down in terms of words spoken on each:

• 345 words blaming Bush
• 418 words on the impact to Gulf region
• 778 words on the oilspill and cleanup efforts
• 863 words on Obama’s “green energy” agenda

Clearly, the president’s number one priority in making this speech was to make the case for his high tax, command and control, lifestyle changing, carbon regulating energy plan.

Moreover, Obama placed his 863 words on “green energy” at the end of his address. In so doing, the president orgnized the speech on the principles of inductive logic – in which the bad news comes first in order to soften the impact of the proposed solution. Everything which comes before his pitch for “green energy” is properly seen, then, as support for Obama’s proposal. The crisis, the impact, the lives of those affected, all props in Obama’s drive to remake the nation’s energy policy.

The speech, if you were abbreviating it for Twitter could go something like: “Let me be clear. Some oil spilled. But Katrina. And make no mistake. I’m having meetings. In conclusion, something about China. Windmills!”

The American public did not want ObamaCare (but they got it anyway) and now does not want Cap and Tax with added windmills; but they are going to have it all forced down their throats using the stick of this oil spill regardless….and be told to be grateful.