Word: dicke
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Tuesday afternoon, House Democrats gathered at a filling station conveniently located near Capitol Hill and did their best to jump in. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt unveiled a competing, "balanced" energy program (yes, that's the same word Bush uses to describe his) that "will help families and businesses cut energy costs...
...creeping fear of unaffordable power has President George W. Bush looking for a backup policy generator as he prepares to unveil an energy program this week that is very fossil-fuel friendly--and simpatico with his and Vice President Dick Cheney's long ties to Big Oil. Bush says his policy, which stresses greater production over conservation, is a long-term solution...
What they don't worry much about anymore is Washington. In the old days, millions were spent lobbying against environmental and safety regulations. These days Ford Motor no longer feels pinched by those regs. On a recent visit with Dick Cheney, Ford as much as told the Vice President (between fly-fishing tales) that any backtracking by the Bush Administration on the government's environmental commitments wouldn't have any influence on Ford; the company was going ahead with its own efforts...
...rumored that Dick Cheney is the stealth President, but is it possible that the actual President has his own clandestine occupation? Could he be the stealth baseball commissioner? While Bud Selig, commissioner in fact, has been relegated to mutterances about (but not solving) labor disputes, Dubya's been promoting the game nationwide, grabbing flashbulbs and credit for the first pitch at the Brewers' new stadium, top, while Selig--former team owner--lobbed his pitch in anonymity and had to vie for press by dedicating two statues out front. Further evidence...
...energy crisis,” the Bush administration has begun to finalize a reform strategy that relies on increasing energy supplies to meet increasing demand. President George W. Bush, a former oil industry executive, has generally favored obtaining greater fossil fuel supplies from previously untapped areas, and Vice President Dick Cheney, also a former oil executive, has said that the United States will need 1,300 new power plants by 2020—more than one a week—to satisfy increasing demand...