Conservationitives

Anybody else feel like the President's recent call for conservative fuel-usage rings hollow? It sure seems like it to me. Check out Bill's thoughts on dKos:

Well, sir, you could save a few gallons yourself by not flying all over the country in search of the best hurricane photo op aboard your plane, Message I Care One (which burned up 11,437 gallons of jet fuel during yesterday's trip alone). But then again, no:

Scott McClellan: "It's important for the president of the United States to travel to the region and get firsthand accounts of the operations and to provide comfort and support to those who have been affected. ... That's an important responsibility of the president of the United States."

Yeah, it was real important when Katrina hit, wasn't it, Scottie Boy?

Meanwhile, Bush's cronies at the oil companies apparently don't have time to do much conservationializing because they're too busy raking in record profits and screwing the hardworking American "folks"

Yeah.

Katrina and our President: Working Together To Build a Responsible Fuel Policy Since 2005.