Hoist by my own petard!
The NY Times has a story this morning about Obama's connections to the ethanol industry. Like most brilliant people who love their country, I'm taking a second look at whether ethanol is the way to energy independence, but you have to admit it's not surprising that a senator from a corn-growing state would have associations with ethanol. I kept waiting for the first shoe to drop in this story.
The story's thesis:
...when it comes to domestic ethanol, almost all of which is made from corn, [Obama] also has advisers and prominent supporters with close ties to the industry...
And then they procede to name them. Um, him. Tom Daschle.
Still, I didn't remember this little gem (and didn't like being reminded of it):
Not long after arriving in the Senate, Mr. Obama himself briefly provoked a controversy by flying at subsidized rates on corporate airplanes, including twice on jets owned by Archer Daniels Midland, which is the nation’s largest ethanol producer and is based in his home state.
I hope he learned something from that, and that there are no additional "petards".
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