Another non-environmental wonder

Just in case anyone intentionally missed Cato Institute's take on the State of the Union speech--in a nutshell: 'not by a Republican so it automatically is worthless'--here's what one of their geniuses had to say about it:

“Maybe these gestures will lead to a nationwide surge of oxytocin — the togetherness hormone — healing partisan rancor across the fruited plain. But that's highly unlikely”

Hmm. What? But wait--there's far more wonders to be had in the reactions being deployed to Obama's speech. Here's T. Boone Pickens' take:

"We want jobs and then you say you're going to tax the oil industry and that's going to cost you jobs."

Bummer. On the other hand, as the Wall Street Journal found:

"Mr. Pickens, 82, admits that he slept through much of the speech, waking up to his wife elbowing him when the President mentioned energy."

Even more hypocritical is API's take on the speech, delivered by our friend Jack Gerard:

"Producing more oil and gas at home, which most Americans want, could create hundreds of thousands of jobs, reduce our deficit by billions, and enhance our energy security."

There it is, folks: Jack Gerard's magic 25-year plan. What happens after 25 years? Don't ask. Oh, and you know what else could reduce our deficit by billions--for a long, long time? Phasing out oil and gas industry subsidies...