1.0 link 15020 <![CDATA[Bush: Addicted to Empty Rhetoric]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/bush-addicted-to-empty-rh_b_15020.html There is nothing more infuriating than hearing something you passionately believe in -- and indeed have been advocating for years -- cynically co-opted by someone who clearly doesn't mean it.

That's why the smoke started pouring out of my ears Tuesday night when President Bush announced: "America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world."

How much the president didn't mean anything by his bold statement became crystal clear the day after the State of...

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