Quicksdraw McCain

The Straight Talking Express Quicksdraw McCain speaks some straight talk.

"They're simply not complying with the law. It's incredible."

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) raised eyebrows yesterday with that comment regarding the Bush administration, made before a crowd of several hundred at a Washington, D.C. event.

At issue is a report on climate change that Congress requires every ten years. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is responsible for producing the document, last filed a report in 2000. A new report -- the first to be filed by the Bush administration -- was due in November 2004, but to date the agency has not done so.

"When you get to that degree of obfuscation, then you get a little depressed," McCain said, according to several attendees. McCain's comments were also reported by the trade daily Environment and Energy.

Obfuscation...muddle, perplex, cloud. So is Quicksdraw saying that the Bush administration has muddled the situation so badly that it is all depressing him? Yes, I believe that is what he is saying.

Well is the Straight One correct? Report was due in Nov. 04...it's now....let me look....yeah....Nov 06. So that's only 2 years late. Hell, what's the rush? It's not like the planet depended on any of this stuff.