What a Moran. :rofl:
President Bush, center, knocks over some lab samples as receives a tour of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, from Dr. Michael Pachpeco, left, Director of the National Bio Energy Center, and Dr. Dan Arvizu, right, Director of National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 in Golden, Colo. Bush's trip to the site is part of a two-day, three-state trip to promote the energy proposals he outlined in his State of the Union address. Along the route, Bush has touted longer lasting lithium-ion car batteries and solar roof panels that can turn homes into mini power generators. Bush's visit to the government lab comes as his administration scrambled over the holiday weekend, just before he arrived, to restore the jobs of 32 people laid off in budget cuts. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060221/480/3cd8abb5558e479b83a843a45e99e6c2http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060221/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_7Lab Jobs Restored Ahead of Bush SpeechBy BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago
GOLDEN, Colo. - President Bush says he wants to diversify the nation's energy mix to end America's dependence on foreign oil, yet some critics are wary of his commitment and point to cutbacks at a government energy laboratory here.
Two weeks ago, 32 workers, including eight researchers, were laid off at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden. The lab helps develop the very renewable energy technologies the president is promoting.
Then, over the weekend, just before Bush's planned visit to the lab on Tuesday, the government restored the jobs. His trip to the renewable energy laboratory is part of a two-day, three-state trip to promote the energy proposals he outlined in his State of the Union address.
At the direction of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, $5 million was transferred to the Midwest Research Institute, the operating contractor for the lab, to get the workers back on the job, the Energy Department announced Monday.
Philip Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust, said the decision restores only $5 million of the $28 million budget shortfall at the lab that forced the layoffs.