Let's list the SOTU bold-face LIES! Here's One! $28 million CUT at NREL!

[Up2Late]

That's the "National Renewable Energy Laboratory" in Golden, Colorado to you and me. This 2006 Federal Budget CUT will result in the LAY-OFF of 30 to 40 of its 900 employees in the next week or two and canceling some subcontractor work! :banghead: :mad:

Have you found one? Let's make a list.

Here's a link to an article from today about the 13 percent Budget Cut at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory:

February 02, 2006

Energy goal, cuts don’t jibe

By PAM ZUBECK THE GAZETTE

President Bush made his strongest-ever pitch for alternative energy Tuesday night, about a month after the federal government cut the budget of the Golden-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory by $28 million. Although Colorado lawmakers liked Bush’s commitment to renewable energy in his State of the Union speech, an environmental advocacy group and some members of Congress called for more aggressive action.

“We need more than a carefully worded speech,” Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., said in a release about a bipartisan push for alternative energy. “More production of renewable fuels, combined with more development of wind, solar, biomass, and other renewable resources will move the United States closer to energy independence.”

Along with 41 House members and 12 senators, Salazar supports a bill that would call for further development of hybrid technologies, provide tax credits for manufacturers to retool facilities for advanced technology and alternativefuel cars and trucks, and establish fuel-efficiency standards for trucks.

Research into fuel efficiency and other strategies will be slowed at the Golden lab because its budget was slashed by 13 percent this year, prompting the layoff of 30 to 40 of its 900 employees in the next week or two and canceling some subcontractor work. Bob Noun, the lab’s deputy associate director, said the cuts won’t eliminate projects but will delay some by up to a year. The cuts also could affect long-term operations.

(more at link below)

<http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1314276&secid=1>

[Poiuyt]

1. There's a huge list over at thinkprogress.org

http://www.thinkprogress.org/?tag=State%20of%20the%20Union

Very comprehensive. They could come up with a shorter list of things Bush DIDN'T lie about.