by David Sassoon -
Dec 19th, 2007 
Yesterday afternoon, the President of the United States signed a new energy bill into law. That was history.
Yesterday evening, after a two year delay, the EPA rejected California's request for a waiver under the Clean Air Act, to allow regulation of tailpipe emissions. That was farce.
And tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow -- thanks to both history and farce -- the nation will continue on a path to both economic and environmental oblivion. That is tragedy.
It requires the skill of Brueghel to depict for us the blind leading the blind, or of Shakespeare to do true justice to this timeless tale of ambition, folly and greed. What a cast of characters he'd have at his disposal! Let's delve into the elements of the drama and conjure his assistance with this recasting of his words from Julius Caesar:
The fault, dear Democrats, is not in your stars,
But in yourselves, that you are underlings.
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