#eric

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades. ↗

— Gary Miller

#because #comprehensive #crude #crude oil #decades

In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services. ↗

— Gary Miller

#billion #care #health #health care #hospitals

We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy. ↗

— Henry Miller

#american #anarchy #control #danger #flags

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen. ↗

— Henry Miller

#america #been #before #chance #fruit

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots. ↗

— Henry Miller

#black #curse #disaster #i #i see

Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#american #american politics #asked #does #god

First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#complex #first #large #legislative #legislative process

America is in a runaway-train position and dragging all the world with it. It's grotesquely mentally ill. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#dragging #ill #mentally #position #world

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#americana #catching #discovered #hamburgers #i

I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#american #american accent #because #caricature #create