Once the Toxic Texan, George Bush now wants to be the Detox Texan. Aiming to reduce the 'addiction" to oil, he sounds more and more like Nixon, who promised energy independence by 1980. Nice diversion from the less cheerful topics of the war in Iraq, the crisis with Iran, and others. However - Nixon, really, when the continuing saga of the illegal eavesdropping shows no sign of a prompt resolution?