Newspeak

The Messiah's Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, has imperiously pronounced that we stupid unwashed peasants are nothing more than petulant teenagers when it comes to saving energy and fighting "global warming", and he's generously going to be the parent that shows us the error of our ways, even though the Energy Department itself just can't be bothered to follow its own orders recommendations:

"'The American public…just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act,' Dr. Chu said. “The American public has to really understand in their core how important this issue is.'"

After seeing his boss's words in print, one of his lackeys desperately tried to salvage the situation:

"Energy Department spokesman Dan Leistikow added: 'Secretary Chu was not comparing the public to teenagers. He was saying that we need to educate teenagers about ways to save energy.'"

Umm, nice try, Dan. No sale.

Why don't you guys clean up your own house before you presume to lecture us on our supposedly profligate ways?