Comments on: Escalating the war on words http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/09/27/escalating-the-war-on-words/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Tom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/09/27/escalating-the-war-on-words/#comment-26459 Tom Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:41:08 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/09/27/escalating-the-war-on-words/#comment-26459 I can just see it ... W standing by himself, drumming on the lectern. "This is guud ... Ah enjoy the solitaritude ..." (cue slight microphone feedback) "ECHO!" (echo) "ECHO!" (echo) I can just see it … W standing by himself, drumming on the lectern. “This is guud … Ah enjoy the solitaritude …” (cue slight microphone feedback) “ECHO!” (echo) “ECHO!” (echo)

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/09/27/escalating-the-war-on-words/#comment-26452 Doug Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:13:46 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/09/27/escalating-the-war-on-words/#comment-26452 The story just gets better. President Bush addressed the "Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change" today: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/28/bush.climate/index.html Sounds like a big group. Another coalition of the willing. Except ... there was only one head of state present: George Bush. Actually, it's not clear there were any other countries represented there at all. The article doesn't even mention other countries, except when it concedes that more than 150 countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol, which Bush had the US withdraw from. The story just gets better. President Bush addressed the “Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change” today: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/28/bush.climate/index.html

Sounds like a big group. Another coalition of the willing. Except … there was only one head of state present: George Bush.

Actually, it’s not clear there were any other countries represented there at all. The article doesn’t even mention other countries, except when it concedes that more than 150 countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol, which Bush had the US withdraw from.

]]> By: Tom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/09/27/escalating-the-war-on-words/#comment-26427 Tom Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:44:33 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/09/27/escalating-the-war-on-words/#comment-26427 First of all, I love how they changed it from global warming to "climate change." Like Taco Bell is now calling itself a "quick service" restaurant instead of "fast food." Changing what it's called seems to comfort people far more than any action to change the circumstances. Anyhow, I sure hope they saved Bush's big "Mission Accomplished" banner from before -- she's going to need it in two years when she stands on the last remaining iceberg and declares the war won. First of all, I love how they changed it from global warming to “climate change.” Like Taco Bell is now calling itself a “quick service” restaurant instead of “fast food.” Changing what it’s called seems to comfort people far more than any action to change the circumstances.

Anyhow, I sure hope they saved Bush’s big “Mission Accomplished” banner from before — she’s going to need it in two years when she stands on the last remaining iceberg and declares the war won.

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