More Bush
To combat the looming "energy crisis" in the U.S., the mighty Shrub issued an edict to federal agencies tonight, ordering them to reduce power consumption across the board - cranking down the air conditioning, turning off the lights - that kind of thing. All seems to make sense, on the surface – good PR.
But the coverage on CNN and other U.S. channels seems to have missed the best piece of this story - elegantly deadpanned tonight by CTV News Anchor Lloyd Robertson:-
"President George Bush has ordered all federal agencies to curb electricity use. The major focus will be in California, where federal offices were told to cut back on email, turn off escalators..." etc.
Bush has missed a great opportunity here to pull back the geek vote from nerd favourite Gore. It all starts to make sense to me now. His unilateral rejection of the Kyoto treaty and inspired plans to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge don't mean he's a profligate environmental crook and despoiler of the planet at all – he’s merely trying to ensure that future generations of Americans will still be able to email sideways smiley faces to each other, without fear of draining the nation’s precious energy resources.
“Cut back on email.” That’s going to make a big difference fer sure.
To combat the looming "energy crisis" in the U.S., the mighty Shrub issued an edict to federal agencies tonight, ordering them to reduce power consumption across the board - cranking down the air conditioning, turning off the lights - that kind of thing. All seems to make sense, on the surface – good PR.
But the coverage on CNN and other U.S. channels seems to have missed the best piece of this story - elegantly deadpanned tonight by CTV News Anchor Lloyd Robertson:-
"President George Bush has ordered all federal agencies to curb electricity use. The major focus will be in California, where federal offices were told to cut back on email, turn off escalators..." etc.
Bush has missed a great opportunity here to pull back the geek vote from nerd favourite Gore. It all starts to make sense to me now. His unilateral rejection of the Kyoto treaty and inspired plans to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge don't mean he's a profligate environmental crook and despoiler of the planet at all – he’s merely trying to ensure that future generations of Americans will still be able to email sideways smiley faces to each other, without fear of draining the nation’s precious energy resources.
“Cut back on email.” That’s going to make a big difference fer sure.
