This Week In The News
(We will be out in Big Sky Country the week of June 26 through August 2 and will not be posting.)
This week, officials at the EPA publicly complained that the Bush Adminstration refused to allow them to state that global warming is a danger to human welfare. Apparently the White House was afraid such a statement would trigger various provisions of the Clean Air Act and the President was unwilling to have increased regulation ocur during his tenure. Earlier in the week, EPA officials also testified that they were pressured by the Vice President and American Petroleum Institute to artificially reduce the proposed economic benefits to attacking global warming and increasing fuel efficiency standards in the United States. Asked if he believed that his short sighted and greedy actions could damn him to hell, V.P. Cheney responded, "Hell. F-ck Hell. If I have my way, its gonna be pretty damn hot down here."
This week, Pew Research unleashed the results of a survey indicating that the Baby Boom Generation is overwhelmingly pessimistic about their future, their children's future and the future of this country. The study contradicts the popular image of Baby Boomers as idealistic and optimistic. For more of this story, TWN tracked down iconic Baby Boomer Michael Steadman at his Philadelphia home where he lives with his wife Hope and daughter Janey. Michael offered the following explanation: "Its been a long ride. We started off believing that we could create a more authentic and humane world. Then we find out that it would require a lifetime of work and not just a Spring Break in Mississippi. Then we discovered imported kitchen devices and suburban subdivisions. We started voting Republican and have been bitter ever since. Now we just use our idealism to sell stuff and as an excuse for our overwhelming sense of entitlement. " His friend Gary added: "Who knew that decades of tax cutting, military buildup and race to the bottom capitalism would destroy the prosperity our parents enjoyed? I mean talk about your bitter pill....."
This past few weeks Sen. John McCain 1) said he did not believe that Iraq's Prime Minister really did not want us to leave Iraq and that is statements were "just politics" 2) inferred that social security should be privatized, 3) joked about killing Iranians 4) had to disavow statements by his top economic advisor that America is" a nation of whiners," 5) offered a plan to balance the budget while cutting taxes and significantly increasing military spending, 6) offered his opinion as to the troop surge that completely revresed th erelevant chronology of events and 7) admitted that he was dating his second wife before he was divorced from his first. Asked how such a week did not end McCain's presidential ambitions, a spokesman for the campaign offered "Didja hear what [Jesse] Jackson said about Obama?"
This week, officials at the EPA publicly complained that the Bush Adminstration refused to allow them to state that global warming is a danger to human welfare. Apparently the White House was afraid such a statement would trigger various provisions of the Clean Air Act and the President was unwilling to have increased regulation ocur during his tenure. Earlier in the week, EPA officials also testified that they were pressured by the Vice President and American Petroleum Institute to artificially reduce the proposed economic benefits to attacking global warming and increasing fuel efficiency standards in the United States. Asked if he believed that his short sighted and greedy actions could damn him to hell, V.P. Cheney responded, "Hell. F-ck Hell. If I have my way, its gonna be pretty damn hot down here."
This week, Pew Research unleashed the results of a survey indicating that the Baby Boom Generation is overwhelmingly pessimistic about their future, their children's future and the future of this country. The study contradicts the popular image of Baby Boomers as idealistic and optimistic. For more of this story, TWN tracked down iconic Baby Boomer Michael Steadman at his Philadelphia home where he lives with his wife Hope and daughter Janey. Michael offered the following explanation: "Its been a long ride. We started off believing that we could create a more authentic and humane world. Then we find out that it would require a lifetime of work and not just a Spring Break in Mississippi. Then we discovered imported kitchen devices and suburban subdivisions. We started voting Republican and have been bitter ever since. Now we just use our idealism to sell stuff and as an excuse for our overwhelming sense of entitlement. " His friend Gary added: "Who knew that decades of tax cutting, military buildup and race to the bottom capitalism would destroy the prosperity our parents enjoyed? I mean talk about your bitter pill....."
This past few weeks Sen. John McCain 1) said he did not believe that Iraq's Prime Minister really did not want us to leave Iraq and that is statements were "just politics" 2) inferred that social security should be privatized, 3) joked about killing Iranians 4) had to disavow statements by his top economic advisor that America is" a nation of whiners," 5) offered a plan to balance the budget while cutting taxes and significantly increasing military spending, 6) offered his opinion as to the troop surge that completely revresed th erelevant chronology of events and 7) admitted that he was dating his second wife before he was divorced from his first. Asked how such a week did not end McCain's presidential ambitions, a spokesman for the campaign offered "Didja hear what [Jesse] Jackson said about Obama?"
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