There will be no "historic shift" in the State of the Union speech from President Bush
There has been speculation in the last few days that President Bush would, in his State of the Union speech, announce a historic shift in the U.S. climate change policy. It seems that this is not the case. This topic will certainly not help any of the feelings of Tony Blair or Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, who both would like the U.S. to change its policy.
According to Tony Snow, the Whitehouse spokesman, "That's not something we're talking about." He also said, "I want to walk you back from the whole carbon cap story...The carbon cap stuff is not accurate. It's wrong." Instead, President Bush is likely to talk more about hydrogen, ethanol and other technology that supports "the importance of innovation" that the President would like the U.S. to focus on.
According to this story on The Independent, an EU diplomat said, "Basically, the US has to get its own house in order," referring to several U.S. states that have set their own policies separate from Washington. "If they are doing something, then it's a very well-kept secret," according to their unnamed diplomat source.
A side note: remember this skit? I was reminded of it on Global Cool's website.
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[Source: Global Cool and The Independent]
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Jay Condrick 10:44AM (1/18/2007)
Anything Bush proposes must be viewed skeptically. His administration has been the most corrupt, unethical and immoral of my lifetime. And he still has two years to go. Unless he gets Impeached, which looks more likely with each passing day.
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Hippie Hunter 10:44PM (1/19/2007)
I don't know...didn't Bill Clinton's former national security advisor steal security documents and detroy them before the 9/11 commission could look into them? Selling secrets to the Chinese?
Impeachment? You must have been born in a crack house if you think it's gonna happen. If morons like the ones on this blog are the "defenders of Mother Earth," no wonder people hate environmentalists.
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Tim 11:31AM (1/20/2007)
Jay- In your lifetime? How old are you? Like 6? Clinton would still be in prison if the Senate democrats didn't decide to play politics and ignore perjury. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perjury Clinton is listed in Wikipedia! Lying under oath is a felony! If Bush commits perjury by lying under oath he should go to prison just like you or I would. Politics aside, study your history!!
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