{"id":283,"date":"2002-04-23T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2002-04-23T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=283"},"modified":"2021-05-16T07:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T11:30:39","slug":"earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/04\/23\/earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    A little post Earth Day note. Our President unveiled his “Clear Skies” environmental plan today, which awards companies points for low emissions (which they can barter to companies with high emissions). This is the great “let the marketplace decide” smokescreen Republican leaders always use when they don’t want to tread on someone’s expensive shiny shoes. (And also the reason why I’ve been waiting twenty years for HDTV.)
    Al Gore’s greenness is questionable, but I thought he summed it up well (quoted from the NY Times<\/i>): “Put simply, […] this administration has consistently sold out America’s future in return for short-term political gains.”
    But, according to CNN, “In response to Gore’s criticism, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said: ‘I think that has more to do with internal Democratic posturing than it does with any serious assessment of the president’s environmental record. After all, [Gore] in an era of peace and prosperity made the same charges in the campaign and the voters elected President Bush.’”
    Um, no, the voters didn’t. The Supreme Court did. But that’s beside the point. What is<\/I> the point is it should not be ninety in April; a corporation has never done what is good for humanity but always what is good for business; and, I want my fuel cell car.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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