Global Bullshit
Wolcott translates CNN "political analyst" Carlos Watson's naive prediction that Bush might do something about global warming:
George Bush will do fuck-all nothing about global warming.He may exercise his tonsils and make concerned noises, but he will dedicate himself no more vigorously to global warming than he has done for the last four pissed-away years. Like his party and the rightwing media that pimps for it (about which voice of sanity Molly Ivins has more to say), Dubya places religion over science, refuses to acknowledge that global warming even exists as a planetary peril, and has never shown the slightest interest in conservation, mass transport, or anything else that might prevent the paving over of every inch of countryside. He would plant oil rigs in Arlington Cemetery and shovel straight through the bones of dead soldiers if reserves were discovered beneath the rows of white crosses, and chainsaw the last tree in the rainforest out of pure spite.
Last night, I was standing next to Emmanuelle while we were waiting for our cars outside Yamashiro, and the valet brought up some gargantuan SUV. I said, rather loudly, to Emmanuelle, "I wonder how many Marines had to die so they could drive that thing?" in earshot, I hoped, of the buttwad driving it. In fact, the couple in earshot got into a brand new Hummer. Hope I gave them something to talk about while getting 9mpg while driving home! Dude, get a Corolla, and slap on a bumper sticker, "My pants are giving a cocktail weiner a very good home," and let the rest of us breathe a little, huh?
Yeah yeah yeah, gas guzzling aside, how was yamashiro? I've heard good things about it but never wanted to let loose of the coin.
Charlie at May 9, 2005 2:11 PM
Leave a comment