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blackcat
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 Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: Bush:-'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter' |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2277298/President-George-Bus h-%27Goodbye-from-the-world%27s-biggest-polluter%27.html?funny=not
| Quote: | President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor and Urmee Khan
Last Updated: 7:52AM BST 10/07/2008
George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan.
The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.
Mr Bush, whose second and final term as President ends at the end of the year, then left the meeting at the Windsor Hotel in Hokkaido where the leaders of the world's richest nations had been discussing new targets to cut carbon emissions.
One official who witnessed the extraordinary scene said afterwards: "Everyone was very surprised that he was making a joke about America's record on pollution."
Mr Bush also faced criticism at the summit after Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, was described in the White House press pack given to journalists as one of the "most controversial leaders in the history of a country known for government corruption and vice".
The White House apologised for what it called "sloppy work" and said an official had simply lifted the characterisation from the internet without reading it.
Concluding the three-day event, leaders from the G8 and developing countries proclaimed a "shared vision" on climate change. However, they failed to bridge differences between rich and emerging nations on curbing emissions. |
What a fine man he is!! 
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TetraGrammatonCleric
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| the guy is a goddamm disgrace. |
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iro
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he's a legend. we should be glad that people like him epitomise politics in this age.
makes our work so much easier. |
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Ed
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I wouldn't be surprised if Bush does a 3rd term...
something will happen which results in the election being cancelled... |
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paul wright
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| Quote: | George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan.
The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
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What complete bullsh!t anyway. A complete illusion. The alleged neo-con opposition to the "climate change" debate just forces the deluded greenies into the Gore camp. Control of both sides to the detriment of the mass of humanity
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