Still President Bush

I know that he appears to be doing one interview after another and spinning reporters on how good his Presidency was, but George Bush is keeping busy by stripping collective bargaining rights from federal employees and throwing more dirt into drinking water. These may not SEEM like vital national priorities, but then again, you don't personally profit from them, do you?

...by the way, this is the danger of validating claims to "clean coal".

In giving his blessing to the new regulation, Mr. Johnson, the head of the E.P.A., noted that Mr. Bush had promoted the use of clean coal technology as a way to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

“Americans should not have to choose between clean coal or effective environmental protection,” Mr. Johnson said. “We can achieve both.”

Clean coal technology refers to the capture and sequestration of carbon. It has nothing to do with allowing rock and dirt to cascade into valleys and streams. In fact, clean coal is a myth on its own terms. But you repeat the word enough and you give polluters and anti-environmentalists the ability to use it.