Monday, 2 April 2001
Published 23 years, 4 months pastSo it’s the day after April Fool’s Day, and guess who the joke is on? Anyone who believed George W. Bush’s environmental campaign promises. You know, last time I checked Washington, D.C. was a coastal city, so it will be one of the first to feel the effects if sea levels do rise to any significant degree. Apparently Bush is okay with flooding many of our national landmarks, damaging and perhaps destroying them. Maybe he’s hoping that the sound of waves breaking against the Capitol building will lull Congress into a relaxed state, thus making them more prone to civility. It’s so crazy, it just might work.