Guest guest Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 At 01:27 PM 9/10/07, you wrote: >We'd Blame Jet Lag, But ... >Bush makes gaffes at APEC gathering, forum sets weak voluntary climate >targets > >In Sydney, Australia, late last week at the Asia Pacific Economic >Cooperation forum, U.S. President George Bush referred to APEC as OPEC, >then tried to cover up his gaffe by explaining that Australia's prime >minister had invited him to a summit of the Organization of Petroleum >Exporting Countries next year. Unfortunately, Australia has never been >part of OPEC. Bush also called Australians " Austrians, " mispronounced >leaders' names, walked the wrong way off the stage, and, when asked >whether there had been any new message in his speech, bristled, " Haven't >you been listening to my past speeches? " Which is all far more interesting >than the climate-change statement the 21-country forum's leaders agreed to >this weekend, which touts non-binding " aspirational targets " to reduce > " energy intensity " 25 percent by 2030. Energy intensity is the amount of >energy needed to produce a dollar of gross domestic product. > >[ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] >sources: Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Al Jazeera ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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