In the News… Raising Sea-Lame Ducks.
Posted at 9:15 am on Thursday, February 1, 2007, in In the News, and tagged bush.
- Every penny counts… Exxon’s profit rose 9 percent to a record of $39.5 billion, the largest annual profit ever for an American company.” On an (un)related note, I filled up my gas tank at 6:30am yesterday. The cost was $2.49/gallon. When I drove by the same station heading home at 5:30pm, the cost was $2.53. A mid-day price change?
- Take that, Dubya… Al Gore has been “nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world’s attention to the dangers of global warming.” Well, the presidency probably still hurts. At least a little. (By the way, I’m not worried about a rise in sea-level; my house sits eighteen feet above it.)
- And Bush has reached lame duck status… finally. “As Bush signed a few autographs and shook hands, a man sitting at the counter lit a cigarette and asked for more coffee. Another woman, eyeing Bush and his entourage, sighed heavily and went back to her paper. She was reading the obituaries.“
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February 1st, 2007 at 9:51 am
Ironically enough, the President received such a cool welcome at a restaurant in Peoria, Illinois (my hometown, although I don’t admit it to everyone), which used to be a voting stronghold for him. It just goes to show you that even he doesn’t “play in Peoria” anymore. I have to wonder if Bush’s name–or at least his political career– wasn’t among the obituaries that the woman was reading about.