Proud Bush celebrates U.S. as "world's biggest polluter"

By Richard Littlemore

onJul 10, 2008 @ 15:58 PDT

In a final demonstration that the entire Bush presidency has been a fraternity prank that got out of hand, the U.S. President left the G8 meeting today shouting the words, “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter,” and pumping his fist.

Short of announcing publicly how much his “blind trust” has earned from oil-related activity during the last eight years, it would be hard to imagine a clearer statement on why George W. has done less than nothing about climate change. He actually thinks this is funny.

By Richard Littlemore

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