Bush and Merkel: "sending a clear signal together"

i was surfing around and hit on the official website for the g8 summit and just had to grab this home page shot...



oh, yeah, i'm so sure... "clear signal together," my ass... like bush is going to jump right out there with a strategy for dealing with climate change complete with emission caps, timelines, and accountabilities... nope, nope, and nope...

The United States will refuse to agree to targets and timetables for cutting greenhouse gases at a summit of the Group of Eight starting on Wednesday, a senior adviser to President George W. Bush said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been pushing for an agreement at the June 6-8 meeting that global cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 are needed to curb global warming.

"At this point in time we are not prepared to adopt that proposal," James Connaughton told reporters hours before a lunch between Bush and Merkel. He said he hoped the G8 would come up with a "common vision" rather than details of cuts.

well, anywayz, ya gotta love those p.r. photo-ops... they make it look like angela and george might even enjoy each other's company... at least george isn't trying to grope angela like he did at the g8 meeting last july...

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