Friday, July 20, 2007

Food for thought from Reason Mag

Quo Vadimus?

Looking at Washington, dreaming of Rome

David Weigel | July 9, 2007

Al Gore had so wanted to nab the Capitol. He had planned all along on making Washington, DC a key link in the Live Earth concert chain, starting hours after Sydney, right after London, right before New York. Around the world, 2 billion viewers - including many of those mythical millions who, Billy Crystal or Whoopi Goldberg inform us, dutifully watch every year's Oscars - would watch carbon-conscious rock stars shatter their amps in view of the massive Capitol dome.

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