House leader Nancy Pelosi issued a statement saying she would like to pass gas this year in hopes of reducing that bloated and pained looked on her face.
Of course the House leader is actually talking about Congress passing a bill that will cap the heat producing carbon dioxide emissions, and not natural occurring human and animal flatulence.
"I'd like to see it pass this year," Pelosi told reporters at a news conference. "Congress will act upon cap-and-trade legislation in this Congress."
These remarks by Pelosi came a day after President Bush called on the worlds 15 most influential countries to reach some type of agreement by the end of 2008 on a long-term plan to cut carbon emissions.
The Pelosi deadline for a carbon reduction bill marks the first time House leader Pelosi actually placed a time-line for Congress to take action on any type of legislation. Rep. Pelosi never demanded a time-line for troop withdrawals from Iraq because she left this 'hot potato' task to fellow minions like John Murtha.
The United States is the largest producer of heat causing carbon emissions, and Pelosi is endorsing the idea of a cap and trade system that she hopes will cut U.S. gas emissions in half by 2050.
Few details of this Pelosi gas reduction plan have been released, but it appears this
bill will allow businesses to pollute as much as they want as long as they buy permits for pollution that exceeds set industry standards. There has not been any word on what would be done with the money generated from the selling of these pollution permits, but one can only wonder what wasteful programs will be funded with this money.
If Congress and the President are serious about reducing heat causing emissions, they would place a
'cap' on the amount of political
'hot air' and rhetoric that spews out of their mouths on a daily basis.
