Friday, July 6, 2007

Who gave Al Gore that permit?

Someone in the White House must be wondering who gave Al Gore permission to host one of the Live Earth concerts tomorrow, right at the Washington Mall. After all, isn't it a federal property; and isn't the Interior Department supposed to give the all clear?

Kind of reminds me when Jim Watt -- the worst anti-environment person ever to grace a Cabinet table until Dick Cheney came along -- refused to give the Beach Boys a permit to perform in the same place. Until, it turned out, Nancy Reagan went ballistic because she was a huge fan of the group and the concert went ahead. Watt later resigned over some unrelated issues but to get that kind of a glove slap was beautiful.

My guess is Dick and Dubya will be well away from da noise in da District -- and will be at Camp David tuned into Fox News all weekend long. Then again, even Fox is starting to come around on social issues like the environment and health care ...

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