From today's "Onion," the satirical newspaper that's often closer to the truth than the NYT is:
EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name
WASHINGTON, DC—Days after unveiling new power-plant pollution regulations that rely on an industry-favored market-trading approach to cutting mercury emissions, EPA Acting Administrator Stephen Johnson announced that the agency will remove the "E" and "P" from its name. "We're not really 'environmental' anymore, and we certainly aren't 'protecting' anything," Johnson said. "'The Agency' is a name that reflects our current agenda and encapsulates our new function as a government-funded body devoted to handling documents, scheduling meetings, and fielding phone calls." The change comes on the heels of the Department of Health and Human Services' January decision to shorten its name to the Department of Services.
In the "What Do You Think?" section of same fine online journal, check out this link, for a twisted cynical chuckle.
3 comments:
The "What Do You Think?" section is always hilarious. Part of the joke is that they always use the same six photos, but change the names and occupations. In this one, on drilling in ANWR, "Floyd Holden, author" had me rolling with...
"But...but where will there be pristine and untouched wonders left for me to drive my GMC Yukon through?" Too funny!
If you don't find a way to laugh about it...all you can do is sit down an cry.
And what is the Central Agency up to lately?
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