Late-nite brainstorming yields silly soundbite

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on the Bush administration's air pollution plan: "Naming the plan 'Clear Skies,' Boxer said, is 'akin to calling Frankenstein Tom Cruise.'" (Reuters via WP)

BTW--I've noticed that, in a victory for White House spin forces, reporters have recently begun to refer to "Clear Skies" as "a Bush administration plan to cut air pollution from coal-fired power plants" (see the story linked above). Previously they tended to characterize the plan with more skeptical language. For example, one Reuters story dated 2003 called it "his initiative to amend the 1970 Clean Air Act." The newer language, while objectively accurate, conceals the bill's true purpose--the plan would cut emissions, but by far less than what we'd achieve by faithfully implementing the existing Clean Air Act.

Must sign off now...my bullshit meter is ringing so loud I can hardly hear myself think.