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Re: "the american way of life is not up for negotiation"

Adil Najam
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:52:49 -0800

My understanding is that he said it to the press and not in an official
speech... I have seen him being quoted as such in the immediate post Rio
issue of Down to Earth (published by CSE, New Delhi, India)


On 2/22/07 8:07 PM, "Pam Chasek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Here is the speech from Rio:
> http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92061200.html but he didn't
> say the American way of life is not negotiable there.Nor did he say it when
> signing the Climate Change Convention
> http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92061201.html  At least
> according to the text of the speeches at the Bush Library.
>  
> I'll keep looking. I probably have it in my notes from Rio in New York, but
> that won't help me now.
>  
> Pam
> 
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dale W Jamieson
> Sent: Thu 2/22/2007 7:42 p.m.
> To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
> Subject: "the american way of life is not up for negotiation"
> 
> 
> 
> we all know that bush said this or something like it at the rio earth
> summit, but does anyone have a good source for it?
> 
> thanks
> 
> dale
> 
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Beth DeSombre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:38 pm
> Subject: Re: Compendium -- where we are
> 
>> "Wright, Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thursday, February
>> 22, 2007
>> at 5:55 PM -0500 wrote:
>>> I am struck--and I hope I have not missed anything here--by the
>> lack of
>>> anything about agriculture and the environment. Is that a considered
>>> judgment or just a slip-up?
>> 
>> Well, as I indicated in the message introducing the list, it was
>> generatedentirely from suggestions from people on this list
>> responding to my first
>> call for suggestions.
>> 
>> It simply means that no one suggested it the first time around --
>> precisely the reason I posted the list of suggestions I *had*
>> received, so
>> that people could look at what had not been suggested and speak up.
>> 
>> Beth
>> 
>> 
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