I've heard people using both of these phrases sarcastically for a few months now. I know I'm not the first to call attention to their proliferation. However, after reading one of them -- and I can't remember which -- earlier today, I decided to do some not at all thorough research. Here is a synopsis of searches of house.gov and senate.gov:
House: New Manhattan Project: 7 results. New Marshall Plan: 2 results. Senate: New Manhattan Project: 714 results. Most seem to refer to "New Manhattan Project For Clean Energy Independence." Last time I checked we were already independent from clean energy. New Marshall Plan: 17 results. A fine example from Senator Joe Lieberman: "Launch a new Marshall Plan for the Muslim world that would seek to end its economic isolation." These days economic isolation may seem to some like more of a blessing than a curse, but I support anything that will improve the economy of the great state of Michigan. # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
