More strigent regulations for car emissions?

[greenie_breizh]

Obama to let states set auto emission rules.

Why on earth the Environmental Protection Agency would not let California set efficiency standards more stringent than for the rest of the U.S., I don't have a fucking clue, but this is a small step in the right direction. A right message for the Obama administration to send, for sure, So torture and illegal detention, check. Women's rights, check. Environment, check. Wanna place bets on what's next? ^^

(More environmental stuff would be nice if you ask me because let's face it, as much as this sends the right message, it really doesn't do much.)


One thing - I can't remember from reading the news before the inauguration - did the press used to say "Bush to let chickens fight"? Because that's what they do with Obama ("Obama to let chickens fight"), but I keep feeling like it should be "President X to let chickens fight"... like every time they quote people with a title they add Sen. or Rep. in front of their names, but with the President they only go "Obama"? It's pure curiosity, I just can't remember if they used to say "Bush" all the time or if they usually mentioned "Pres." or something in front of his name.

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[greenie-breizh.livejournal.com]

But that's the weird thing, if you look at that article for example, they don't use Pres. even in the body of the article. That's what throws me off I think, though I was wondering about the title as well. Hm.

[shiraz_wine]

I looked at the article and it definitely uses "President Obama" and "former President Bush" in the body of the article (as well as Sen. George Voinovich). The only time they don't use titles are in the hyperlinks to other articles; is that what you're referring to?

[greenie-breizh.livejournal.com]

From the article itself (on top the links you're referring to):

"It will be the policy of my administration to reverse our dependence on foreign oil," Obama said.

Besides the EPA waivers, Obama also called for automakers to increase their fuel efficiency standards nationwide.

It's these two especially that threw me off a little, I think. It sounds just like how they'd quote him before he became President. Again, that might be standard practice, I don't know. It just felt strange to me they wouldn't always say "President Obama" or at least use Pres.

[shiraz_wine]

No, news articles don't always put the title in front of the president's name. As long as they do refer to them as the president within the body of the article, they don't have to do it every single time they use their name. It's the same with any political official.

[greenie-breizh.livejournal.com]

Ok, cool. :) I think it's because I'm so used to reading stuff about Obama even before he was elected or sworn in that there's a part of me that expects news article to be constantly reminding me that yes, this is for realz. ;)