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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Friday, June 06, 2008

Horrid Hogs

(Fox News) - The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is under fire for a Web site called Planet Slayer.

It invites young children to take a greenhouse gas quiz, asking "How big a pig are you?" If the quiz determines someone emits too much carbon dioxide, a pig explodes and the reader is told he should die so that he does not use any more of the earth's resources.

The science blog Watts Up With That? points out that the site breaches the ABC's own guidelines on harmful or disturbing content.

A spokesman for the network says the site is not designed to offend but to engage children in environmental issues.

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