Monday 13 December 2010

Chicken Littles In The Maldives

"...‘Mr Prime Minister. In view of the impending deluge, how much have land prices fallen on Tuvalu?‘ I stammered.

For some reason my question completely silenced the room packed with environmental press."
Ha! Australian journalist Andrew Bolt creates an awkward silence among the faithful in the Maldives. Via Counting Cats, who adds this:
"The environmental journalists knew exactly what he was asking, they knew exactly why he was asking it, and they knew exactly what the answer would mean."

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