Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Michelle Obama takes fossil-fueled trip to Mexico, then rides in a fossil-fueled SUV

Screams of delight for Michelle Obama in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Michelle Obama stepped from her black SUV and into a sea of screams, cheers and squeals of delight that filled the sun-splashed courtyard of a public elementary school Wednesday in Mexico's capital.
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Addressing some 2,000 invited high school and college students gathered in an outdoor plaza at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mrs. Obama said ordinary citizens, including young people, must step up to help governments and world leaders like her husband solve everything from poverty and hunger to climate change and extremism.

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"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said.

"That's not leadership. That's not going to happen," he added.

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