Now personally I couldn’t care less how much CO2 our president and vice president’s travels emit. Indeed, 6th grade science class teaches us that a more CO2 enriched atmosphere would actually generate a greener planet. But Obama and Biden believe that CO2 is a pollutant–or at least they say they do. Given this they should be setting an example for the rest of the country and indeed the world. But instead this morning the commander in chief and his vice commander in chief took off in separate jets leaving from the same place (Washington DC) that were both headed to the same place (New York City). As I said, from an environmental perspective I have no problem with this but I hate to have our rulers, um, I mean, leaders, look hypocritical in the eyes of their peers around the world, all of whom do think that there is a problem with such behavior and that CO2 is destroying the planet. From the perspective of their own credibility, O & B should make an Earth Day pledge to jet pool whenever possible. I know it would be a huge sacrifice in privacy for the two of them and it might mean that a little plan coordination would be necessary but, if we are to believe what they are constantly telling us, the costs of not taking these steps could be catastrophic.