I ran a search trying to link the bogus James Watt quotation ("We don't have to protect the environment, the Second Coming is at hand") and found somebody who probably has it right.
Hopefully more of these will appear--and hopefully I'll get around to unearthing the Miles tome that contains the paraphrase that got stuck on Watt's rap sheet.
Preliminary props to "ravuya."
Hopefully more of these will appear--and hopefully I'll get around to unearthing the Miles tome that contains the paraphrase that got stuck on Watt's rap sheet.
Preliminary props to "ravuya."
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"Black Max" has essentially the same account in the midst of a considerably more professional presentation:
February: Reagan's newly posted Secretary of the Interior, James Watt, a former industry lobbyist, testifies before Congress: "That is the delicate balance the Secretary of the Interior must have: to be steward for the natural resources for this generation as well as future generations. I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns; whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to leave the resources needed for future generations." Author Austin Miles interprets Watt's statement to read, "We don't have to protect the environment, the Second Coming is at hand."I'll have to see if the public library co-op has a copy of Miles' book available.
Update:
While Miles' book is available through interlibrary loan, the process has been complicated by a computer upgrade taking place in the local library system. I found a copy of the book online for just a few bucks (including shipping), so I expect to put this issue definitively to rest within a period of days.
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