The Day After Yesterday
"There is absolutely no excuse for any more delay in action," Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin told the meeting, urging the United States and other skeptical nations to "listen to the conscience of the world."
Why would the Bush administration give two shits about the "conscience of the world?" They've made it clear they will do whatever they want, whenever they want, regardless of its impact on the rest of the world. In the same fashion we flipped the bird to nations attempting to find peace and security through diplomacy first, we are arrogantly telling the world to do as we say and not as we do with regard to raping the environment. Anyone who believes in leading by example should be appalled by our government. Anyone who thinks we shouldn't finance short term gains at the detriment of our grandchildren's livelihoods (or perhaps even lives) should be sickened.
Shockingly, some people are tossing stones at the fascist dictator of the economic world (us). Arctic natives have officially asserted that climate change is tantamount to human rights abuse. They're right.
Why would the Bush administration give two shits about the "conscience of the world?" They've made it clear they will do whatever they want, whenever they want, regardless of its impact on the rest of the world. In the same fashion we flipped the bird to nations attempting to find peace and security through diplomacy first, we are arrogantly telling the world to do as we say and not as we do with regard to raping the environment. Anyone who believes in leading by example should be appalled by our government. Anyone who thinks we shouldn't finance short term gains at the detriment of our grandchildren's livelihoods (or perhaps even lives) should be sickened.
Shockingly, some people are tossing stones at the fascist dictator of the economic world (us). Arctic natives have officially asserted that climate change is tantamount to human rights abuse. They're right.
posted by Smorgasbord at 9:30 AM
15 Comments:
Smorg,
Interesting post over at:
http://bookwormroom.blogspot.com/2005/12/about-those-kyoto-accords.html
Let me know what you think.
-Jack
Speaking of which, did you guys ever see this picture?
News Snipet 'Blog: BUSH VACATION
What if Democracy takes hold in Iraq? Are you willing to admit that the rest of the world (and extreme exaggeration) is wrong and America is right?
About not doing enough to protect the environment? I don't see how they're related.
Jack, that bookworm post doesn't have a heck of a lot of relevance as far as I'm concerned (even forgetting for a moment the fact that environmental models vary night and day from one another).
Yes, the US has reduced pollutants significantly through technology (we are a leader in that area and that’s fantastic), but we are still the #1 polluter on Earth. The point of my post and the best part of Kyoto is that we should stand shoulder to shoulder with other developed and developing countries to say "we're all in this together," because we are.
And, yes, I've seen that picture. It is pretty funny. It illustrates the indifference of the Bushes in one nice satirical snapshot.
I am not against protecting the environment, Smorg. I just think that a bit of common sense and balance is needed. It seems like the discussion (like most things in this world) is dominated by the extremes. Many times it is dominated by those who want others to do something about it, but are unwilling to do something about it themselves. I have a friend locally here I lovingly refer to as "Enviro-Nazi", who I am having principle discussions with all the time. Most of the groceries she buys are in plastic containers--she recycles, but that doesn't cut down on the creation of such. She drives a car, is even talking about getting a hybrid, but she is not willing to do away with one altogether (hybrids do little to nothing concerning environmental impact). She lives in a house made of wood, etc. I am all for protecting the environment, but it has to be done in a common sense fashion. Keep in mind that the US is leading the world in technology and as that increases, ways to preserve the environment are right behind.
I thought you would get a kick out of the picture.
-Jack
My point is that by turning our back on Kyoto, we sent a strong message that we don't care about air pollution. Sticking with Kyoto would have been easy (there's not one good reason to bow out), but we again chose to "go it alone". It's absolutely senseless.
What do you expect? When these guys started they wouldn't even admit global warming exists.
Oh cripes, please don't tell me you've fallen for this "global warming" junk "science". We've been tracking weather patterns for what, less than 200 years? Trying to determine long term effects from this incredibly brief period of ecological time is downright silly. Would you go outside for an hour then use that data to predict weather for the next month? No. Sure, you'd see some "trends", but overall your data would be useless and out of context.
The fact remains that the Kyoto treaty is a steaming pile of crap. It would ruin our economy while at the same time solving nothing, because large "emerging" economies - like China - are not under the same restrictions.
damn
Sean,
While we do not know the exact impact global warming will have, we know it will/is having one.
For instance, we know for a fact there wasn't a hole in the ozone before and there's one now. We know for a fact that the hole lets in an unsafe amount of UV light. We also know for a fact that the major cause of this hole is human use of "greenhouse gasses". These are indisputable facts at this point. Whether New York will be under water in 100 or 1,000 years remains to be seen, but we know that we routinely bitch slap our planet and the Bush administration doesn't care. To me --let's call me a "survivalist" in that I am for the survival of life on our planet-- that just doesn't make sense.
I guess I have fallen for this "junk science". That and the spherical nature of our planet. I do think, however, that Apollo is the head god and he will kick your God's ass.
Apollo? Now that's just pure ignorance. Zeus is our Father God.
I prefer Italian wine.
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