Guest guest Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 GuruRatings , " Tony OClery " <aoclery wrote: GuruRatings , " clay " <dan.cesonrocks@> wrote: > > GuruRatings , " Tbony " <haroldalby@> wrote: > > > > GuruRatings , ecirada <ecirada@> wrote: > > > > > > cerosoul wrote: > > > > GuruRatings , ecirada <ecirada@> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Eric Paroissien wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> GuruRatings , ecirada <ecirada@> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> ... > > > >>> > > Big snipper, > > > > > > > > > " Humans saving the planet from humans " might be the title > > > of a climate war comic 8-) > > > > > Now that is a cute bit of arrogance, > > We should get down on our bended knees and beg the Planet to save US. > > The US us perhaps? > > The effing planet is only doing what planets do when affronted. > > Tbone > > > > talk about arrogance, > > apparently, the U.S.(ofA) thinks other (developing) > countries should save US(ofA) from climate change. > > this was posted today as review of the Bali convention. > > > > " The head of the U.S. delegation -- Under Secretary of State for > Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky -- was booed Saturday > afternoon when she announced that the United States was rejecting the > plan as then written because they were " not prepared to accept this > formulation. " She said developing countries needed to carry more of > the responsibility. > > " While rhetoric at such conferences is often just words, a short > speech by a delegate from the small developing country of Papua New > Guinea appeared to carry weight with the Americans. The delegate > challenged the United States to " either lead, follow or get out of the > way. " > > " Just five minutes later, when it appeared the conference was on the > brink of collapse, Dobriansky took to the floor again to announce the > United States was willing to accept the arrangement. Applause erupted > in the hall and a relative level of success for the conference > appeared certain. " > > > clay Namaste. I'm afraid this will be only as effective as stopping the Ruanda or Dafur Massacres........Rhetoric and money money money. India and China will not come along really, so the inevitable is in motion. http://dabble.com/node/37973941 Tony. --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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