http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/29/usnews.climatechange
- I'm pissed off. -
"George Bush was castigated by European diplomats and found himself isolated yesterday after a special conference on climate change ended without any progress."
So, once again Mr. Bush's banter in front of the leaders of the world show how isolated the US is one this issue. It was clear, says there is no support among the industrialised countries for the proposition that we should proceed on the basis of voluntary commitments. It really is disgusting, the arrogance that we have to separate ourselves to serve our "best interests of economic growth and prosperity".
Furthermore, it's ironic how the governor of California, the 'terminator', is doing more with his state than Bush is doing for the US. He's actually putting caps on pollutants and emissions having just signed a law requiring a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, with penalties for industries that do not comply. California's three biggest utilities must produce at least 20% of their electricity using renewable sources by 2010.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Axis of Evil losing an Axis?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/world/asia/04diplo.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
So it looks like North Korea is no longer a threat. Now agreed to a plan to have its entire nuclear weapons programmed disabled by the end of the year, Bush calls it a "diplomatic victory for the US", as if the US were the only ones being diplomats (I would say they don't even live up to that standard).
And now we parallel this to Iran, where in the media we basically have war simulator programs about "what we bomb first". Bush gave his typical cowardly answer, stating he would only go into talks with Iran ‘Yeah, just so long as we can achieve something, so long as we are able to get our objective,’. We know what your objective is, Mr. Bush, but you need to make the effort to push it, diplomatically. It seems to me like we're not even really trying.
So it looks like North Korea is no longer a threat. Now agreed to a plan to have its entire nuclear weapons programmed disabled by the end of the year, Bush calls it a "diplomatic victory for the US", as if the US were the only ones being diplomats (I would say they don't even live up to that standard).
And now we parallel this to Iran, where in the media we basically have war simulator programs about "what we bomb first". Bush gave his typical cowardly answer, stating he would only go into talks with Iran ‘Yeah, just so long as we can achieve something, so long as we are able to get our objective,’. We know what your objective is, Mr. Bush, but you need to make the effort to push it, diplomatically. It seems to me like we're not even really trying.
Religious Minorities in US -- Nobody does it better than the Jews
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/us/02hindu.html?_r=2&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
So it looks like the Hindus and other Indian-Americans are turning to represent themselves in the community by establishing centers and gaining attention from the government. These minorities are highly skilled, well educated people and deserve credible representation. Its good to see that they are turning the Jewish community centers and activist leaders to learn from and partner with because, as we all know, nobody does it better than the jews.
So it looks like the Hindus and other Indian-Americans are turning to represent themselves in the community by establishing centers and gaining attention from the government. These minorities are highly skilled, well educated people and deserve credible representation. Its good to see that they are turning the Jewish community centers and activist leaders to learn from and partner with because, as we all know, nobody does it better than the jews.
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