"Alastair McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> So, while we have still may have time to behave rationally in such a
>> way that costs can be limited and rather small, unfortunately we don't
>> seem to have the capacity to act rationally in the appropriate way.
>
> Gore is right that the US needs to to take the lead. Europe has tried but
> all its efforts are being undone.
This may be true but only in a kind of childish self fulfilling way. If the
US would stop derailing and get behind international initiatives they could
surely suceed. But the "my way or the highway" attitude of Americans tend
to doom anything that is not their own idea.
> Unless the US elects Gore as their next
> president I can see no hope for the world. I thought that by re-electing
> Bush the US citizens had signed the death warrant of mankind, but if they
> can do the unexpected and elect Gore then there might be some hope.
Well, Bush was not really elected either time which begs the question as to
whether or not the true power centers in the US would ever let Gore win.
Then again, Gore in office may well be tolerable because winning is not the
same as being able to get things actually done. I fear it will require a
citizen uprising of unprecedented magnitude. Maybe an even more blatantly
stolen election will provide the necessary spark.
Back to more mainstream discourse, Gore's speech is really well timed (I
don't know how intentionally) if the rumours of a Bush "u-turn" are at all
true. The urgency of his tone and the radical (for the current state of the
debate) proposal of a complete cap on emissions growth stand a very good
chance of making any hand-wavy, pie-in-the-sky promise of voluntary controls
100 years from now sound as lame as the truly will be.
> But I am still pesimistic. Bush is reorganising the federal machine to
> silence the scientists and other critics. I reckon Jeb will be the next
> Republican candidate and the power of the presidency will ensure his
> election. Failing that, the neocons who have infiltrated federal and
> state
> organisations from CIA to EPA will make sure that a Democrat does not gain
> the White House, or just ensure the Democratic candidate is weak. Don't
> forget it was Jeb who rigged the vote to get George W. elected. He and
> his
> cronies are bound to return that favour.
I can't help but wonder if both the rumoured GW initiatives Bush may
announce and the recent republican in fighting over whether to torture and
domestically spy or not are not just calculated manipulation to address two
major election vulnerabilities, GW inaction and the no over-sight
accusation.
> It is time the American people came to their senses and took a lead from
> Hungary and Thailand on what to do when you find you are being led by a
> liar.
Yes.
> Cheers, Alastair.
Not really! ;-)
Coby
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