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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonkie who wrote (134310)	3/31/2001 2:13:22 PM
From: E	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 769667

From the British paper, The Independent: A cynical man, a catastrophic error 30 March 2001 History will not judge George Bush kindly. It is hard to exaggerate the significance of his repudiation of the Kyoto treaty. It is not simply that the US President thinks his nation cannot meet the solemn commitments on global warming which it signed three-and-a-half years ago. It is that he does not care. Of the many potential conflicts between the US and its partners on trade, defence and foreign policy, nothing is as bad as this. It is not even isolationism, it is in-your-face truculence. The token gesture Mr Bush made during the election campaign towards some kind of reduction in America's carbon dioxide emissions turns out to have been a cynical ploy to match Al Gore's green credentials. Now Mr Bush is revealed as a fully fledged sceptic about the science of global warming, saying he is "unequivocal" in opposing the Kyoto agreement. In this he sets himself, as firmly as any Creationist or Flat-Earther, against the overwhelming scientific consensus. At the start of this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported on its latest review of the evidence. The IPCC is no pressure group. It is a cautious and dispassionate body of scientists. Its findings were ? in a word ? "unequivocal": the world's climate is definitely warming, and burning of fossil fuels is almost definitely responsible. Of course, there is more uncertainty about the effects. But even the best-case predictions are catastrophic by the end of this century. And one does not need to be a scientist to understand that if what can be predicted is bad, the unpredictable effects of disturbing the planet's life-support system could be so much worse. Even the most pig-headed and blinkered politician in the pocket of the US oil companies would want to minimise the risk to future generations by prudently attempting to restrain the appetite of the energy-hungriest nation in the world. Not Mr Bush. The supposed "leadership of the free world" is in the hands of a man determined to visit greater misery on the generations to come. independent.co.uk

To: zonkie who wrote (134310)	3/31/2001 2:15:37 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

res- hell we have a dyslexic president The President is not dyslexic that I know of. If you have proof of this, then offer it up. If not, admit you're spreading unfounded lies which have become the hallmark of Democrat party politics since Clinton took over your party.

To: zonkie who wrote (134310)	3/31/2001 6:46:55 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Dear zonkie, I have answered that question several times in my posts. Alas I suspect the clear concise way that I directly answered that question is beyond your comprehension. But really zonk I love the way you keep asking the question. You see zonk I ridicule the simplistic and stupid things you think and the absurd logic you use to attempt to prove some rationality in what you say. Zonk you are I believe a person with the tool of a rec league mind overwhelmed by superior forces. You have to resort to character attacks. Zonk I know who I am and what I can I do and I know my limitations. Zonk you call that egotistical and I call it knowing how to identify a limited intellect. As an engineer I know with precision that I'm not egotistical and I know that you don't have a clue as who I am. And Zonk if you want to impress others with your ???? mind then why don't you publish your own Kool Zonk links. watman.com is the standard. Now you see Zonk if you can impress us with your mind then I win as I will suck every good link you find and add them to my link page. But I really don't think you understand that. Maybe because you ego is getting in the way. Also based on all of your past posts I have my doubts that you could find anything that I would find interesting or useful. Tom Watson tosiwmee