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US Opposes G8 Climate Proposals

Posted by Zonk on from the gotta-love-smog-as-an-export-commodity dept.

elrond writes "The US appears to have summarily rejected draft proposals for G8 members that would have agreed to tougher measures for controlling greenhouse gas emissions. The BBC reports that leaked documents have indicated the positions of the various world powers, from the timetable-setting of Germany to the US's intractable stance. Red ink comments on the documents hint at the US's irritation: 'The US still has serious, fundamental concerns about this draft statement. The treatment of climate change runs counter to our overall position and crosses 'multiple red lines' in terms of what we simply cannot agree to ... We have tried to tread lightly but there is only so far we can go given our fundamental opposition to the German position.'"

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  1. Re:And then the people in the USA... by chriss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...are surprised that sympathy towards USA is keeping within limits for the destruction caused by the horrible hurricanes.

    The world is smarter than this. There was a tremendous international response and offer to help after Katrina. The negative reaction the US is confronted with today is a result of the danger the US governments current politics put the world into due to overestimating their power and underestimating the importance of diplomacy and agreement. It's not a lack of sympathy for the US people.

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  2. Re:sanctions are inevitable by ccmay · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I can't wait to move...

    Nor can we wait for you to move. There's the door...

    -ccm

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  3. Re:sanctions are inevitable by brsmith4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    oooh! As if I didn't see that coming... the typical retort of a ninny. And who is this "we"? I doubt anyone but you really cares. Besides, when I take my skills with me, 50 illegal, unskilled laborers will take my place. At least you have that to look forward to.

  4. Re:sanctions are inevitable by RexRhino · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rather, they believe that it is the only institution currently extant in which all citizens are equally enfranchised just by virtue of being citizens. Really? So if a multi-millionare buisness owner, and an unemployed homeless person, both requested to meet with their local MP, the MP would be just as quick to schedule a meeting with the homeless guy as the buisness owner, right? If the millionare and the homeless person were both to call the police at the same time, the police would respond just as quickly to the homeless guy's cardboard box as the millionare's penthouse? If the millionare and the homeless guy endorsed a candidate, the government-funded media would give equal coverage to the homeless guy's endorsement?

    The disparity of government services between rich and poor neighborhoods is far greater than the disparity between private services. The Ford dealer in a poor neighborhood is pretty much the same as a Ford dealership in a rich neighborhood. The hospital in the rich neighborhood is much much better than the poor neighborhood. The grocery store in the poor neighborhood isn't that different than the grocery store in the rich neighborhood (they differ only in the availability of a handful of luxury items), but you can bet the rich neighborhood has much much better schools.

    So, no, government doesn't enfranchise everyone equality. More than any other institution, the government works for the sole benifit of the rich and powerful.
  5. Not the US. just Bush is against this by Dan667 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He will be gone soon, just not soon enough.

  6. Re:sanctions are inevitable by fm6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't agree with you, but it's obvious to me (and should he obvious to anybody) that you've expressed an honest opinion. What's more, its am opinion that's widely held. And yet some idiot moderator calls you a "troll".

    There's way too much of this. The current moderator pool mostly considers "troll" short for "You're full of shit" and "overrated" short for "shut the fuck up". Taco, we need a new algorithm.