Escalating the war on words
Looks like we’ve declared war on more words. Climate change joins drugs and terror, forming the true axis of evil … the axis of evil words …
Nations must fight climate change like terrorism, Rice says
WASHINGTON (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday told delegates to a global climate change conference that countries around the world must work together to combat climate change, much as they cooperate against terror and the spread of disease.“No one nation, no matter how much power or political will it possesses, can succeed alone,” she said. “We all need partners, and we all need to work in concert.”
Rice said the United States takes climate change seriously, “for we are both a major economy and a major emitter.”
Other nations have been critical of the Bush administration’s policy on climate change after the United States withdrew from the 1997 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as the Kyoto Protocol. More than 150 countries signed the Kyoto agreement, which mandates limits on emissions.
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It should be fun to watch Condi and her superhero friends “fight climate change like terrorism.”
After all, the war on terror has reduced Osama Bin Laden to living as the fugitive head of a terrorist group, on the run and hiding in mountain caves. That is, the same thing he had been doing for years. Big polluters, take note — you could be next.
Go get ‘em, girl!
This entry was posted on Thursday, September 27th, 2007 at 8:48 pm. You can subscribe to comments on this post through its RSS feed.
on September 28, 2007 at 8:44 am Tom wrote:
First of all, I love how they changed it from global warming to “climate change.” Like Taco Bell is now calling itself a “quick service” restaurant instead of “fast food.” Changing what it’s called seems to comfort people far more than any action to change the circumstances.
Anyhow, I sure hope they saved Bush’s big “Mission Accomplished” banner from before — she’s going to need it in two years when she stands on the last remaining iceberg and declares the war won.
on September 28, 2007 at 2:13 pm Doug wrote:
The story just gets better. President Bush addressed the “Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change” today: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/28/bush.climate/index.html
Sounds like a big group. Another coalition of the willing. Except … there was only one head of state present: George Bush.
Actually, it’s not clear there were any other countries represented there at all. The article doesn’t even mention other countries, except when it concedes that more than 150 countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol, which Bush had the US withdraw from.
on September 28, 2007 at 3:41 pm Tom wrote:
I can just see it … W standing by himself, drumming on the lectern. “This is guud … Ah enjoy the solitaritude …” (cue slight microphone feedback) “ECHO!” (echo) “ECHO!” (echo)