God fucking God part II.
What is it about Canadian politics that makes American rightwing bloggers so stupid? This is a few days old, but here is Roger L. Simon, yakking about Bush and Kyoto and how liberals Just Don't Get It:
Wait a minute. The US economy grew at a fairly good clip under the Bush administration and yet greenhouse emissions actually went down? How could that have happened? Some people, of course, as noted in the article, are skeptical:
Elizabeth May of the Sierra Club Canada, however, accused the world's biggest polluter of trying to derail the Kyoto accord, which has been ratified by 140 nations.
"We have a lot of positive, constructive American engagement here in Montreal - and none of it's from the Bush administration, which represents the single biggest threat to global progress," May said.
Fighting words from Ms. May indeed, but then words from a Canadian these days may be worth as much as a drink of water in Harbin.
To prove his point about Canadian claims not being worth a drink of water in Harbin, Simon links to a Yahoo post titled "Canadian PM holds slim lead in polls." For the record, both Martin and Harper are quoted in the article, so I assume that Roger's condemnation is meant to be ideologically sweeping. Apparently, the fact that Canada is having an election is an indication that the whole country is beyond repute and undeserving of the attentions of civilized nations. Suddenly, lying politicians are everywhere! It's too much for Roger's delicate sensibilities. If Canadians were more honest and upstanding generally, we'd never need to have elections, or at least only once every five years, which is more reasonable. And members of our Sierra Club chapter would understand, as Roger does, that Bush really is a terrific environmental president. Afterall, Roger has a great view of the mountains. And, hey, so do I.
Wait a minute. The US economy grew at a fairly good clip under the Bush administration and yet greenhouse emissions actually went down? How could that have happened? Some people, of course, as noted in the article, are skeptical:
Elizabeth May of the Sierra Club Canada, however, accused the world's biggest polluter of trying to derail the Kyoto accord, which has been ratified by 140 nations.
"We have a lot of positive, constructive American engagement here in Montreal - and none of it's from the Bush administration, which represents the single biggest threat to global progress," May said.
Fighting words from Ms. May indeed, but then words from a Canadian these days may be worth as much as a drink of water in Harbin.
To prove his point about Canadian claims not being worth a drink of water in Harbin, Simon links to a Yahoo post titled "Canadian PM holds slim lead in polls." For the record, both Martin and Harper are quoted in the article, so I assume that Roger's condemnation is meant to be ideologically sweeping. Apparently, the fact that Canada is having an election is an indication that the whole country is beyond repute and undeserving of the attentions of civilized nations. Suddenly, lying politicians are everywhere! It's too much for Roger's delicate sensibilities. If Canadians were more honest and upstanding generally, we'd never need to have elections, or at least only once every five years, which is more reasonable. And members of our Sierra Club chapter would understand, as Roger does, that Bush really is a terrific environmental president. Afterall, Roger has a great view of the mountains. And, hey, so do I.
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