06-15-2001, 06:33 PM | #21 |
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I get your point. I am not in favor of violence either.
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06-15-2001, 06:43 PM | #22 | |
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06-15-2001, 10:32 PM | #23 |
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I haven't read much about it, but apparently six danish men were planning to assasinate Bush, (un)fortunately their plans were discovered before they could do anything.
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06-15-2001, 10:42 PM | #24 | |
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06-16-2001, 01:45 AM | #25 | |
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The analogy is: If Bush ran a company that was dumping toxic waste, he would choose NOT to clean it up because of the cost to the company to "do it right."
As the president, his responsibility is not to the short-term cost, but to the long-term effect. How can the United States, through the United Nations, force other nations to "do what's right, morally or environmentally" through embargoes and other sanctions, but blatantly disregard its own responsibility when notice is given. One word: Arrogance. I am reminded of the situation when Big Tobacco was told that nicotine was addictive and hazardous to the health. They denied the findings and shot down the reports stating those findings, so that they would not be held accountable for the consequences of their actions. Bush has just done that. However; he didn't stop there. He tried to justify his position by saying it wasn't cost-effective. Since when has providing a safe environment had to be balanced with a bottom line? His position should be "whatever it takes." That is the only stand I want to hear from my representative when it comes to providing for the "common good."
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06-16-2001, 02:23 AM | #26 |
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Lets put it this wat think about it like this now say your at a car dealership amd you see a new hydrogen car for 30000 and a new gas powered car for 10000 which on are you going to buy.
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06-16-2001, 02:43 AM | #27 | |
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I am in no position to do either. I will state for the record though that even though I smoke, I'll put a cigarette out and stick the butt in my pocket in order to keep from not having to litter. I clean up the street around the sides of this house on a regular basis and have even considered chaining a trash can out on the other side of the gate and painting on it "PUBLIC TRASH DISPOSAL, PLEASE DON'T LITTER!" But since people have paid attention to the fact that I do pick up after them, they don't seem to think this yard is a handy tossing ground anymore. One of the benefits of living in a small town...lots of small talk and people need something to gossip about in that so and so drops trash there and "she" has to pick it up so now so and so waits til they get another block and uses an already placed public trash can. More people should take the small town view on things and realize that we all live in glass houses. No one can overlook the corruption in our govt' or others but until true power is returned to the people, we can only watch as it all slips through our hands, and do our part to try and keep a hold on it anyway. Ziroc's quote from George Carlin said it all. Moni ------------------ [This message has been edited by Moni (edited 06-16-2001).] |
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06-16-2001, 10:58 AM | #28 | |
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Only one country in the world signed the Kyoto accords (I forget who). Everyone realized that the treaty is badly flawed and based on arbitrary numbers that sound good and are not based on science. As for Bush himself, he is a darn sight better than the alternative and a step in the right direction towards making this country a better place. In addition, if anyone is under the impression that any elected official is not plugged into any "special interests" I would venture to say that you are sadly mistaken. ------------------ Gaelic |
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06-16-2001, 11:30 AM | #29 |
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president bush is the rich mans president. he has backing of big buisnesss therfore he will not do anything that would harm the amriecan economy even at the cost of the enviroment. Therefore even tho i dont agree with what the protestors are doing i can understand their feelings. Also its obvious that global warming is happening. Most studeis that claim it doesnt happen or the current studies are wrong are funded by people or buisness that dont want cutbacks in co2 emmisions.
aslso the usa refuses to sign the kyoto treaty beacuse of developing counttirs not haveing to make much cutbacks. Yet the usa is the worlds biggest producer of greenhouses gasses. The hypocracy is enough to make me cry. aslo one thing people would have to accept is a drastic lowering of thier liveing standereds. That would mean thingsl like not leaveing your computer on all the time, petrol at 4-6 £ per gallon. no air cond walk more bike more etc. and most people when asked to chose between their childrens future or their livieng standereds will chose the latter. [This message has been edited by Dramnek_Ulk (edited 06-16-2001).] |
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Paragraph 2: The USA was not the only country that did not sign. Only ONE country in the whole world signed. Suddenly, this is all Bush's fault? Ridiculous. Paragraph 3: We can live with the things we have if people adopted reasonable ideals of conservation and increased supply by using nuclear power (the cleanest and most efficient source supported by current technology). Reasonable conservation consists of recycling, not littering, turning off lights when you leave a room, carpooling where feasable, encouraging telecommuting, and putting reasonable limits that are supported by science on all types of emissions. That is the long term solution. It's like losing weight. People can go on a fast and drop a ton of weight quickly, but it won't last. If they take a healthy, measured approach they can make a real change. The same can be said of this problem. ------------------ Gaelic |
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