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UN says USA must be part of climate change agreement
YAHOO ^ | 12/2/07 | Michael Casey

Posted on 12/02/2007 2:18:35 PM PST by ricks_place

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To: ricks_place

Yea what are they gonna do if we say no? Sanctions against us. Let me /cry some. Oh noes.


21 posted on 12/02/2007 2:34:53 PM PST by Domandred (Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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To: denydenydeny
So, if I read this correctly, there are no actual warming effects yet. Just people "concerned" and "tense" about it.

Correct. Just as the hunger nazis consider you one of the "hungry in America" if you even think about not having enough to eat.

22 posted on 12/02/2007 2:35:08 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: denydenydeny

We need to revert our economy so rapidly to the Stone Age that the ensuing crisis takes down the Chinese economy too. And no cooking fires and no cattle, Americans. But say yes to even higher taxes. Gosh, cavemen lived better than we will in our near future.


23 posted on 12/02/2007 2:35:20 PM PST by dufekin (Name the leader of our enemy: Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, terrorist dictator)
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To: ricks_place

Weather report from upper New York state. Last night low temp was 15 degrees F. It snowed and there currently is 3 to 5 inches of wet snow on the ground with more expected tonight.

My palm trees have been frozen off at the ground.


24 posted on 12/02/2007 2:36:15 PM PST by Citizen Tom Paine (Swift as the wind; Calmly majestic as a forest; Steady as the mountains.)
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To: ricks_place

That is not very persuasive to me.


25 posted on 12/02/2007 2:38:37 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: ricks_place

Molon labe, buddy.


26 posted on 12/02/2007 2:42:38 PM PST by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: ricks_place
World powers meeting at a UN climate change conference in Indonesia this week won't be able to craft a meaningful plan to address global warming without co-operation from the United States

The New Yorker was a dull Communist rag even in its best days, but at least the cartoons used to be funny. One by Barsotti sometime in the 1980s comes to mind in this context:

A businessman is talking on his phone, standing up at his desk in front of what's apparently his appointment calendar.

"No, Thursday's out. How about never? Is never good for you?"

27 posted on 12/02/2007 2:43:02 PM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: ricks_place

Molon labe, buddy. And by the way, you will NEVER make it meaningful, because it is Bogus Science and it does not MEAN anything.


28 posted on 12/02/2007 2:43:14 PM PST by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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US must be part of UN change (make smaller and move to Zimbabwe, West Bank, Iran, Cuba, etc.


29 posted on 12/02/2007 2:50:38 PM PST by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president!)
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30 posted on 12/02/2007 2:50:47 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: golfisnr1
including Hollywood luminaries

Luminary: a person who has attained eminence in his or her field or is an inspiration to others

Naaaaahhhh....no bias there....

31 posted on 12/02/2007 2:51:15 PM PST by KenHorse (I have the heart of a Liberal. I keep it in a jar on my desk.)
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To: ricks_place

Translation: UN concludes USA by cooperate in worlds attempt to destroy USA.

Hillary, pelosi, and reid volunteer to help.


32 posted on 12/02/2007 2:58:46 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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“BALI, Indonesia - World powers meeting at a UN climate change conference in Indonesia this week won’t be able to craft a meaningful plan to address global warming without co-operation from the United States, the top emitter of greenhouse gases, the UN’s climate chief said Sunday.”

Sorry, that distinction goes to China.


33 posted on 12/02/2007 3:00:05 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Hunter Thompson in 08.)
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The globe has been warming "Back Up" every since the ice age! And from what we were taught back in grade school, it's still got some warming to go before it get's back to what it was when the dinosaur's roamed the earth. Leave it to al gore to take advantage of a natural happening.

34 posted on 12/02/2007 3:00:24 PM PST by GloriaJane (http://www.download.com/gloriajane)
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To: ricks_place
Agreed. Even if we did sign the fact of the matter remains China and India will never accept binding emissions targets. We'd straitjacket our own economy to give our competitors a leg up. No thanks.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

35 posted on 12/02/2007 3:00:33 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ricks_place
"Without action, temperatures will rise, resulting in droughts, severe weather, dying species and other consequences, they said."

BS!

36 posted on 12/02/2007 3:07:29 PM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: NormsRevenge
"U.N. Climate Change Conference billboard in Nusa Dua, Bali"

I notice that UN billboard's blood red.

37 posted on 12/02/2007 3:09:41 PM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: ricks_place
...the United States, the top emitter of greenhouse gases....
Maybe if we promise to put Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, and Ted Kennedy on a diet . . . .
38 posted on 12/02/2007 3:12:00 PM PST by Hunton Peck (When a Democrat calls for "fairness", he means "Shut up and give us all your money.")
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"The solutions are within reach"

LOL.

They plan on turning of the SUN?

39 posted on 12/02/2007 3:16:17 PM PST by traditional1 (Thompson/Hunter '08)
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CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS.LINK

Climate Action in China China has ratified the primary international accords on climate change—the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol—but as a developing county, China has no binding emission limits under either accord. China is, however, an active participant in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) established under the Protocol. The CDM grants emission credits for verified reductions in developing countries, which can be used toward meeting their Kyoto targets. This provides lower-cost reductions for developed countries and generates investment in clean development in developing countries. China is by far the largest source of CDM credits, accounting for over 40 percent of those generated to date...

China argues that rich countries are responsible for most of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and so should shoulder most of the burden of reducing them. It also points out that although its overall emissions are huge and growing fast (they will surpass America's this year, according to the International Energy Agency), they are still far lower than America's when measured per person (see chart). It would be unfair, it argues, to deprive China's citizens of the chance to live as lavishly as Americans do, despite all the pollution that might entail...

40 posted on 12/02/2007 3:16:37 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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