Greens Say Earth Summit 'Fallen Dramatically Short'

CNSNews ^ | 9/2/02 | Marc Morano

[ClearCase_guy]

More proof that environmentalists are not really about the environment. They are about Class Warfare. Marxism. Hate the rich.

And for some reason, their ideas aren't selling. Pity.

[Fzob]

There is a growing consensus here among observers that the Earth Summit has "fallen dramatically short" of achieving any meaningful results.

Good news is always welcome. Thanks [i]Also, President Bush is named as part of an "unholy trinity Behind Global Warming and Forest Destruction." [/i]

More evidence Bush is doing something right.

[arkfreepdom]

This shows that unless there is a willing American Administration these wacky paople can get nowhere. More evidence that it DOES matter who wins the presidency, and that there is a difference between Bush and Gore.

[shrinkermd]

'Capitalism Continues to Destroy People'

Presently, there is not one anti-capitalist society that provides a decent living and a decent government for its citizens. The real claim for socialism and communism is that once they are ensconsed in power, it is almost impossible to remove them regardless of how mistaken their policies are. A good example would be Fidel Castro.

Short of an armed rebellion, only an economic catastrophe such as that happened in the Soviet Union can provide for even a few changes which might benefit the consumer. While they change the name of their government the same people run things -- principally for their own benefit without much control excerted by the citizens or businesses.

[MissAmericanPie]

These jerks are responsible for every fire this year and they dare blame Bush for it. Why are taxpayers forced to pay for groups like this that can't make it on their own?

They could care less about the poor, the forests, the oceans, the air, all they care about is power given to them via tax dollars. Hey!! D.C. dump the scum that not only work against American taxpayers, but humanity word wide.

I would like to know what their answer to third world poverty is, they don't want them to have electricity, toilettes, basic sanitation, they don't want them to become industrialized, they hate manufacturing, they don't want them to eat corn. They don't know what they do want, they only know what they don't want. And they sure are quick to fix blame for their sorry self inflicted state, D.C. should stop helping contribute to their ability to inflict themselves on us.

[altair]

I would like to know what their answer to third world poverty is, they don't want them to have electricity, toilettes, basic sanitation, they don't want them to become industrialized, they hate manufacturing, they don't want them to eat corn.

Good question. I suppose if we just give them all of our money everything will be magically solved.

[MissAmericanPie]

That should be world wide, not word wide, but ya'll knew that..right? =o/

[meenie]

Pure camouflage for socialism. They attack capitalism, private property rights, and anything resembling freedom. The environment is used to disguise their real agenda.

[lawdude]

"Summit 'Fallen Dramatically Short' "

Sounds good to me!

[beckett]

Ted Kaczynski, your people are calling you.

[MissAmericanPie]

I believe your right about that.

[gcraig]

Klein observed that "In the gourmet restaurants of super rich Sandton, delegates are literally dining out on their concern for the poor. Meanwhile, outside the gates, poor people are being hidden away, assaulted and imprisoned for what has become the iconic act of resistance in an unsustainable world: refusing to disappear."

At least this liberal can see the hypocrisy. This is so sad. The environs are becoming more and more aligned with this global intifada notion. Thank God for the 2nd Amendment. I need to buy some more rifles.

[TJFLSTRAT]

Once again Rush hits it on the head...they are mearly Communists, nothing more, nothing less.

[TheBigB]

"Land! Food! Jobs!"

Tuna! Itzhak Perlman! Houseshoes!

Sorry, I thought we were free associating... ;-)

[MissAmericanPie]

hahahaha

[pfflier]

Friends of the Earth (FOE)... placed 6000 biodegradable statues representing "diverse voices of people struggling to defend their lives, their communities and their environment...features the slogan "Don't Let Big Business Rule the World."

What part of this isn't Marxist in it's style or dogma?

[exit82]

It's comical to see Mugabe hailed by the "landless" as their idol. Too bad a year from now the people of Zimbabwe will be starving.

[Balding_Eagle]

There IS a difference betwee Bush and Gore.

LOL! I've been reading FR long enough to know that there is NO difference btween the two, except that Bush is maybe a little more liberal. (sarcasm off)

[GaryMontana]

Europe and the rest of the world are blaming the US for failing the world's poor and destroying the environment. Tensions are emerging between those who want our money (Britain and most of the world) and the US even before the latest Earth Summit (which is meant to blame the USA for everything, as well as, take as much money from us as possible) in Johannesburg. See August 26th London Times.

Hmmm, now how many colonies did the USA have around the world? How many people did we enslave in Africa, Asia, and the rest of the world? Didn't the British Empire empirically control 1/3 of the world, what about France, Holland, Germany, Spain etc… Yet the world is blaming the USA because the world is poor.

Let those wonderful nations that put these people in poverty, used their cheap labor, and stole their minerals pay for the mess they created.

THE USA IS NOT TO BLAME. Perhaps Europe should look themselves in the mirror for most of the problems of the world. The third world is also to blame for their problems. They often created their mess through their corrupted leaders. The USA has no share in the blame, and we should refuse to accept any guilt. Perhaps the rest of the world should learn to fix their problems, instead of using the USA, Christians, Jews or Israel as whipping boys to blame all their own failings on.

Two last questions. Couldn't the poor in the world have been helped by giving all the money it cost to create this conference to them? Wouldn't the environment be better off with out the waste of fossil fuels it took to get to this conference? If these people don't care enough to send their money to the poor and help the environment, why should we?