| Have you noticed that anything designed by a | | | | indefinitely. But as time went on, this flawed foreign |
| committee is seldom aesthetically and functionally | | | | policy has created Al-Qaeda and despotic Persian Gulf |
| pleasing? I hope that this fate doesn't befall the | | | | Heads-of-State. |
| well-intentioned actions of the Global Community / | | | | If the U.S. Administration's involvement in formulating |
| Powers-That-Be to limit the impact of our industrial | | | | laws that are of benefit to the Global Community in |
| processes on our climate. Believe me, I'm all for | | | | tackling catastrophic climate change is still based on a |
| establishing resolutions to limit the generation of | | | | 40-year-old "canon" that protects U.S. interests in |
| greenhouse gasses that's causing global warming that | | | | maintaining their Military-Industrial-Complex above all |
| would eventually cause a catastrophic climate change | | | | else would probably result in two scenarios. One, it |
| and sea level rise. But chances are, the United States | | | | would be doomed to fail; two, it would create more |
| will have the loudest voice on formulating policies to | | | | problems that it intends to solve. |
| solve this somewhat intransigent dilemma because | | | | Maybe, we should take solace on what Abraham |
| herein lies the true extent of the complexity of the | | | | Lincoln said about slavery more than a hundred years |
| task at hand. But first, lets take a look back on the | | | | ago. He said that the institution of slavery was |
| United States Government's track record on how | | | | "formulated on both injustice and bad policy." This is |
| might they deal with this problem. | | | | much like our present "agricultural subsidies" that only |
| During the end of the 1960's, the gravest threat to | | | | benefit the rich and powerful. Policymakers really |
| the Global Community was the all-out nuclear | | | | should think carefully on how they should formulate |
| exchange between the U.S. and the then Soviet | | | | solutions to protect our climate that not only benefits |
| Union. The Nixon administration at that time was in a | | | | the poor but also rich industrialists can live with. |
| unique position to declare a détente or and | | | | Most "common folks" that I know have been doing |
| end to the "Cold War" and the ability to enforce it. | | | | their part in protecting our planet. Some of them for |
| Sadly, the U.S. Administration at that time was | | | | more than thirty years by reducing energy |
| extremely reluctant to reformulate the "canon" of | | | | consumption and recycling in order to conserve our |
| their "interests" and foreign policies. This was | | | | dwindling natural resources. Let us just hope that |
| immortalized in that famous Richard M. Nixon quote; | | | | when run-of-the-mill politicians use their heavy |
| "Peace in our time with honor." A lot of people will | | | | handedness on environmentalism, Russian Literature |
| argue that it was a good thing because the almost | | | | buffs won't be saying: "The road to hell is paved with |
| imminent all-out nuclear exchange was postponed | | | | good intentions. |