I think the point is that the US is purposely presenting meaningless numbers to avoid having to do anything, BB2. That is my take on it. That is why I flipped so hard upon reading the Danish Text and learning what nothing Obama was going to bring to the table, and even worse, yanking the table away from anyone who might eventually succeed in making him put something substantive on it.
This whole COP15 thing is SUCH a convoluted wreckage, made a thousand times worse by all the fascist braying to obfuscate things further, that I am just beside myself with grief over the sorry state of our world.
It seems to me we would all be WAY better off if ALL statistical analysis were THROWN OUT and we just concentrated on the empirical stuff, on measuring ocean acidity and doing everything we know to turn that around. THE STATISTICS ARE JUST SHIT SLUNG AROUND TO TRY TO MOVE POLITICS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, AND THEY DON'T WORK!
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. —John F. Kennedy
The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so. —Ronald Reagan
Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak. —Martin Luther King
We're all fucked. I'm fucked. You're fucked. The whole department is fucked. It's the biggest cock-up ever. We're all completely fucked. —not uttered by anyone in charge lately
Anyone calling Obama a leftist, liberal, or progressive needs to have the stupid beat out of them. —Old Uncle Dave
As for the Taliban ... their stated grievance is the same as Gen. Washington’s in our war with the British: If you want this war to end, get out of our country. —Pat Buchanan
Obama-era drone warfare ... in general looks like Bush-era drone warfare on steroids. —Scott Horton
There has to be altruism in the universe. —Frank Drake
The morons in Washington are pushing the envelope of nuclear war. The insane drive for American hegemony threatens life on earth. The American people, by accepting the lies and deceptions of “their” government, are facilitating this outcome. —Paul Craig Roberts
I am a child of the South. Janet Napolitano tells me I need to be afraid of people who are labeled white supremacists but I was raised around white supremacists. I am not afraid of white supremacists. I am concerned about my own government. The Patriot Act did not come from the white supremacists, it came from the White House and Congress. Citizens United did not come from white supremacists, it came from the Supreme Court. —Cynthia McKinney
No one has to "marry" anyone else politically; no one has to embrace every tenet or belief that an anti-imperialist ally might hold. You simply have to say: "All of us, regardless of our other views, believe this truth to be self-evident: dismantling the empire will bring immediate and enormous benefits to our nation and to the world." —Chris Floyd
The power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. —Howard Zinn
...the government only starts listening to its voters once the more corrupt option turns out to be untenable. —Matt Taibbi
· One out of seven American homeowners will probably lose their homes by the end of 2010.
· Only 4.7 percent of distressed homeowners who enrolled in the modification plan have gotten any help.
· Out of Obama's $75 billion program, only $2.3 million has been spent—or 0.03 percent.
Obama's performance on the foreclosure crisis—along with unemployment, the biggest problem America faces—makes Bush's laissez faire approach to Hurricane Katrina look caring and loving in comparison. If ever there were a cause for impeachment, look no further. —Ted Rall
As self-appointed champions of civilisation against barbarism, they fail to see that a certain barbarism is the flipside of civilisation itself, inseparable from its smooth operation. For every cathedral, a pit of bones; for every artistic masterpiece, human wretchedness and back-breaking toil. —Terry Eagleton
Here at home and throughout the world people are fighting back against the forces of wealth, privilege, and militarism — some because they have no choice, others because they would choose no other course but the one that leads to peace and justice. —Michael Parenti
I've found that culture, however useful and important, is neither the foundation nor the ceiling of human experience, even if it is commonly used for walls. —Thomas Cleary
I really consider President and Mrs. Mubarak to be friends of my family. So I hope to see him often here in Egypt and in the United States. —Hillary Clinton
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Kool-Aid Pie
* 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk * 1 envelope Kool-Aid (any flavor) * 1 small tub Cool Whip, thawed
Mix ingredients until thoroughly combined. Pour into ready-made graham cracker pie crust and refrigerate at least one hour before serving.
99% of all species which have ever existed on Earth have gone extinct. Our turn is coming.
ReplyDeleteI hate statistics!
ReplyDeleteThe third number: 4%. That's how much the US is offering to cut its emissions from their 1990 levels by 2020.
But how does today's emissions compare to 1990?
If our emissions are 20% more now, the reduction would be 24% of today's values.
If our emissions are 5% better now than in 1990 then it is actually a 1% increase.
The numbers are meaningless as presented.
I am NOT defending the US by any means, but lets have real numbers!
I think the point is that the US is purposely presenting meaningless numbers to avoid having to do anything, BB2. That is my take on it. That is why I flipped so hard upon reading the Danish Text and learning what nothing Obama was going to bring to the table, and even worse, yanking the table away from anyone who might eventually succeed in making him put something substantive on it.
ReplyDeleteThis whole COP15 thing is SUCH a convoluted wreckage, made a thousand times worse by all the fascist braying to obfuscate things further, that I am just beside myself with grief over the sorry state of our world.
It seems to me we would all be WAY better off if ALL statistical analysis were THROWN OUT and we just concentrated on the empirical stuff, on measuring ocean acidity and doing everything we know to turn that around. THE STATISTICS ARE JUST SHIT SLUNG AROUND TO TRY TO MOVE POLITICS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, AND THEY DON'T WORK!
They just fill up wasted time.
Who do I kill?