07 February 2007

Say it, Lula!

I love that President Lula of Brazil is a thorn in the side of the Bush administration. They need that check -- not everyone has to agree with you -- even if they don't heed it. His socialist leanings bring out their dormant Commie-hating tendencies. Go Lula!
From the BBC:
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has accused developed countries of failing to do enough to fight against global warming.

In a speech in Rio de Janeiro, President Lula said it was time for wealthy countries to do more to reduce gas emissions.

He called on them to stop preaching on what to do with the Amazon rainforest.

...He said they were skillful at drafting agreements and protocols, like the Kyoto treaty, to appear as if they were doing something to reverse dangerous gas emissions.

In practice, however, he said the results proved otherwise.

...His comments come a day after the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told a UN conference on the environment that the world's poor, who are the least responsible for global warming, will suffer the most from the effects of climate change.

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