manchicken here…

It seems talks in Copenhagen are stalled for a number of reasons. One, is that our shameful “democratic” process in the United States is actually trying to shoehorn in lackluster measures so they can continue business as usual.

Another reason why things are stalling is because the developing world is woefully incapable of funding the changes that are necessary for them to participate in the solution to man-made global climate change. They make a compelling case that the already-developed world owes a debt to the developing world for the years that we have enjoyed prosperity due to our polluting activities.

One more interesting point I’ve heard is that developing nations are being priced out of being able to participate because corporations in developed nations are implementing strict intellectual (imaginary) property regimes to prevent others from partaking of solutions science without paying top dollar.

America should be ashamed at how our corporations are behaving. We should be ashamed at how our leaders are behaving. And we should be shamed that while the science is calling for 20-25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 emissions estimates, the United States is only willing to make a 4% change. Of course, we’re calling it a 16% drop, but then changing the benchmark from 1990 to 2002.

Some days it’s harder to be an American than others. Our government is controlled by corporations, despite the lies that Obama told us when he promised to keep corporations out of the White House. Obama, please give us the change we believed in and worked our asses off for.

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