LAT op-ed: What will persuade Bush to halt "lunatic meddling" with planet?

[DeepModem Mom]

LAT op-ed: A climate change of heart
Even Bush's business allies have seen the light on global warming. But he's dug in.
By Eugene Linden, EUGENE LINDEN is the author of "The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather and the Destruction of Civilizations."
March 14, 2006


A BELEAGUERED president stubbornly insists on staying the course even as his staunchest allies abandon him. I'm not talking about Iraq, but global warming.

Here's a case where virtually everybody is acknowledging a weapon of mass destruction — the threat of climate chaos — but still President Bush refuses to take action. When the evangelical community, Bush's stalwart base, called for climate action last month, the news grabbed headlines. But the more important Bush defectors on this issue are some of the world's largest corporations, including British Petroleum, General Electric, DuPont and Cinergy. So, the question arises: Why does Bush persist in his increasingly lonely stance?

The answer may lie in the difference between realpolitik and ideology. Many corporations initially opposed climate action as a practical matter, because of its perceived costs. The Bush administration's opposition seems to derive from its ideological hostility to international treaties and the United Nations on the one hand and environmentalists on the other....

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The changed corporate landscape gives hope until we remember that the climate seems to be changing the landscape that we live on even more rapidly. With carbon dioxide levels already higher than they've been since homo sapiens emerged as a species, we are conducting a science lab experiment on a planetary scale.

India, China and other big greenhouse gas emitters will not do their part unless the United States, the biggest emitter, joins the effort. And that won't happen without presidential leadership. So, President Bush, if the scientific, evangelical and business communities can't sway you, what will it take to persuade you to help halt our lunatic meddling with Earth's atmosphere?


http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-linden14mar14,0,873032.story?coll=la-home-commentary

[Stephanie]

1. Nothing will convince him. He's incapable of saying he's wrong.

He needs to go, ASAP. The planet can't wait three more years. Impeach him already.

[rodeodance]

2. it will take years to find and remove Bush regulatory 'rule' changes that

went into effect without anyone knowing.

[jwirr]

7. If and when we get some kind of control of this situation in

Washington - we should create several volunteer "armies" to use their expertise to find and recommend the solutions to * shit. These area's include but are not limited to: environmental issues; social programs; constitutional issues; military issues: audit the budget, spying, torture; voting issues; and finally * & ilk crimes.

[wake.up.america]

3. Adios, Go, Aufwiedersehen, The world says LEAVE!!!!

[Blaze Diem]

4. Agreed..

But who will step up to save the world.

Afterall this IS the requirement for anyone who steps forward at this point.
George did this to us.

My 83 year old father said this .."..a man stepped out of Texas and destroyed the world."

[jwirr]

5. Nothing he is being raptured out don't you know?

Seriously the whole * administration is in there to beg, borrow or steal as much money as they can WHILE they can. I suspect they know all about the problems of the future but think this MONEY will somehow insulate them from the dangers.

[DBoon]

6. The voice of God must speak directly to him

as channeled by Karl Rove