Let's get Political........

Right, let's make it clear that i don't have much against America.

I have loads against the US government though, mainly because they are so reluctant to co-operate with the rest of this planet. Especially this year. "Make Poverty History", was supposed to aim to cancel third world debt i thought??? If i'm wrong correct me. As the days go by now it's looking more and more watered down.

Tony Blair still seems to be strong and with it, which is fine, but it is the American government which is tearing this whole thing down. They constantly refuse to pull their weigh in fear that it'll harm their own country. They refuse to donate for a vaccination programme. They refuse to give 0.7% of their national income to Africa each year. At the minute all they are doing is donating tiny sums of money, in otherwords, they ain't doing much to help because their politicians are too damn concerned for their own welfare. Selfish comes to mind.

Then there's global warming. Our friend Bush won't keep his side of the Kyoto agreement becuase he's scared it'll damage the US economy. Instead of making an effort to prevent global warming, America instead is choosing to take the approach to deal with the consequences. That translates as putting billions more into stopping cities such as New York and LA from flooding if sea levels rise. Or paying for storm damage if storms really do get worse.

I'm not saying that will happen though. But it is worth investing in alternate energies. Even if pollution didn't contribute to global warming, it'd still be nice to have a cleaner buzzing planet then a dirty one. But anyways, i'm sounding like a Greenpeace person now, so i'll stop. Do note however that i'm not against fossil fuels or anything like that. I think things like Oil Rigs rule.

One fact: America produces 21% of daily Carbon Dioxide emissions, but has only 4% of the world's people.

They need to start pulling their weight!!