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Twenty thousand delegates, observers, business leaders, and government ministers from 190 countries meet in Bali, Indonesia
to bow to Canadas demands-,.... er, sorry, re-write! discuss global climate change
Indonesia plans to make ministers from around the world use bicycles to get about at the UN talks at the talks which start December 3, so it might be fun to see us on bikes.
Meanwhile, just trust the experts.
Media Availability - Greenpeace keeps keen eye on UN climate
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9/11 was an intelligence failure.
Pearl Harbour was an intelligence failure.
The Yom Kippur War, when Egypt invaded Israel at the Suez Canal......was...an intelligence failure.
Now, apart from the wars that we wage on each other for territory, resources , idealogy, dominance...there is a different type of catastrophe impending upon us.
When our leader stands up in our Parliament to deliver a few well placed lines about our stand on global warming and our commitment to the betterment of the planet, he is looking sideways at the facts.
Im my opinion, our country and our leader is suffering from some type of intelligence deficit. Old leaders of the past have sometimes remain entrenched in their own positions, irrevocable and unmovable from their own strong opinions. IN some instances this can be quite admirable whenever a person displays strong resolve. But not in the case where a certain type of blindness occurs, or a resolute stubborness comes into effect, no one thinks its admirable or pretty. Even for a pretty boy like Harper. Make that, especially for a pretty boy like Harper. The least of the reasons for thereof, being our interaction with nature and the consequences of our actions or non-action. Already before even arriving, we are guilty of over-estimating ourselves. No matter how much we bleat about resolve or use canned speeches in their stead.
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Bali
