Here is an erudite but passionate indictment by James Glassman over on Tech Central Station of enviro-predators such as Robert F. Kennedy Jnr who are leaping on the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina to suit their own narrow political agenda. I have picked up that more than quite a few Americans are disgusted by this Kennedy guy so I hope I am reflecting your disgust. In essence Mr. Glassman is arguing what I said here yesterday. Good to know I'm not alone in what I think about this.
"Tragedies happen, and my daughter and her family are happy just to be alive. Their losses and those of hundreds of thousands of other innocents deserve mourning, prayer and respect That is why the response of environmental extremists fills me with what only can be called disgust. They have decided to exploit the death and devastation to win support for the failed Kyoto Protocol, which requires massive cutbacks in energy use to reduce, by a few tenths of a degree, surface warming projected 100 years from now Katrina has nothing to do with global warming. Nothing. It has everything to do with the immense forces of nature that have been unleashed many, many times before and the inability of humans, even the most brilliant engineers, to tame these forces."
John F. Kennedy Jnr strikes from beyond the grave!
Posted by: Mark Holland | September 01, 2005 at 06:28 AM
Ok, global warming may have had little to do with the New Orleans disaster. But building recklessly in nature's flood plains may have been a very big factor. See story here:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=659488
Posted by: Peter | September 01, 2005 at 11:38 PM