From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec3b1a84cab8fc8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-06 10:17:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.190.198.17!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Off Topic: NMD/Environment was: (Re: Ada and the NMD) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:25:48 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9n882d$rsh$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3B970152.4AC6C6E3@PublicPropertySoftware.com> <3B9795E1.54B12E70@worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 999793549 28561 136.170.200.133 (6 Sep 2001 16:25:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Sep 2001 16:25:49 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12817 Date: 2001-09-06T16:25:49+00:00 List-Id: This is all drifting way off topic and into the realm of political opinions. Let me ask this though (now that I have marked the subject line as off topic): If the Kyoto treaty is such a wonderful thing, why don't the Europeans just go ahead and sign it themselves? Why do they need us to sign it for them? Why shouldn't the US make its own decisions about what is in the best interest of the US and all the rest of the world can do the same? If France, Germany, England, et alia, all *love* this treaty so much and think it is in their best interest, well, let them put their John Handcock on the bottom line. Or is this some version of the "Misery Loves Company" rule? BTW: I like the observation about "solutions" - It seems that if one disagrees with a solution proposed by certain groups then there is some sort of automatic condemnation as being against the *goals* of that group. Maybe I disagree with a *lot* of opinions about how to cure crime, poverty, unemployment, disease and ignorance. But that doesn't mean that by that same fact, I must be in *favor* of crime, poverty, unemployment, disease and ignorance. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "James Rogers" wrote in message news:3B9795E1.54B12E70@worldnet.att.net... > > I think you have been listening to too much propaganda and drivel > on the news. > > The current US government cares deeply about the environment. It > simply does not agree with certain international political "solutions". > > The US abandonment of the Kyoto treaty is not actually far from the > EU position. In the EU politicians give verbal support for the > Kyoto treaty but somehow fail to provide the funding necessary for > its implementation. In the US we simply state that the Kyoto treaty is > fundamentally flawed and will not be ratified. > > Any agreement to save our environment must be based upon scientific > evidence and scientifically sound environmental management programs. > Unfortuntely, treaties such as the one developed at the Kyoto > conference are more about political attempts to control first world > economies than about sound scientific efforts. > > President Bush has made it clear that he is willing to work for the > improvement of the environment, so long as agreements are based > upon a sound scientific foundation. >