Re: What's the deal with the Germans?
PW, education education education. Right now we spend more on education than ever and our schools are failing because people don't WANT to learn. And thus, we have to suffer through silly statements like yours regarding Kyoto. Here are some facts:<br /><br />"Friday, March 30, 2001 <br />WASHINGTON (UPI) President Bush on Thursday tried to reassure visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and the European Union that his administration would work with allies on environmental protections, despite the White House's refusal to support a greenhouse gas reduction treaty.<br />"We'll be working with our allies to reduce greenhouse gases," Bush told reporters ahead of his meeting with Schroeder. "But I will not accept a plan that will harm our economy and hurt American workers."<br /><br />At issue is the 1997 Kyoto accord, a treaty signed by the United States and 54 other nations. The agreement is designed to limit emissions by industrial nations of greenhouse gases, which many scientists believe causes global warming.<br /><br />The legislature of only one of the signatories, Romania, has so far ratified it. The White House said Wednesday the Bush administration would back out of the treaty given overwhelming opposition in the U.S. Congress - the Senate has rejected it 95-0.<br /><br />Bush said Kyoto regulations would be overly burdensome to U.S. industry at a time when businesses struggle against a slowing economy.<br /><br />Schroeder, a major backer of the Kyoto accord, said the issue was the one major point of disagreement in his meeting with Bush.<br /><br />"That was no surprise to you," Schroeder told reporters as he sat with Bush in the Oval Office. "We are happy to admit to you that we hold different opinions regarding this. We were also happy to admit to one another that we had different positions on this."<br /><br />So, only Romania has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, and Bush is the bad guy? The Kyoto Protocol was rejected by the US congress 95 to 0 and Bush is the bad guy? That is bunk. The reasons you listed for European opposition to the US are a load of crapola. Obviously you, folks that think like you, the limp wristed Nancy boy Democratic Presidential nominee; and dare I say it, libs in general want to take a back seat to leadership from from Schroeder, Putin and Chirac. Wake up dude. These were the boys that wanted to PROTECT Saddam Hussein because they were in bed with the guy in the "oil for Palaces" deal. How can you even suggest that America put our national security and resolve to win this war we are fighting against terrorists under the approval of corrupt peckers like them??? The security of America is more important than European attitudes toward America, and the lives of the 3000+ lost on 9/11, their memories, and the lessons learned, and the fight to insure that another 9/11 does not occur on US soil is more important than the wishes of corrupt European leaders, and if you don't think so, well my friend, that breaks my heart.