Climate change conference talk is cheap

I came upon an Associated Press article "Bush Climate Goals Marked by Bureaucracy" regarding Bush's 2-day climate change conference in Washington. I thought: Bush’s climate goals are marked by a B word alright but bureaucracy isn’t the B word I had in mind.

Didn’t you know: The Bush administration is very concerned about global warming, and they’re even having a party with all of the world's biggest offenders to celebrate and promote more rampant polluting - oops I meant to say a conference to sort out possible solutions to this pressing global warming issue these crazy scientists keep insisting IS, in fact, a REAL problem. Ah, how nice to have a conference to show you care. Are we honestly supposed to fall for this?

Why take action and set mandatory cuts in emissions to begin alleviating the problem when instead you can…………….talk about what you might be able to do IF you actually cared to do something?

The U.S. could pass laws that require higher fuel efficiencies from US auto makers but we don’t want to lessen or eliminate the need for gasoline and cheat the oil companies out of mass profits. So what if it’d mean cleaner air? Who needs that when you got money? If you have enough money, like oil tycoons, you can simply buy clean air when all of ours is too toxic to breathe; therefore it's imperative to make as much money as possible so you can afford that clean air when there's none left. Of course, the same goes for water.

Perhaps the most ridiculous idea put forth: emission cuts should be voluntary. OK, that’ll definitely work. Let’s see how many people would voluntarily pay their mortgage if the bank let you keep your house whether you paid the mortgage or not. I’m sure everyone would voluntarily pay simply because it’s the right thing to do.