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America actually booed at climate conference.

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BALI, Indonesia -- In a hushed conference hall, as envoys from 186 nations looked on, the world's lone superpower took a tongue-lashing from its most powerless, nation after poor nation assailing the U.S. ''no'' on the document at hand. Then the delegate from Papua New Guinea leaned into his microphone.

''We seek your leadership,'' Kevin Conrad told the Americans. ''But if for some reason you are not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us. Please get out of the way.''

The U.N. climate conference exploded with applause, the U.S. delegation backed down, and the way was cleared Saturday for adoption of the ''Bali Roadmap,'' after a dramatic half-hour that set the stage for a grinding two years of climate talks to come.

U.S. booed at climate conference :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World
So, some good old -fashioned booing for the Bush regime and people openly saying that America must wait for the Republicans to get their arses kicked out of office before America can get in step with the sanity march. Good. What a pity that America still managed to turn the conference into a farce.

The days of world 'leadership' are done, I believe. The king has no clothes.
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Re: America actually booed at climate conference.

Floods of tears as climate change 'hard man' breaks down at summit | the Daily Mail
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Floods of tears as climate change 'hard man' breaks down at summit
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Mr de Boer, distinctively dressed in a floral shirt, stepped up to the microphone to defend his staff - only to find that the words would no longer come.

As his unfinished sentences trailed away, he broke down and walked off the platform to supportive applause.

"He wasn't just wiping his eyes, he was in floods of tears," said one observer.

"Three colleagues - one of them a woman - formed a protective group around him and escorted him out of the hall. It was all very dramatic."…
Yes, they are an emotional bunch. I think he’s really upset because he noticed someone in the audience wearing the same outfit.
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Re: America actually booed at climate conference.

Not really sure why we attend these meetings. We should just go our own way until the UN gets a little more rational.
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Re: America actually booed at climate conference.

Here's what I don't understand.

The UN is in New York. The delegates are there.

But in order to hold a conference on the environment, the UN decides to dump huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere by moving the folks from New York to Bali for a meeting?

Kinda hypocritical, no?

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Re: America actually booed at climate conference.

lets be honest here, it was nothing more than a faux political junket.......as far as the booing, well that certainly was constructive....its not a ball game... did they boo when they announced the EU had not met their obligations? I suspect they didn't even address it in that fashion......not exactly a high water mark for a supposed scientifically driven gathering...so they went all that way, to agree to meet and negotiate? uh huh. They could have done that at turtle bay as matt alludes. All that was missing was the chief gas bag.....mr. “I won’t debate experts because I am the ultimate dilettante Gore”....I want to know where they are selling the " I went to bali and all I got was this lousy t shirt", t shirt...
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Re: America actually booed at climate conference.

Lol. All pretty defensive half-comments there, chaps. In truth, having the rest of the world point the finger and BOO is a sign of the times.
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Re: America actually booed at climate conference.

They "Booed"?

Excellent. This is more proof that the nut-job leftists are desperate.
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Re: America actually booed at climate conference.

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Here's what I don't understand.

The UN is in New York. The delegates are there.

But in order to hold a conference on the environment, the UN decides to dump huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere by moving the folks from New York to Bali for a meeting?

Kinda hypocritical, no?

Matt
dead on..........they are all hypcorites considering that the EU has more ozone killing cities than the US has
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More what ? Link please.

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They "Booed"?

Excellent. This is more proof that the nut-job leftists are desperate.
Aw, c'mon, they booed because American policy is a crap act.
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They booed in fucking Bali??

Who fucking cares??
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Re: America actually booed at climate conference.

Lol. Lots of people care. With luck it might catch on. They might start doing it at the UN and everywhere that the Idiot Son and his cohorts show up. You'll have to lobby for anti-boo laws . Rofl.
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Aw, c'mon, they booed because American policy is a crap act.
What don't you like about American policy and why don't you like it?
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dead on..........they are all hypcorites considering that the EU has more ozone killing cities than the US has
Actions speak louder than words. They could have held a teleconference to talk to each other in lieu of flying from all corners of the globe to Bali and back again. If they are sincerely worried about CO2 then why do you suppose they are spewed so much of it in the atmosphere in order to get to their frivolous little circus in Bali?

My guess is that they do not believe that CO2 is a problem, otherwise they wouldn't be acting like hypocrites.
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More what ? Link please.

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Aw, c'mon, they booed because American policy is a crap act.
use google and you too can get educate on how the EU and all the hypocrites can suck it on this issue

they are killing the planet thanks to tree hugging freaks in the usa this issue is more important than finding OBL
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use google and you too can get educate on how the EU and all the hypocrites can suck it on this issue

they are killing the planet thanks to tree hugging freaks in the usa this issue is more important than finding OBL
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