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July 20, 2006
Gorbachev Joins Global Warming Crusade
Failed Communist dictator turned left-wing gadfly Mikhail Gorbachev is continuing his annoying efforts to seem relevant by carping on Australia to sign the preposterous Kyoto Protocol.
Gorby's vain hope is that the USA would then commit economic suicide by following suit. Fat chance of that: the Senate voted 95-0 not to go near Kyoto.
If Gorbachev really wanted to reduce carbon emissions, he would be preaching to India and China, not Australia. But hard-core polluters don't host envirokook stroke-offs like the Earth Dialogues forum in Brisbane, where Gorby is co-chair. This global forum reportedly features "leading international experts on the environment, economics and science." It's not clear which of these fields is Gorby's area of expertise, although we can certainly rule out economics.
Now chairman of the environmental lobby group Green Cross International, Gorby has been denouncing America for being a "stubborn animal" when it comes to the Kyoto treaty, which at this point looks almost as dead as his political career. In 1990, Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, allegedly for ending the Cold War (actually, for not being Ronald Reagan, who really did end the Cold War). As his prize gathers dust on the mantle, Gorby is reduced to traveling the world "to campaign about the perils of climate change" like a fat, bald Al Gore with a stain on his head.
Meanwhile, scientists continue to complain that global warming hysteria is bunk.
As for Prime Minister John Howard and his cabinet, they're too busy running Australia to meet with comrade Gorbachev. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer brushed off Gorby's visit with this:
Should I be trying to get people out of Lebanon or should I be at an Earth Dialogues forum? I think that answers the question.
Is Hollywood Squares still on TV? Gorby would be perfect for that show.
Posted by Van Helsing at July 20, 2006 1:21 PM
Comments
My take on Gorby:
he got to the top in the USSR because his rivals couldn't guess his thoughts, figured they must therefore be awesome, and failed to realize he had none.
Nice enough guy but........
Posted by: K at July 20, 2006 1:39 PM
I like P J Orourke's name for Gorby. Ole' Splotch Top. He's starting to look real old.
Posted by: Titan Mk6B at July 20, 2006 1:55 PM
Ah Gorby!
Everyone wonders where the communists went after the USSR folded up shop. Answer: Radical Environmental Movement aka Global Warming Hysteria Movement.
The countries that are attacked most by Gorbynuts are the most capitalistic. The whole point of Kyoto is damage the economies of successful capitalistic countries of the "West" so communist/socialist contries can overtake the "West". This is the reason countries like China and India get a pass on Kyoto.
If Global Warming was such a big problem it would make more sense to launch satellites equipped with large umbrella-like solar reflectors to block the 2 or 3% of solar radiation reaching the Earth to cool it down. This would creates loads of jobs in the highly paid areospace industy. This is way better than crippling important world economies.
There are quite a few scientists who are exploring the impact of rising solar output as the main force in socalled Global Warming.
Posted by: General Jack D. Ripper at July 20, 2006 2:11 PM
Hey, dude.
Wipe that bird shit off your head.
Oh. Are you saying that's a permanent bird-shit stain?
Posted by: Doug at July 20, 2006 3:01 PM
Gorby is a frickin loonatic. The Nobel just made his head swell. It holds no creedence with rational persons. If you actually look at the list of award winners, it's pretty ugly.
Posted by: mb at July 20, 2006 4:02 PM
