A puzzlement: US can afford $1 trillion to make the world a worse place,
but claims it cannot afford to help the world stay liveable. The US can, will and does let politics override science, very similar to Stalin and Mao.
"Annan: Leaders need courage to fight warming." (Well, we know how much courage the leadership of the US has. "Bring 'em on!" - to someone else.)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- "Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. conference on climate change Wednesday that those who would deny global warming or delay taking action against it are "out of step" and "out of time."
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