CRIMES AGAINST NATURE

I reported last year on RFK’s interview with Salon, which also makes good reading.

Between these articles, and other sites like Howling at a Waning Moon, Environment 2004 and Kennedy’s own NRDC website, the litany of evidence of Bush’s obvious hatred of nature, the environment, and public property of any kind, and his total disdain for the legacy that he’s leaving our children and grandchildren, not to mention all the other species that share this Earth, is overwhelming. It is really hard to understand how anyone with an ounce of humanity and caring for anyone other than themselves could even think seriously about voting for this criminal. I remain astonished and dismayed that Bush’s popularity is even 5%, let alone 45%.

Wednesday the NYT also remarked about Bush’s incredible, even ruthless disregard for even basic respect for environmental protection, commenting that even his campaign advisors, and allies like John McCain and Tony Blair, have reprimanded him for his intractible opposition to any efforts to stem global warming. Even the Russian despot Vladimir Putin has finally realized the dangers of global warming, and agreed yesterday to recommend that Russia ratify the Kyoto accord. The Russian approval finally gives the accord full legal stature, and once again, as with the International Court of Justice, the Land Mines Treaty, and a host of other vital global consensus agreements, Bush’s intransigent and belligerent opposition utterly isolates America from the rest of the developed world, and further damages America’s reputation.

Meanwhile the most recent polls suggest the US election, now only a month away, is again too close to call. There is so much at stake. Those of us who live in other countries can only shake our heads and hope the Democrats are better than the Republicans at getting their supporters registered and out to the polls. It appears the fix is in again in Florida, so a lot rests on the voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.