G-8 Leaders Declare On Temperature

I don't know if I want to laugh or cry.

ROME - July 8, 2009 -- World leaders agreed Wednesday that the global economy remains too shaky to begin rolling back massive stimulus measures right now. They also set a key goal in the fight against global warming, saying temperatures shouldn't increase more than 2 degrees Celsius.

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So the G-8 leaders hereby declare that the temperatures shouldn't increase more than 2 degrees Celsius. And if they do? What if they decrease by 2 degrees? Why 2 degrees, not 1 or 3? And who are they to decide? (Have they consulted the sun?)

This is akin to the medieval Church declaring that the earth was the center of the universe and the sun circled around the earth.

This is also like the California legislature right now. They are issuing IOUs because they haven't been able to figure out how to fill the budget deficit, but the lawmakers are busy bickering over the small bills on fruits and juices.

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