U.S. "Shamed" Into Global Warming Agreement in Bali

The world's global warming religion has been meeting for a revival in Bali, Indonesia for the last couple of weeks (where the average attendee traveled 6,000 miles to get there spewing lots of carbon on the way). Last night I saw an enfuriating piece of news footage in which the United States was described as being "shamed" into going along with the other countries on a global warming agreement. Here's what happened:

India sought to amend the document to strengthen requirements for richer nations to help poorer with technology to limit emissions and adapt to climate change's impacts.

The head of the U.S. delegation, Undersecretary of State Paula J. Dobriansky objected, setting off loud, long boos in the hall.

Next, delegate after delegate took aim at the United States, with South Africa saying Dobriansky's intervention was "most unwelcome and without any basis," and Uganda saying "We would like to beg them" to relent.

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."

I wish I had been the U.S. delegate when that guy from New Guinea spoke up. Here's what my response would have been:

"Mr. Conrad, with all due respect, you come from a country that still has people who eat each other. Now, if I want a good recipe for pancreas, I'll seek out your advice. However, if we're going to talk technology here, I think I'll stick with my people."

The U.S. Rep should be called back immediately and sacked. She looked like she had clearly been intimidated by the gathered thugs and she doesn't have what it takes to do that job. Frankly, had I been president, the U.S. wouldn't even have wasted the jet fuel to send a representative.

As far as America's hindrance of the ongoing evangelism in the global warming church, Mark Steyn reminds us of some important statistics when it comes to emissions:

Lest you think the above are "extremists," consider how deeply invested the "mainstream" is in a total fiction. At the recent climate jamboree in Bali, the Rev. Al Gore told the assembled faithful: "My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here." Really? The American Thinker's Web site ran the numbers. In the seven years between the signing of Kyoto in 1997 and 2004, here's what happened:

•Emissions worldwide increased 18.0 percent;

•Emissions from countries that signed the treaty increased 21.1 percent;

•Emissions from nonsigners increased 10.0 percent; and

•Emissions from the United States increased 6.6 percent.

It's hard not to conclude a form of mental illness has gripped the world's elites.

Exactly.