Right Pulse

If the massive swings against the ALP in the middle class to low income booths of the recent by-elections are anything to go by, Rudd is losing the argument on climate change and especially on carbon tax and trade (CTT). So what does  any good socialist do when they are losing or have lost the argument through a democratic process? They go overseas to get an international institution to try and impose a ’solution’ on there own country.

…Australia was under intense pressure to commit to an emissions-reduction pledge of at least 15 per cent by 2020 — three times its unconditional target of 5 per cent…”It is pretty clear Australia will have to move well beyond 5 per cent,” one developed-nation negotiator said.

Hell yeah – democracy take a hike. Then the propaganda ‘hide the decline’ technocrats ramp up the scaremongering:

The conference began last night with an announcement by the World Meteorological Organisation that this decade has likely been the warmest on record, and this year the fifth-warmest.

It is unbelievable that these people are still making this claim, even after the hockey stick and Climategate scandals. It may depend though upon what they define ‘record’ as. So bullying, scaring and now $$$:

….consensus emerging around a $10 billion-a-year “first step” fund to help developing countries cope with climate change that was already unavoidable.

If the EU and USA actually go for a 15 per cent cut – with Gordon Brown wanting 30 per cent – then Australia should opt out and we should just take our chances that the earth does not turn into a burning hell hole as proponents claim it will.