FROM KYOTO -TO CANCUN TO TNE CANCAN

As the count down for the realisation of the Kyoto Protocols approach,and as the various states of preparedness are being assessed assiduously all over Europe; one Nation watching the other to see who the best Europeans are, we in Ireland have invented a new strategy.

The new government think tank had pulled a rare rabbit from the tall political hat this time.

Aha !! they exclaim you see 1990 was the wrong time to start from; or to use as a base from which we are supposed to use as a benchmark... and all that.. Unfair for Ireland they say. Germany France and the old enemy UK were all fully industrialised at that point, but the orphaned island to the west of Britannia was not nearly at its full capacity by 1990. It took another ten years before we matured to such profligate waste capacity ; a capacity to generate sufficient CO2 to be considered as even the meekest offenders. only the smallest little blemish of an offence - a venial sin;

Any way the new buzz slogan is 20:20

Its like bullshit bingo – if you know the buzz words / expressions – going forward; tipping point; in the public domain; axis of evil etc etc. – if you can parley in this Euro babble – or maybe its global babble well you are deemed sound and well rehearsed and conversant with all that’s relevant; if you don’t use the lingo you are deemed less than erudite – you re considered an asshole.

Any way its not Kyoto anymore – its 20:20 – someplace – ahh yes

Cancun, Mexico. Outlined here are the key proposals for new agreements, the agreements that are currently under negotiation and a summary of the changes being demanded to previous trade round discussions.

New agreements
The European Union, with the tacit support of the US, is calling for four new agreements – on investment, government procurement, competition and trade facilitation. They are all designed to facilitate the growth of the world’s largest corporations. At Cancun, governments must decide whether or not to start negotiations on these issues. Negotiations would inevitably lead to new agreements. ………….

And so on. But what a masterstroke poor impecunious and penurious Ireland came up with

I think after Kyoto and Cancun .. it should be the Can Can... and we can whistle Dixie to the atmosphere