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WRITE A SONG ABOUT IT, DOMEHEAD
Our future environment minister gets an idea:
The Federal Opposition has linked terrorism with climate change, saying shortages of food and water in developing countries could fuel inequalities, extremism and political conflict in the future.
Labor’s environment spokesman, Peter Garrett, yesterday described climate change as a “threat multiplier” that can further destabilise already unstable countries.
One possible cure for shortages of food and water in developing nations: more development! Hey, it’s worked so far throughout the entire developed world. Just a thought.
The argument that poverty causes terrorism is compelling - all we need now is evidence.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 10 10 at 11:37 PM • permalinkGlobal Warming is already causing food shortages in Africa, but not in the ways that Environmentalists might think.
Crop failures due to lower rainfall? Less arable land due to seal level rises? More destructive storms wreaking havoc on crops?
No.
Europes new found thirst for “biofuels” has caused price increases in many staple foods that can also be used to make them. Corn in particular.
Maybe if these hot under the collar types had air-conditioning they wouldn’t be all uppity and explodey.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 10 10 at 11:39 PM • permalinkThat’s exactly what happened in Zimbabwe. It used to be called “The Breadbasket of Africa.” Then global warming came along and drove off all of the white farmers. It then instituted price controls on the ever-scarcer food, leading to what economists call “hyper-globalwarming-inflation” that utterly devalued Zimbabwe’s currency.
Really, you can see effects like this all over Africa. What makes it worse is when global warming loots the national treasuries, hides billions in Swiss bank accounts, and buys itself fleets of Mercedes-Benzes.
Global warming is totally evil, and we’re to blame. Sorry, Third World.
#3 - If bin Laden had been heir to a billion dollar construction empire the world would be a very different place.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 10 10 at 11:42 PM • permalinkre: no 5 “Maybe if these hot under the collar types had air-conditioning they wouldn’t be all uppity and explodey.” - thats what 7.62mm Rimless NATO is for, installing airconditioning in those who really need it.
Posted by Harry Buttle on 2007 10 11 at 12:21 AM • permalinkPeter G sing song time… Instead of Rabbit pie day songs..
Everyone is too stoned to start carbon emissions
People too scared to go to the united nations
We’re unable to make decisions which are true
Political party line don’t cross that floor
Lt. Ron Hubbard can’t save your life
Superboy takes a plutonium wife
In the shadow of Ban The carbon bomb we live.Go easy on poor ol’ Petey boy. It has to be shitful miming to KRudd, losing all your credibility, and being tied to the long bow of idiotic comments like the one above - and all just for a CHANCE on Ministerial Leather.
How would you feel if every public appearance saw your old friends annoyed with you, and your old enemies chuckling in the front rows.
I bet he’s counting on a short memory.
Posted by Hero Schema on 2007 10 11 at 12:45 AM • permalinkThe only threat multiplier I can see is the ability of the gov’t to control our lives. The power to tax and the power to legislate is the power to destroy.
I wasn’t aware of any correlation between the restoration of the Caliphate and the relative level of the standard of living. I’ve certainly not seen any of this in their written ramblings. The only thing being raised by the terrorist activilty is the totalitarian quotient.
You buggers have taken the Socialist Slaphead out of context- what he meant to say was that terrorists wee poor excuses for human beings, invariably educated, middle-class twats who allowed their ennui to send them off to murder people minding their own business rather than sullenly listen to Radiohead and cultivate pimples, the usual path.
It’s all in the interpretation, like his dance stylings- most think he looks like an epileptic being jabbed with a cattle prod, but those of us who can discern nuance see it as a ninterprative muse, representing the fight against button-down suburban conformity, and control of bodily functions.
Bloody hell I’m still under the influence of that gargoyle lurking around the Taj Mahal- try “were”/“wee” and “an interpretive” rather than “ninterprative”.
Why also does he automatically assume that a rise in mean global temperature will lead to less production and wealth? I’d say freeing up a lot of icebound, fertile tundra to agriculture would keep all manner of third world urchins in beetroot and black bread until the cows come home.
I don’t think this is an original thought of Garrett’s. I seem to recall George Monbiot came up with this over a year ago.
Posted by walterplinge on 2007 10 11 at 02:30 AM • permalinkHere’s what he is really trying to say.
If we give socialism another try this time we just might be able to solve all the worlds problems once and for all.
Posted by Hank Reardon on 2007 10 11 at 03:44 AM • permalinkI’ll just substitute Global Warming for US Forces, and see if it makes more sense than it did before (wouldn’t be hard!):
Global Warming gives the nod, its a setback for your country. (right on, so far)
Bombs and trenches all in rows, bombs and threats still ask for more (minority group special pleading?).
Divided world the CIA, who controls the issue? (well, the media have a role in that)
You leave us with no time to talk, you can write your (IPCC?) assessment.
Sing me songs of no denying, seems to me too many trying (nasty denialists, we hates them)
Waiting for the next big thing (next big Al Gore type money spinner?)
Will you know it when you see it, high risk children, dogs of war;
Now market movements (carbon trading?) call the shots, business deals in parking lots. (something to do with hybrid cars)
Waiting for the meat of tomorrow. (Don’t. You won’t be able to afford it)
Sing me songs… (who’s telling this story?)
Everyone is too stoned to start emission (That’d be right!)
People too scared to go to prison
Were unable to make decision (capital punishment, yes, no, maybe?)
Political party line don’t cross that floor (solidarity forever)
Lt. ron hubbard can’t save your life (he sleeps with the Pisces)
Superboy takes a plutonium wife (Ahmadinejad? Thought so!)
In the shadow of ban the bomb we live (the same moonbat DNA, they just keep breeding)
Midnight Oil got rich on this stuff?The Federal Opposition has linked terrorism with climate change, saying shortages of food and water in developing countries could fuel inequalities, extremism and political conflict in the future.
How about this for a solution: genetically modified foods?
Posted by wronwright on 2007 10 11 at 06:12 AM • permalinkOne possible cure for shortages of food and water in developing nations: more development!
They won’t listen, Tim. I do, however, like the way these people grudgingly admit how we owe our current high standard of health and living (even Monbiot, in the middle of advocating economic recession, said it this week) to development, but that now it’s always time to stop. They said the same thing 50 years ago and they’ll say it again in another 50, after development/technology’s made a whole slew of today’s problems easier.
It’ll always be time to stop, before we go too far.
#6: I was talking to a businessman from Zimbabwe in Washington DC earlier this week and he told me that climate change had led to empty shops. Things are very bad, he said, but we live in hope that things will get better.
Oh, hang on, I think I got that wrong. Now I remember: He blamed price controls and rampant corruption. Damn! Curse you, rational thought!
MR BLAIRMore development, is that your answer to fixing developing countries’ problems? Don’t you know that you are just side stepping the real issues?
Peter Garrett, has no idea what he is talking about. He should just stayed at retired.
Posted by Old school on 2007 10 12 at 12:01 AM • permalinkshortages of food and water in developing countries could fuel inequalities
Obviously we need some kind of plug-in hybrid engine so that shortages of fuel and water can be a lot more economical in fueling those inequalities. Me, I’m only getting 24 inequalities per gallon, city.
Posted by Shaky Barnes on 2007 10 12 at 11:13 PM • permalink
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You mean like what could happen in Africa. Surely you jest, I mean with their modern up to date, state of the art….oh wait. Al said they can’t have that.