The Brussels Journal: The week that was: George Handlery.

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or at least scan every day. It gives
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in Europe and not from the leftist
socialist side. Just one of several
sources that has proven to be
reliable and truthful. I have engaged
in many a spirited argument with the
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"Duly Noted: Copenhagen Was A Success
From the desk of George Handlery on Sat, 2009-12-26 15:24

George Handlery about the week that was. The Talker-in-Chief and “Copenhagen”. Michelangelo and American foreign policy. The problems of war time Democratic Presidents. Open societies and their wars.
Is Iran demonstratively hiding what it does not have? Admit the failure of diplomacy?

1. Copenhagen. All talk of failure. Wrongly. Many “good things” have happened. Consider this: many people attending were enabled to expand their horizon by travel. And that on someone else’ expense. (You will guess the donor.) Plenty of opportunity to profile the otherwise nameless that claimed to be in a state of uncompromising outrage. That created good gut feelings because fury is, in some circles, a moral pedestal. Accordingly, it was possible to riot and smash and to express thereby ethical superiority. Doing so was even fun although normally, acknowledged “virtue” requires that pleasure be relinquished. So, those on the streets voiced their opinions by smashing things for the camera – “look Mom, I am on TV!” Meanwhile, inside, the official participants of the conference held significant speeches during which the listeners did not listen because they were busy being asleep. For the delegates – all fearless fighters against vice – of otherwise forgotten countries, excellent photo ops and a great chance to claim risk-free rank and status was the reward.

Some of the rewards are valuable. “Third Worlders” will get money from where pious funds of atonement set up for such purposes always come from. Meanwhile, the donors, even though tree hugging would have been cheaper, can claim enrichment through having done “something good”. That scores even when one cannot be certain what that something might be. Except, of course that the money given to ameliorate guilt feeling consumed as a luxury will be handed to governments. These shall direct the money into local projects to save the planet. As a result two further “good things” will occur. Chronic guilt feelings will be ameliorated and governing third world elites will be enabled to perk up welfare. Mainly their own. Naturally, the dough will be transferred while silently consenting that its use must not be controlled. Doing otherwise would limit sovereignty and that, as we know, amounts to “neo colonialism”. That is an especially reprehensible misdemeanor when practiced to the detriment of dictatorial cleptocrats. The money thrown at the problem will be of use. To the makers of luxury cars. Left alone, the climate will develop the way nature dictates. The warming will not abate; however, the consciences of the donors will cool. A loser at Copenhagen appears to be America’s “Talker-in-Chief”. He swung the magic wand and declared that the time to talk is over. After that – and this in itself is not Obama’s fault – nothing much happened. Except for producing an agreement to continue to talk.

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