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Current Topic: International Relations

Lakota Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status
Topic: International Relations 1:24 am EST, Dec 24, 2007

I wonder why I haven't heard this anywhere? Is it just more evidence we all just ignore the indigenous Americans these days? Maybe it is just me. I'd have thought the mainstream news would cover something like this. They have the daily Britney after all.

Quote:
"Wednesday, December 19, a group that represents various reservations and states declared sovereign nation status and has withdrawn from all treaties with the U.S. government.

"For far too long our people have suffered at the hands of the colonial apartheid system imposed on the Lakota Sioux," a press release dated December 13 read, "Our treaties with the United States government are nothing more than worthless words on worthless paper - repeatedly violated in order to steal our culture, our land and our ability to maintain our way of life."

According to the organization, and the website www.lakotafreedom.com, Lakota men have a life expectancy of less than 44 years, the lowest of any country in the World, including Haiti. The infant mortality rate is 5x the U.S. Average and the Tuberculosis rate on Lakota reservations is approximately 800 percent higher than the U.S. national average. "

Lakota Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status


Venezuela threatens to stop supplying the US with oil
Topic: International Relations 12:32 am EDT, Aug 17, 2005

I've been following the hostilities between Venezuela and the US for several months now. Its been quite rocky lately. However, this is the first I've seen of it from the mainstream media.

Venezuela threatens to stop supplying the US with oil


BBC NEWS | Americas | Bush rejects Kyoto-style G8 deal
Topic: International Relations 9:36 am EDT, Jul  4, 2005

President George W Bush has ruled out US backing for any Kyoto-style deal on climate change at the G8 summit.

Speaking to British broadcaster ITV, he said he would instead be talking to fellow leaders about new technologies as a way of tackling global warming.

But he conceded that the issue was one "we've got to deal with" and said human activity was "to some extent" to blame.

This is exactly the type of thing that ensures Bush's legacy will not a positive one. At this point in history, any world leaders not actively doing something to curb destruction of the environment will be remembered as part of the problem, when the brunt of the problem truly comes down on us. I think its pretty safe to lay out blanket statements to this effect at this point in time.

We started as a leader when it came to environmental issues, but that is waning. When it came to CFC emissions, we passed the Clean Air Act, and at this point in time the science concretely shows that it has had a positive effect in curbing destruction of the ozone layer. We can make a difference, and to do so requires going farther then saying "we've got to deal with" this problem. We need to deal with the damn problem.

The approach of the Bush administration seems to begin and end with the idea that "new technology" is going to come around and save us. This is a copout. "New technology" is going to continue to come at a snails pace without government legislation pushing it along. There is very little economic incentive to help the environment. It looks good in commercials, but you don't have to actually be doing anything significant to market yourself as a "green company". The government needs to lead in the form of incentives and concrete deadlines for changes in emission standards.. It does play out on a global stage. The companies that can have the most significant effect on environmental issues are globalized.

We need energy policy. And not just as a domestic economic issue, but as a matter of our foreign policy. We do not even remotely appear as if we have our shit together in this area.

At this point in time, China has better emission standards then we do for new automobiles. That alone should really irk people. Where is this new technology Bush keeps touting going to come from? Beijing?

Concerts for the starving and copouts for the environment... Your term of the day is: Global Leadershit

BBC NEWS | Americas | Bush rejects Kyoto-style G8 deal


 
 
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