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In reply to the discussion: Barack Obama 'seriously considering' hosting climate summit [View all]Nihil
(13,508 posts)Considering that America has consistently been one of the three "immovable object" roadblocks
at every climate summit over the decades (along with China & India), the only thing that a PR exercise
like "hosting a climate summit" would achieve is an even easier way to keep pouring sand & random
bolts into the gearbox to slow progress down with less cost to the smoke & mirrors budget.
We already know full well how "the American public" can act because we've been watching them for years.
Hosting yet another multi-million dollar junket to promote excuses on why "we can't do anything now"
is not going to change anything except top up the coffers of the various marketing agencies.
Talk about gullible fan-boys ... the cheerleading on this thread about an Oregon thinktank putting
out their puff-piece that the man is "seriously considering" a sound-bite moment and that
he "may" intervene not by acting where it counts but by supporting yet another talking-shop
to kick the can further down the road ...