Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Proving the point
Proving Griffin's point (and Polistra's point) that "global warming" is more for Wall Street than government power: The newly leaked "Denmark Text" shows that the Copenhagen meeting is really designed to turn the World Bank into Warming Central.
Delegates from poor countries, who were hoping to gain some money from Copenhagen, are threatening mutiny.
And who's the head of World Bank? Robert Zoellick, one of those perfect transnational progressives.
Zoellick worked for Goldman Sachs (well, I didn't even need to say that, did I?) and also for Enron, the business-side root of the AGW money-tree. Held various diplomatic and military posts under both Comrade Bush Sr and Comrade Bush Jr, including a lot of WTO and free-trade advocacy. Seems to have close ties to Germany.
In recent years (not just under Zoellick) the World Bank has used its lending power to force poor countries into arrangements that favor Wall Street investment over locally-centered business styles. On average, the countries that took the World Bank's silver have fared worse than the countries that tried to follow their own lights. ¶ 2:07 PM
Delegates from poor countries, who were hoping to gain some money from Copenhagen, are threatening mutiny.
And who's the head of World Bank? Robert Zoellick, one of those perfect transnational progressives.
Zoellick worked for Goldman Sachs (well, I didn't even need to say that, did I?) and also for Enron, the business-side root of the AGW money-tree. Held various diplomatic and military posts under both Comrade Bush Sr and Comrade Bush Jr, including a lot of WTO and free-trade advocacy. Seems to have close ties to Germany.
In recent years (not just under Zoellick) the World Bank has used its lending power to force poor countries into arrangements that favor Wall Street investment over locally-centered business styles. On average, the countries that took the World Bank's silver have fared worse than the countries that tried to follow their own lights. ¶ 2:07 PM
