A couple days ago it was Groundhog Day… regardless of whether the shadow was there or not, it’s a great movie. I think I caught that flick on cable half a dozen times in 04′, and enjoyed trying to figure out where Phil was in his process of mastering the day .
“Phil? Phil Connors? Is that you?”… “Ned? Ned Rierson?” and then….”Watch that first step, it’s a duhooooozy.” Bill Murray is truly classic. But I think the movie has a deeper meaning- That the day is really what you put into it. He goes from being a jerk and dragging through each hour, to making the most- mastering piano and being a devoted super samaritan.
So that day comes every February 2nd I believe. But only once ever, on February 16th of this one and only 2005, the Kyoto Protocol becomes international law. The highlighted link will take you to an excellent article I just peeped that breaks down its significance and how it affects you and I. Bouncing from Bombay to Karachi, I’m finding it difficult to believe that the U.S. “is the world’s greatest emitter of greenhouse gases.” But it is true, and although some developing nations have not signed the treaty, most European nations have, and it’s pretty shameful that the U.S. has not.
Thomas Friedman wrote an article last week, and its summary was something like:
We will not attack Iran because we don’t have the troops to carry out the operation. The best way to democratize the Middle East is to invest in renewable energy sources. This will force those nations, who depend on oil exportation, to liberalize their economies, thus leading to a domino of democratic, free states.
It sounds so logical and so easy….Is it? Well, since the Bush Administration is so vested in the fossil fuel industry, it’s going to take a lot more than just convincing. Read that article and lemme know what you think…
I came to grips with this same idea a little while ago in one of my Global journalism classes…maybe not so pofoundly, but you get the idea…So what the #$%&!!! The worst form of this “heresay” seems to be in the college setting where you got people listening to Fox news. CNN, local news…figures and assumptions are shooting out like crazy!!! Thinking about it just makes me frustrated…anyway, buenos!