Wil's Rant

The U.S. continues to lead the world news reports for a variety of reasons, not many of them good. The climate conference in Montreal stood ready to achieve some minor success until Dick Cheney put his foot down and pretty much scuttled the whole thing. There is still hope that the rest of the planet will go on without the participation of the U.S. It better if we are to have any hope at all. Of course this could be the direct result of the Americans being unable to handle Martin's words. As I've said, Martin's comments are somewhat hypocritical, coming from Canada, but true none the less. Any way you cut it sure looks like the Yanks are well on their way to pissing off pretty much the entire planet. Europe is finding it hard to swallow the old "we don't use torture" thing in light of all the evidence to the contrary. Noam Chomsky has given us this quick look at the situation in South America and mentions the deteriorating relations with Canada. What amazes me is the fact that the American people don't seem to understand that the rest of the world has come to the point where they don't want anything to do at all with the Bush America and is now taking the position of waiting for the next administration before attempting any further progress.