Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2011 9:48:29 GMT 10
Now I didnt think there was any left either, until this guy paid us a visit.................
Czech President Vaclav Klaus
I'll give you a few highlights of the interview and then a link to the entire article.
Now to the other side of the debate, from a Greens senator, the Greens, througha delicate balance of power in our current "democracy" seem to be running the country.
Can you believe a politician could get away with comparing legitimate democratic protests against a despised new tax to a murderous rampage by a nutbag?
No neither could I.
"Democracy" eh?
What fuckin "democracy"
blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/mirandadevine/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/greens_turning_up_the_heat_on_freedoms/
Oh and I forgot to add, this visiting President was denied permision to enter our parliment, wonder why?
Czech President Vaclav Klaus
I'll give you a few highlights of the interview and then a link to the entire article.
Greens turning up the heat on freedoms
Miranda Devine
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 09:17pm
IN a serendipitous coincidence of timing, in the space of two hours this week Australians were afforded a sharp, momentary insight into the two opposing ideological mindsets that are competing for the soul of our nation
Miranda Devine
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 09:17pm
IN a serendipitous coincidence of timing, in the space of two hours this week Australians were afforded a sharp, momentary insight into the two opposing ideological mindsets that are competing for the soul of our nation
“Twenty years ago we still felt threatened by the remnants of communism. This is really over,” Klaus said.
“I feel threatened now, not by global warming - I don’t see any - (but) by the global warming doctrine which I consider a new dangerous attempt to control and mastermind my life and our lives, in the name of controlling the climate or temperature.”
Klaus, 70, who has twice been elected Czech president and is its former prime minister, is one of the most important figures in post-communist Europe. His experiences under totalitarian rule have made him exquisitely alert to the erosion of democratic freedoms.
He said environmentalists have been arguing for decades that we should reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, using various farcical ploys from the exhaustion of natural resources to the threat of “imminent mass poverty and starvation for billions”.
He said those same environmentalists shamelessly talk now about dangerous global warming: “They don’t care about resources or poverty or pollution. They hate us, the humans. They consider us dangerous and sinful creatures who must be controlled by them. I used to live in a similar world called communism. And I know it led to the worst environmental damage the world has ever experienced.”
Global warming alarmists “want to change us”, he said.
“They want to change our behaviour, our way of life, our values and preferences. They want to restrict our freedom because they believe they know what is good for us.
“They are not interested in climate. They misuse the climate in their goal to restrict our freedom. What is in danger is freedom, not the climate.”
“I feel threatened now, not by global warming - I don’t see any - (but) by the global warming doctrine which I consider a new dangerous attempt to control and mastermind my life and our lives, in the name of controlling the climate or temperature.”
Klaus, 70, who has twice been elected Czech president and is its former prime minister, is one of the most important figures in post-communist Europe. His experiences under totalitarian rule have made him exquisitely alert to the erosion of democratic freedoms.
He said environmentalists have been arguing for decades that we should reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, using various farcical ploys from the exhaustion of natural resources to the threat of “imminent mass poverty and starvation for billions”.
He said those same environmentalists shamelessly talk now about dangerous global warming: “They don’t care about resources or poverty or pollution. They hate us, the humans. They consider us dangerous and sinful creatures who must be controlled by them. I used to live in a similar world called communism. And I know it led to the worst environmental damage the world has ever experienced.”
Global warming alarmists “want to change us”, he said.
“They want to change our behaviour, our way of life, our values and preferences. They want to restrict our freedom because they believe they know what is good for us.
“They are not interested in climate. They misuse the climate in their goal to restrict our freedom. What is in danger is freedom, not the climate.”
“Our main ambition during the dark communist days was to change that and create an autonomous society and autonomous economic system with only a marginal role played by politics.
“I am sorry to discover now politics dictates the economics again. And the global warming debate is the same story (in which) politicians dictate the issue.”
He said because of his experience of communism, “maybe I am oversensitive”.
“I am afraid that some of the people who spend their lives in a free society don’t appreciate sufficiently all the issues connected with freedom. So my oversensitivity is like an alarm clock warning about the potential development, which I am really afraid of.”
“I am sorry to discover now politics dictates the economics again. And the global warming debate is the same story (in which) politicians dictate the issue.”
He said because of his experience of communism, “maybe I am oversensitive”.
“I am afraid that some of the people who spend their lives in a free society don’t appreciate sufficiently all the issues connected with freedom. So my oversensitivity is like an alarm clock warning about the potential development, which I am really afraid of.”
Now to the other side of the debate, from a Greens senator, the Greens, througha delicate balance of power in our current "democracy" seem to be running the country.
There Milne was equating those decent Australians who have been exercising their democratic right to protest at anti-carbon tax rallies with the crazed gunman who killed 76 people in Norway.
“It has been pretty shocking around Australia over the last month or two, particularly to the carbon price. And I think when you look at what happened in Norway ... the English Defence League has got its own links here in Australia to the Australian Defence League, it is real. It is happening,” she said
“It has been pretty shocking around Australia over the last month or two, particularly to the carbon price. And I think when you look at what happened in Norway ... the English Defence League has got its own links here in Australia to the Australian Defence League, it is real. It is happening,” she said
Can you believe a politician could get away with comparing legitimate democratic protests against a despised new tax to a murderous rampage by a nutbag?
No neither could I.
The more government turns a deaf ear to the people, the louder the people shout.
And then, what is the reaction of an undemocratic government but to find ways to muzzle dissent?
And then, what is the reaction of an undemocratic government but to find ways to muzzle dissent?
"Democracy" eh?
What fuckin "democracy"
blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/mirandadevine/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/greens_turning_up_the_heat_on_freedoms/
Oh and I forgot to add, this visiting President was denied permision to enter our parliment, wonder why?