Bush Axes Funding to Eastern Samoa

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I guess that perhaps some of these fears about global warming may be correct. Perhaps, I will need to rethink my thoughts.

Washington DC

[quote]On Monday, President George W. Bush announced a total freeze on U.S. aid to improverished Eastern Samoa. The president cited failure to sufficiently guarantee proper auditing procedures were followed as the basis for his decision.

Eastern Samoa, an island nation of 64,000, has long depended on aid from its former colonial power for basic survival. Economic disruption from declining fishing stocks, which have been blamed on global warming, have exacerbated matters.

“Our nation depends on our fishermen,” said Economics Minister Noong Gwinterbelieffe Thees, “As the foremost polluter in the world, the U.S. has a special responsibility for helping nations that have been adversely affected because of rising global temperatures.”

The minister has been highly critical of Bush economic team, going so far as to question the sanity of administation officials and development appointees.

“We used to have lots of fish,” said one local fisherman Letzblem Dabbushzies. “I don’t know about global warming but I know we don’t have any more fish. People say the U.S. and pollution there is to blame. I just don’t know but I have nothing to feed my family.”

Dabbushzies was unhappy with the U.S. decision to cut off aid. “Well, the U.S. is a big country. It can do whatever it wants. Meanwhile, poor, oppressed people like me suffer.”

More Trouble on the Horizon

It will come as no consolation to Eastern Samoa, however, to find out that it could find itself with even bigger problems in the near future, and that much of this will again be directly attributable to America. Scientists point to rising ocean levels over the past 20 years as cause for deep concern.

One of the most popular beaches in Eastern Samoa, “Howzabout Thisden” is nearly gone. Previously popular with wealthy honeymooners from the U.S., the beach’s disappearance beneath the waves is like adding insult to injury.

Many fisherman turned to tourism as fishing jobs dried up. Many are facing bankruptcy as the island’s wide coral-sand beaches disappear year-by-year. “Now, what do we do?” queried Dachitgwinerhit Lefan, a local guesthouse owner. “When is Bush going to come here and see what 's happening? When is he going to show concern for us. Just because we do not have oil like Iraq doesn’t mean that we don’t care about democracy and human rights. What about our rights?”

Unfortunately, for Mr. Lefan, neither Bush nor the weather seems to be listening.[/quote]
www.bsnews.com

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Sheesh, could’ve put some effort into making up names that actually sound Samoan :laughing:

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I sympathize greatly with their plight. I have always thought the US should do more to combat pollution and Global Warming. However, loudly, regularly and bitterly criticizing your main source of aid is kind of like shooting yourself in the foot. They would probably get much more done with the help of special aid groups. I don’t know if they have enough money for that route though. I have to admit, I have not paid much attention to E. Samoa in the past.

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err…ahem!..I blame George W. Bush !

…huh?..what?..they already said that?..ohhh…well…

hows this then?..I blame the United States of America !

what?..they said that also?..hmmm…ok…hows this?

I blame…uhh…the Reversal of the Earths Polar Magnetic Fields !

…did they say this yet?

OK…I’m just kidding. bsnews and all…

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american samoa is a sad place. welfare state run rampant. beautiful, yes but also very sad.

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go back and slowly read the names of the people quoted in the story. check the link. have never hear it refered to as eastern samoa but rather american samoa.

i hope this was posted tongue in cheek.

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I believe that the minister of development from Eastern Samoa is meeting with Bush administration officials to sort out this mess. I certainly hope that something can be done. Bush must take greater accountability for the loss of livelihoods in Eastern Samoa–all of which can be directly attributed to global warming. Similar problems are also occuring in Tarabutu, and Mavis and Balluto and to some degree in Nirikati.

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I hear Freedonia has been hit the worst.

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All Bush Environmental Advisors must come from this type of fantasy land. It’s in the job description.

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Fred, I know bugger all about Eastern Samoa. However I would just like to say how nice it is when a poster reverses his or her thoughts on a subject when presented with contradicting evidence, rather than continue stubbornly on in the same vain.
Hobbes mentioned something about this a while back.

Hope this didn’t sound patronising.

Dangermouse.

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Nor do most people strangely enough.

Oh dear.

I believe that the vein might unfortunately be the same one…

Regarding his change of views or my change of views?

How that this didn’t seem sarcastic.

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To some degree in Nirikati?
Fred-- please don’t get me started on what Bush has done to Nirikati. You don’t even want to go there.

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General views of posters.

So then, Fred. Now that you have recognised that there is a problem with Eastern Samoa and global warming, perhaps you could carry on in the same vein and discuss how the US can recompensate the globe for all the polution it selfishly churns out regardless of any policies and protocols such as kyoto.

You don’t think that the worlds greatest polluter only affects a few small communities do you?

sarcastic git.

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[url=http://www.theonion.com/index.php?pre=1]EPA To Drop ‘E,’ ‘P’ From Name

“We’re not really ‘environmental’ anymore, and we certainly aren’t ‘protecting’ anything,”[/url]

At least they’re getting to be more honest about it.

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I still don’t get it. General views of posters about views in general? about Hobbes? about me?

Have I?

perhaps

and what sad communities these are as we have so clearly seen from the suffering people of Eastern Samoa and Nirikiti.

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I don’t get it. Are you being stupid on purpose is it within your professional remit to behave like a buffoon?

I was feeling kind of nice today, and it warmed my heart like a good stiff Port to see that a poster had backtracked on his particular views on global warming and outlined something contrary to his former particular belief.

This seldom happens with any poster who participates in the IP forum (as Hobbes once pointed out) and the IP forum was little more than a barren wasteland (like the earth will be after 50 more years of US pollution) of counter views, tiffs and general disagreements where nobody will back down.

I woke up with a smile on my face today and was like a bouncy little bunny this morning instead of my usual grumpy self. I thought that it would be appropriate to point out something nice and congratulate the person involved.

Fred Smith has worn off on me and now I am my grumpy self again :raspberry:

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[quote=“fred smith”]I guess that perhaps some of these fears about global warming may be correct. Perhaps, I will need to rethink my thoughts.
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Save it, Fred. April Fool’s Day isn’t until next Friday.

cheers,
DB

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Eeeeeek, people actually believe this.

Samoan sounding names would have offered some cred. to the story.

bsnews.com - the name says it all.

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That’s what I was thinking too. Mind you, I’m still not sure if this whole thread is just a joke I’m not getting.

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[quote=“fred smith”]Economics Minister Noong Gwinterbelieffe Thees
local fisherman Letzblem Dabbushzies
One of the most popular beaches in Eastern Samoa, “Howzabout Thisden”
Dachitgwinerhit Lefan[/quote]
Ha. ha. Veewy funny.

Remember kids, there’s no such thing as “global warming”. And even if it is, it doesn’t have any harmful effect. And even if it has harmful effects, global warming is not caused by greenhouse gases.
There’s mounting evidence that all this “global warming” bullshit is part of the Euro-Asian-Islamic-Greenpeace conspiracy against the United States. Especially under Republican presidency. Damn hippies. :fume: