I have often had my reservations about the Kyoto Accords. Even before Al Gore signed the agreement the U.S. Senate voted 95-0 on a motion to go on record saying the U.S. would never implement the accord. The resolution was introduced by Robert Byrd, senior Democrat senator, which made the hue and cry over G.W. Bush's announcement that the Kyoto plan was D.O.A. an exercise in political chicanery. The Democrats, including John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, among others, voted against even bringing the treaty to a vote in the Senate, and president Bush was just announcing the reality.

Apparently the Dems knew something they aren't sharing with us. But as time goes on, I am beginning to think that the whole thing is a giant scam not unlike Adscam. The Martin government in Canada announced a $10 Billion (with a B) plan to meet Kyoto targets. Matthew Branley, director of climate change for the Pembina Institute, is quoted.

"Because Canada really has wasted so much time since the Kyoto conference — more than seven years now, our emissions are still rising. We're going to have to make substantial use of purchases of international credits to meet our targets as well.

Like the millions given to the U.N. for "peacekeeping" or for "humanitarian aid", not a penny of which is ever audited by any agency or firm, these credits will be "purchased" from suspect countries where the income will, not suprisingly, not be audited by any agency or firm. Nor, for the most part will the expenditures be verified in the donating country. The beauty of it is that one suspects that less than one-third of the donated money ever actually leaves the donating country. It's anyone's guess how the other two-thirds is laundered. Or maybe the "donation" or the "international credit" IS the vehicle to launder the money for both parties. But, for sure, any country that has a 7 month waiting list for a non-emergency MRI has no business spending $10 BILLION on "international emission credits." It's obscene.