Australia elected a new prime minister a month ago on the platform of having their country join the rest of the world (sans U.S.) in Kyoto. Now look at what one of his first actions is--to call the Japanese on the carpet for their stupid whaling antics.
Australia's new environment minister: Uncle Fester in da hizzouse
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"The time has come, to say fair's fair, to pay the rent, to pay our share."
That ain't Uncle Fester; it's the singer from Midnight Oil!
LOL, pough! You beat me to it!
Actually Peter Garrett always reminded me more of Michael Berryman from The Hills Have Eyes.
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More seriously, he's eminently qualified for his role as our new Environment minister. Besides being a very successful businessman he's a lawyer and the former President of the Australian Conservation foundation as well as a former member of the International Board of Greenpeace.
Of course now Labor's signed Kyoto (the easy part), we have to actually meet out commitments.
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