tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post895502066513989445..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Watch for the Leafless TreesBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19894114351756385982008-08-10T16:50:00.000+00:002008-08-10T16:50:00.000+00:00Great comment, Mark. At least G.W.B. is growing a ...Great comment, Mark. <BR/><BR/>At least G.W.B. is growing a backbone and starting to make some noises about human rights abuses in China. Of course, as he's a guest, this is seen as very bad form. Some of our American contingent are feeling the backlash as their itineraries get completely screwed up by the Beijing authorities.<BR/><BR/>Well, well. It IS a Great Wall. Stronger in many ways than Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-88693265386161858692008-08-10T14:44:00.000+00:002008-08-10T14:44:00.000+00:00My understanding is that part of the Olympic openi...My understanding is that part of the Olympic opening ceremony was faked for television. Viewers thought they were watching live fireworks but in fact some of the fireworks were computer-generated images which had taken about a year to create.<BR/><BR/>So, despairingly, one supposes that the Chinese have learned to perfect the Big Lie for the world's useful idiots and put fake leaves on the trees.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-39263809030561679802008-08-10T10:04:00.000+00:002008-08-10T10:04:00.000+00:00“As the planet warms, I'm damned if I can see an a...<I>“As the planet warms, I'm damned if I can see an alternative to despair, but I do know that wishful thinking isn't it.”</I><BR/><BR/> ...especially in a world that remains committed to population growth. <BR/><BR/>The flaw really is not with China, but with the deteriorating relationship between the earth’s ecosystem and the global economy, or what you might call a clash between a thought Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.com