Central American delegates complain that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are to blame for Hurricane Mitch. Announcements, press releases, brochures, and glossy, inch-thick reports are being handed out by the ton, but daily briefings and most panel discussions have plenty of empty seats. They've just been making small talk about how glad they are to be in Buenos Aires, enjoying the warmth of early summer, instead of in Latvia, where it's pretty darned cold. The irony of their words completely eludes them. Not that the United States government has given up.
Organizers are anxious to shield reporters from any other view.
Attempts to notify the press that Dr. S. Fred Singer, a leading critic of global warming alarmism, would be available to answer questions after the science press briefing caused serious upset. The organizers refused to allow any flyers to be distributed. In other meetings they've refused to permit him to ask any questions. It is clear that what taxpayers are supporting here is two weeks of propaganda for a plan to hand over much sovereign power to a new global bureaucracy run by the United Nations. Rumor has it that Strongman General Albert Gore will turn up later this week to exert his personal influence on the delegations, not to mention set the conference atwitter with his presence.