Antinuclear

Political paralysis over Climate Change and Nuclear

Australia, this forlorn outpost of Western culture, is now experiencing a burst of American Tea Party -style incitement to stupidity, and perhaps even, to violence -against  the government’s carbon tax plan.

Democracy surely is in danger, when loutish radio “shock jocks” like Glenn Beck, in USA, and Alan Jones in Australia, can front for powerful polluting industry lobbies. Australia’s mainstream media in general, is also now once again used to conduct a barrage of attacks against any action to address Climate Change.

We saw it in 2010, where somehow or other, billionaires were portrayed as poor grassroots activists, against the Resources Super Profits Tax- and where our elected Prime Minister was vilified and removed from office.

The goal of the  small number of billionaire individuals, polluters of the environment, is to stop any environmental action.  Obama’s administration is practically paralysed. Australia’s government is now likely to become paralysed, at best.  At worst, it could be removed, removed, in favour of an Abbott-led administration, absolute lackey of the polluters.

March 8, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews