Hillary thought back to how her husband used his Secretary of State - whether Warren Christopher or Madeline Dimbulb. She pondered Reagan and his various Secretary's of State, or George W. Bush and his two Secretary's of State. All these SoS had power and authority - they were the voice of the US abroad. They were an integral part of every foreign endeavor.
Then came Barack.
He redefined the office of SoS - the power moved, from State Dept to the White House where all power was held by his closest aides - most of whom do not like Hillary.
So what is her job?
Barack's job - to keep her from running against him in 2012.
To that end, he gives her things to do every so often.
He sends her off and about occasionally, and just this past week, she was off to India. She was there for a few reasons - the most public of which was to hammer out a deal on Climate Change.(which used to be called Global Warming until we realized much of the world is getting colder)
"As dozens of cameras recorded the scene, Ramesh [India's Minister for Polluting] declared that India would not commit to a deal that would require it to meet targets to reduce emissions. " he further added that "India's position, let me be clear, is that we are simply not in the position to take legally binding emissions targets."
Why?
To enable India's economic growth.
Curious isn't it. Why should the US sacrifice our economic growth, our economic wealth, our 1st world position ... why should we enact such onerous burdens that our economy will fall behind that of India or China. Why.
None of that is as funny as the next part -
The funny part was - she was visiting a GREEN building while in india. So what building did she visit?
"... the "green" building -- the brick-and-sandstone headquarters of the hotel division of Indian tobacco giant ITC Ltd. "
Brilliant. It couldn't have been planned any better.
The corporate giant for SMOKING INC. India has a lot of smokers. Maybe more than in all of Canada and the US and Mexico. Imagien - all those smokers and all that smoke ... hilarious.
Hillary did not accomplish much as the Minister for Polluting jabbed at Hillary a few times:
Ramesh replied that India's position on per capita emissions is "not a debating strategy" because it is enshrined in international agreements. "We look upon you suspiciously because you have not fulfilled what [developed countries] pledged to fulfill," he jabbed, calling it a "crisis of credibility."
To read the full article:
Clinton, Indian Minister Clash Over Emissions Reduction Pact
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 20, 2009
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