So the G8's global warming discussions are officially over.  What did they decide?  Well, they made a statement that calls for cutting global greenhouse emissions in half by 2050.

It took these guys a full year to go from "seriously considering cutting carbon emissions in half by 2050" to agreeing to call for halving emissions by 2050.

Wow! 

Can you imagine if you told your boss that you were "seriously considering making the company more money," then one year later, told him that you have decided that you will make the company more money.

You'd be fired on the spot.  Hell, you probably would've been fired a year prior for making such a ridiculous statement.

Yet, here we are now, and some are actually hailing the G8's decision as "major progress."

In fact, and not even the least bit surprising, President Bush told reporters that "significant progress" has now been made on global warming.  What that progress is, I have no idea.

Of course, this is the same guy who only recently decided that it was in his best interest to finally admit that global warming is an issue that must be addressed.  Though, by this administration's actions, it's clear that the addressing of this issue will have to come from his replacement in 2009.

Hell, just yesterday, a former EPA official revealed that last October, Dick Cheney's office—in an attempt to avoid regulating greenhouse gas emissions—cut six pages from testimony on climate change and public health by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

And according to Jason Burnett, the former senior adviser on climate change to EPA administrator Stephen Johnson, the office of the vice president sought deletions to the CDC's testimony regarding discussions of the human health consequences of climate change.

But I guess we shouldn't get too upset about this now.  After all, the G-8 has called for cutting global greenhouse emissions in half by 2050. 

Maybe next year they'll tell make a statement in regards to when they'll start discussing a base year.  That'll give them at least two more years to solidify their next diversionary tactic.

Jeff