At the rate we're going, we're headed for a revolution. These politicians are so blatant, they have the money, power, guns and bombs and so the rest of us just have to shut-up and do as we're told. We're a bankrupt society headed for ecological oblivion and it's going to arrive an awful lot sooner than we think, all the while those useless bastards we elected are tucking in to Fois Gras and telling eachother how important they all are. I hope they all choke on it!
SA Earth Summit Attendees Feast On Lobster And Caviar
By Neil Syson, The Sun
The sickening champagne and caviar lifestyle being enjoyed by Earth Summit delegates was exposed yesterday.
They are gorging on mountains of lobster, oysters and fillet steak at the Johannesburg conference - aimed at ending FAMINE.
As the summit began yesterday, desperate kids in nearby shanty towns queued for water at standpipes.
Bigwig politicians among the 60,000 delegates, including Deputy PM John Prescott, also get vintage bubbly and brandy.
Taxpayers are footing the £500,000 bill for the 70-strong British party. Friends of the Earth called the extravagance "deplorable".
The head chef of the swanky hotel hosting Earth Summit bigwigs described the mountains of posh food he is laying on for their pleasure.
The chef is in charge of meals at Johannesburg,s five-star Michelangelo Hotel, where world leaders and other VIP delegates are staying during the "save the planet" conference, which opened yesterday.
While people are going hungry at shanty towns just a couple of miles away, Mr Morgan told how he had stocked up with an extraordinary array of delicacies and fine wines.
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