New Mexico’s Pete Domenici — a Senator who had been seen as wavering in his opposition to carbon rationing legislation –stunned the Kyotophile world yesterday by claiming that “‘I believe it would be unwise for the United States to move forward without also working to get China and India as full partners in the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide,’ he said. ‘To do otherwise would negatively impact the U.S. economy, our global competitiveness.’”

Where ever would he get such an idea, that without these countries’ participation all we would be doing is exporting jobs, as Europe is doing now? Why, the Goracle himself, who set the standard for the US entangling itself at least in any foreign pacts on this matter — a standard which George W. Bush adhered to in March 2001 not long after taking the oath of office, to swift, nasty, international and inexplicable (outside of partisan politics) condemnation the day he ignored unanimous Senate advice and agreed to the Kyoto Protocol:

“‘As we said from the very beginning, we will not submit this agreement for ratification until key developing nations participate in this effort,’ Gore declared.”