Posted by
Bert Chapman on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:33:07 AM
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has played a crucial role in his country's transition from communism to democracy. He was responsible for implementing many of the free market economic reforms that have helped the Czech Republic become a fairly successful part of central Europe and enabled this country, which was overrun by the Soviets 40 years ago, to become an important member of the NATO community. He has written a superlative article on how climate change hysteria can jeopardize freedom in the Australian newspaper. You can read this trenchant analysis at
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23358915-5015664,00.html The highlights of this article include his assertions that climate change hysterics want to stop economic growth, improvements in living standards, and humanity's ability to use expanding wealth, science, and technology to solve world problems; particularly those in developing countries.