G-8

It is "mind-bottling" (hahaha... from Blades of Glory for those of you who are not in the know) to think that a group of the richest world leaders (Germany, Russia, Japan, US, France, England, Canada, and Italy) can set aside three whole days of meetings in hopes of solving the world's problems. Three entire days! Truly mind-bottling. They have these meetings annually, but can problems really be solved in such a short period of time? In the past, these international super countries were actually world leaders, meaning their combined contribution and influence made a big difference to the rest of the world. But today, there are emerging countries that hold a lot more power than they once did. How are the G-8 meetings supposed to solve anything if these emerging countries aren't involved? Well, at least China is included this year... They are growing at an alarming rate.

And what about the environmental issues? I honestly don't think that they are taking this seriously. Instead of setting goals to be accomplished by 2050, why don't they make short term goals that are reasonable and tangible? These long term goals just seem like fluff. They're set to appease the public, but there are no specific plans to significantly decrease CO2 emissions, cutting down of rain forests, etc. Or are there? I do not know the details of their decisions in the past, but from what I see, no significant changes have been made.