The Smoke and Mirrors.

The Smoke and Mirrors.

H.E. Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, spoke on the democratic aspects of building the ASEAN Community and urged “greater participation of the regional peoples in the decisions of ASEAN” as he delivered the 2005 ASEAN Lecture on 8 August 2005 at the ASEAN Secretariat. The ASEAN Lecture was held in conjunction with the commemoration of ASEAN’s 38th Anniversary.
(From the ASEAN Secretariat website).

So would they mind if we nuked the Sumatran forests (‘cause although trees are supposed to save us from carbon dioxide poisoning, the monoxide poisoning we’re getting quirkily justifies their destruction)?

Or would Singapore mind if we figured out a way to harness the wind and build a monolithic fan and blew all the haze in their direction (miraculously saving Johor, of course)? [Note: Justin suggested sucking in all the haze and dropping the dust military cargo-style over the island nation].

Some people have said that one reason why Indonesia’s so lax in dealing with the problem is because this is revenge for Malaysia’s actions of deporting Indonesian workers back to their homeland.

Or maybe they're pissed that we're the ASEAN Chair.

But as I sit here in my room, with the pungent odour of smog creeping into my sacred hovel, I don’t really care.

It hurts to breathe. The API Index in Kuala Selangor and Klang has reached 500++. We in KL are a little better off. But still fucked.

Please help us, Mr. Indonesia.

(Why can’t we just nuke the bastards?)