Osama bin Laden, Populist

It looks like bin Laden is prepared to parcel out blame for Climate Change. And apparently he doen't like all the bailouts either. And with just a little push he might become a goldbug too. And although he's a Chomskyite, and most people aren't, at least he has an opinion. In other words, he's not THAT different from you or I:

The terror mastermind purportedly behind the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has a new message for America: it's your fault the world is getting hotter.

In a new audiotape aired by Al Jazeera, Osama bin Laden bemoans climate change and blames President George W. Bush, Congress and multinational corporations.

"This is a message to the whole world about those responsible for climate change and its repercussions - whether intentionally or unintentionally - and about the action we must take," bin Laden is quoted as saying. "Speaking about climate change is not a matter of intellectual luxury - the phenomenon is an actual fact."

..."All the industrial states" are to blame for global warming, he says on the tape, "yet the majority of those states have signed the Kyoto Protocol and agreed to curb the emission of harmful gases."

..."George Bush junior, preceded by [the US] congress, dismissed the agreement to placate giant corporations. And they are themselves standing behind speculation, monopoly and soaring living costs," bin Laden reportedly said. "They are also behind 'globalisation and its tragic implications'. And whenever the perpetrators are found guilty, the heads of state rush to rescue them using public money."

..."Noam Chomsky [the US academic and political commentator] was correct when he compared the US policies to those of the Mafia," the al Qaeda chief remarked. "They are the true terrorists and therefore we should refrain from dealing in the US dollar and should try to get rid of this currency as early as possible.