G20 accomplishes nothing but a lot more money spent and pollution caused

The Argentine delegation arrived late, prompting another delegate to remark, "see, this is why we can't have a G20" since obviously all those third world bureaucrats are only a third as punctual as the rest in arriving at the necessary conclusions or fantastically decorated destinations; the short duration of this spectacular show of hands approving of their master's voice (bush: "more deregulation") guaranteed that nothing would be done, but that the carbon footprint of the event would be huge... financial times remarks "perhaps they were trying to demonstrate their superpower status by traveling in their huge planes with a superpower-sized entourage. They'd already proven how good they are at wasting everyone's time and money, and now they've proven how good they are at wasting gas.