Optimism.

Will these 'doomsdayers,' Clark and Rudd who are , in accord on climate,
have a relationship that is as close as you can get ... and involves, working seamlessly together (which is of course what you would expect from such 'closeness'), and of course results in enormous strength (derived of course from the crass common diction), benefit from the SSRI's ('shiver me timbers') or perhaps a sugar filled capsule would do the trick.


Mr Rudd said that while the two countries had worked well in dealing with the challenges of today, he and Helen Clark had resolved to ensure that they now worked together to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Key among the discussions was climate change and the prospect of closer international co-operation after Canberra's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.
Mr Rudd said that ratification of Kyoto by both countries presented an unprecedented opportunity to work together in what would be difficult and complex international negotiations.
"I think there is enormous strength to be had by our working seamlessly together in these important negotiations," he said.
Helen Clark welcomed Canberra's ratification of Kyoto. "It's made a huge difference in getting the kinds of interests which Australia and New Zealand have up high on the international climate change agenda."
The two expressed the hope of also developing common or harmonised carbon emissions trading schemes, although Helen Clark said New Zealand was well ahead of Australia - a point accepted by Mr Rudd in an indirect endorsement of Labour.