It's no surprise I think "global warming" is a bunch of made-up garbage with no basis in reality. More and more people are realizing this, and we can only hope that within a few years, there will be enough of us to stop all this insane legislation that is designed to turn the world economy into a socialist utopia (like most liberal legislation's aim).
One proof of this is that the leaders of this idiotic movement all stand to be made billionaires from the policies they are foisting on the developed countries of the world. Al Gore's investments and chairmanships have been well documented and when he is questioned about them, instead of admitting the obvious -- that they are a clear conflict of interest -- Gore proudly states that he's just putting his money where his mouth is; that he so believes in this nonsense he's peddling that he's willing to invest in it to help prove his point. Furthermore, reporters never follow-up on this response. Dick Cheney divested himself of all his Halliburton holdings when he became Vice President years ago, yet still liberals were all over him for supposed conflicts of interest arising from his work as VP in the defense arena. Somehow, though, when it comes to the Goracle, they lose their spine and let him get away with ridiculous answers like that.
Another example, even more egregious than Gore, is Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, a leader right alongside Al Gore, as chairman of the IPCC, the U.N. body that is driving global warming legislation all over the planet. Conservative blog RedState has posted a short and interesting profile of Pachauri here and, as blogger Vladimir puts it, "he makes Al Gore look like a piker."
To start with, like a great many global warming advocates (Gore included), Pachauri is touted by the supportive mainstream media as an expert on the subject, yet has zero credentials in the area. According to an article in UK's "The Telegraph" that RedState's post references,
Although Dr Pachauri is often presented as a scientist (he was even once described by the BBC as “the world’s top climate scientist”), as a former railway engineer with a PhD in economics he has no qualifications in climate science at all.Actual climate scientists, true experts in the field, who disagree with global warming are often dismissed as un-serious and challenged and debated in the media, while journalists, former Vice Presidents, and railway engineers like Pachauri are touted as experts whose conclusions are beyond reproach.
The old saying "Follow the money" is always true, and it is just as true in this case. Global warming purveyors stand to make billions of dollars from their invented currency, "carbon credits," and no one in the mainstream media follows up on it. Because they're in the tank. Wonder why people are running away from them in droves? CNN is down 30% in 2009 total viewers, MSNBC down 14%. They're not balanced, and people know it. Fox News is up 7% in the same time period. Do they have an agenda? I think all 3 have a bias one way or the other. But the country is center-right and people perceive Fox as being closer to the ideal of reporting the facts whether you like them or not.
2010 is going to be a big year for America. The health care "reform" monstrosity is poised to be passed into law; "Cap and Trade," the global warming fanatics' solution and money-maker, is also set to be advocated for (it should be crushed); terrorist incidents are on the rise; and the American economy is still in the tank. How will Obama respond to all of these pressures? I'm betting: Predictably (as a leftist/statist) and Poorly (as a politican not as a leader).
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