Global Warm-fare Reaches New Lows

I admit, until fairly recently, I bought into the entire "global warming is all our fault" idea. I consider myself environmentally conscious: I turn off lights when not in the room, I try to buy cars with the best mileage for my needs, I'm all for developing new energy sources that remove our need for OPEC and their oil.

But my co-writer here pointed out some of the information that isn't being presented in the media, information that points out that global warming isn't really man-made, isn't really the dire crisis it's made out to be, and is in fact nonexistent or at worst severely over hyped.

And if you look at how it's presented, most intelligent people with half a brain notice a pattern:

• "Global warming is bad, it's very bad. Something needs to be done to save the earth!" OK, it's only human to want to do good and protect the earth for our kids and their kids. But, look at how it plays out:
• New laws and taxes are put in to essentially drain money from nations like the US and Europe, while a growing China scoffs at being regulated at all;
• The "carbon tax" is now being considered for people in some circles, meaning those of us who want to raise a family would be penalized for continuing the species.
• Some extremists are being lauded for suggesting people get sterilized to prevent polluting the world with more kids. This smacks of eugenics, and it's not too surprising coming from Leftists who think it's a woman's right to be able to kill her child in the womb.

All in all, it's more and more about a nanny state that seeks to control you and pretty much everything you do. Liberals talk of conservatives as fascists, but look at the world they envision and you quickly see that their way is one of a thinly veiled police state.

And today, I read an article at Human Events ("Kangaroo: Tasty Green Meat") that is talking about tinkering around with nature to cut methane emissions from cows. I'll grant you this article is done with humorous intent, but the story in it is not something to laugh at. The paranoia about greenhouse gases is reaching a dangerous level.

The Left is actually about controlling animal farts. Does this not smack of some degree of insanity or at least an obsessive-compulsive behavior? Look, I won't argue that human industry does pollute the air to a degree. So fine, their emissions do need a degree of regulation to make sure they're not dumping carcinogens or other really dangerous things out.

But to nitpick and go as far as regulating flatulence just tells me that the environmentalists are putting too much emphasis on the "mental" instead of the "enviro".

Keep an eye on industry. Keep out of our bedrooms, and for the love of all that is holy, stay out of the rump roasts.

- F. D. for 2 Joe Schmoes