* "Winter Could Be Worse In 25 Years for USA..."
Yea, me neither...Listen, fellow sojourners of planet earth, I am just as much in favor of doing my part to promote and secure the longevity of this small blue marble as the next guy. For starters let's all agree that we can adopt alternate means of transporting our grocery store purchased goods other than the ubiquitous plastic or paper bags, that the consumption of bottled water need not be in disposable plastic bottles that have the shelf life in landfills equaling nuclear waste, that recycling of our newspapers and the metal and glass containers that we so easily toss in the trash is easily achievable, and the continuing challenge to find and perfect renewable energy sources is a laudable endeavor worthy of our best and brightest minds. Hip, hip, hooray! I'm all in favor of these ideals and stand ready and willing to embrace any other reasonable suggestions that will render Mother Earth a sustainable clean bill of health.
However, like the proverbial rat in the wood pile, there is afoot a band of pseudo-scientists and ambassadors of the half-truth who have declared open combat on common sense that would declare the sole cause of the earth's alleged warming is due solely to mankind's short-sighted influence; that, in essence, the subject of global warming is "settled science." Such an egotistic and utterly unscientific pronouncement has about as much credibility and authenticity as (pick one) Harry Reid's previously declaration that the war in Iraqi was "lost," President Obama's promise of "open and transparent government," Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano boasting that the "system worked" after the on-board terrorist bomb failed to detonate over metropolitan Detroit, or Bill Clinton stating with a straight face that he "didn't have sex with that woman."
Enter the chief protagonist of plausible deniability, Albert - "Why Let Facts Stand In The Way" - Arnold Gore, former "Stand In The Corner" Vice President in the Clinton Administration, joint recipient of the "Sky Is Falling" category under the auspices of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, and last, but certainly not least, an Oscar for his much ballyhooed documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," which barely squeaked out a narrow winning margin over National Lampoon's remake of Animal House. Mr. Gore, whose Tennessee residence consumes more energy in a day than the entire country of Estonia, is finding it more and more difficult to find a pair of pants that fit him, so busy is he stuffing the pockets full of windfall profits from his venture capital firm that trades in carbon offsets; an elaborate scheme whereby the rich industrial nations are targeted to pay billions of dollars in reparation for callously spoiling the world's alleged fragile environment to the under-developed countries that burn cow dung for fuel. Nice work, if you can get it...
To swallow this line of subterfuge as "settled science" is to ignore the preponderance of data compiled and published by 31,468 of world renowned scientists aligned in the opposing camp who have willingly and enthusiastically signed a petition that emphatically contends that mankind's influence on global warming is minuscule at best. The global warming alarmist, however, would continue to chose to indoctrinate the children of the world to such falsehoods as the thoroughly debunked lie that the polar ice caps are melting at such a rapid degree that the indigenous, arctic polar bears shall soon be on the verge of extinction. Purposefully doctored photographs supposedly showing stranded polar bears perched on slivers of melting ice flows cannot alter the fact that the estimated polar bear population today stands at a robust 20 to 25 thousand - 5 times the population that existed 50 years ago.
The fiasco in Copenhagen further illustrated the degree to which Al Gore and his misanthropic minions are willing to venture in order to subvert the truth - the facts - that further refute the entire global warming myth, dismissing as unfounded the deliberate omission of untold hundreds of emails penned by the Climate Research Unit that revealed their clandestine attempt to silence contradictory scientific data that was not in agreement with their manipulated declarations. Subsequently confronted at a Chicago Boarders book signing with the mounting "Climategate" allegations, a very flustered and uncomfortable Mr. Gore had his personal security Gestapo forcefully remove from his presence any person who was forthright and bold enough to dare pose a question not in line with his well-crafted propaganda agenda. For Mr. Gore, his "Inconvenient Truth" is being fully exposed to be one profitable and convenient lie.
Listen, I am more than glad to tote my groceries home in a reusable fabric bag, recycle my paper goods, and adopt any and all conservation efforts that promote the general welfare and longevity of this sphere mankind calls home. But I will not be duped into believing that mankind is the sole source for inflicting long-term and irreversible damage to an ecosystem that has been ebbing and waining to the laws of universal physics since its unknown inception. This is Florida, for goodness sake, and I'm wearing three layers of clothing to stave off the numbing cold. If this "unseasonably cold weather" persists, I am shelving my plans to construct a dock at my back door to take advantage of the predicted incursion of the rising Gulf of Mexico, and instead will build an impenetrable fence to keep the polar bears out of my yard. Sounds plausible to me...
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