Liberals are always touting that Europe's way of doing things is superior to American culture and policies. That argument as been raging since before the Revolution. For the most part, such pontifications have fallen on deaf ears here in the colonies. We separated from Europe precisely to do things differently. But, there is one thing that we are behind the curve on, and Europeans are catching on well before us; the global warming hoax. It has been reported in numerous European media outlets over the past year that Europeans, especially those in the U.K., are fed up with all the hype over the issue. They have endured significant and multiple increases in taxes and fees, curtailment of goods and services, and nonstop scare tactics about how the world will end if global warming is not stopped now. After spending billions of euros over the past decade in the name of addressing global warming, the doomsday hysteria has not lessened one bit. People are finally getting suspicious that this global warming bit is simply a government ploy to generate more taxes and fees, and better regulate personal activities. Ya think?!

On December 18 an article was published in the U.K. Telegraph explaining that NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies Director and chief scientific advisor to Algore, Dr James Hansen, has been caught red handed fudging temperature data to make the case that the 1990s was the warmest decade of the past century, and this past October was the hottest on record. Turns out, he misused the data. Turns out the 1930s was the warmest decade of the 20th century. Turns out October 2008 was no record warm period at all. It was only the 70th-warmest October in 114 years. So much for the credibility of An Inconvenient Truth, as if we needed more facts to debunk that travesty.

So, why hasn't the United States SRM (State-Run Media) widely reported this and a raft of other similar news reports? For example, on December 14th, the AP published an article that breathlessly worried about B.H. Obama's ability to quickly deal with the accelerated advance of global warming. I saw only one news outlet, Fox, that reported that there were scientists who disagreed with the AP's hysteria. These types of nonstop "news stories" report global warming opinions as facts, not theory. What type of government are these "watchdogs of liberty" trying to encourage? As was evident in the past presidential election, the SRM seems not to be ashamed that they are simply the public relations arm of the liberal faction of our government. No watchdogs the NYT, LAT, NBC, CBS, and ABC. I am profoundly perplexed with what is going on here. The public is being fed a line, and, judging by the last election results around the country, they have swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.



It appears that the earth is cooling, not warming. As far as I know, this cannot be attributed to human activity; it's a natural cycle that can be demonstrated simply by looking at the past climate cycles over several centuries, and their association with sun spot activity. If the earth is cooling, it could have an even more profound effect on civilization than warming. What is the implication on public policy? More energy. We will need all we can get to keep warm.