All good things come to an end. Here we are at the end of Earth Love Week '09. It's been a great week - we've celebrated the many earthly resources that humanity utilize in order to create a better life: coal, oil, natural gas, wildlife, forests and oceans - just to name a few.
Although the use of these resources have given us all a better life, improved our life expectancy and fueled the growth our nation, there is a group of people who oppose it. They are called environmentalists. To the environmentalists, there is not a greater blight on the earth than humanity - more specifically - western, white, capitalist, primarily American, humans. To them, the best case scenario would be complete human extinction.
Understanding the unlikelyhood of this scenario, they try and go about things a little differently. They've refined their goals to primarily thrust at taking western culture to something as closely resembling the stone age as possible - sans the clothing from animal fur, that's cruel.
But I digress. The ultimate goal of environmentalists has very little to do with the earth. In fact, they really could care less. Using the earth and the "green movement" is little more than a means to an end. That end being control. You see, the greatest enemy to the environmentalist is freedom. The idea that people have the ability to decide the cars they drive, the temperature they keep their thermostat set at, the grocery bags they use, the light bulbs they have, the amount (and type) of energy they use, how far from "city centers" they live, where they shop, how they shop, what they spend their money on, what they insulate their house with, how much water they drink, what they drink their water out of, how a nation utilizes its own natural resources, what kind of toilet paper they wipe their butts with, what they eat, how they eat it, the CO2 they exhale, how fat they are, what they do with their spare time and how many children they "choose" to have is an unspeakable threat to the environmentalist. They wake up every single day thinking up new ways to control the behavior of every single indvidual in the western world.
Their ration for wanting to control all of this behavior? The decisions we make about our thermostats, the number of children we have, the car we drive and the toilet paper we use impacts all of us and the world we live in. It's not a private decision, but a common issue that can't be left up to the individual to decide.
This rant isn't simply the paranoia of someone the Dear Leader would describe as a "bitter clinger," or who Janet Nepalitano would describe as a "right-wing extremist." It's reality. Individual freedom, democracy, free choice and capitalism are absolutely contrary to the objectives of the environmentalist.
A few recent headlines:
Is Being Overweight a Climate Problem?
Coal burning must end, says scientist
One in Three Children Fear Earth Apocalypse
Senator calls cap-and-trade 'the most significant revenue-generating proposal of our time'
Trees are growing faster and could buy time to halt global warming
God 'will not give happy ending'
So in order to dismantle freedom, democracy and capitalism, the environmentalist goes about their day working to frighten enough people into thinking that we - more specifically - western culture is destroying the world. The glaciers are melting! The glaciers are melting! Sea levels are rising! Global temperatures are warming! Islands are sinking! CO2 levels are out of control - QUICK! Everyone stop breathing! Plastic water bottles are destroying the world! SUVs burn too much gas! Fat people use more carbon and demand too many resources!
Since the environmentalist doesn't really have a clue, they can't define the problem or the nature of a solution. For a couple decades it was called "global warming." But, when people pointed out that the world wasn't really warming - and in some places actually cooling, they changed their term - "global climate change." Ah, yes, global climate change...a much more vague term that can be applied to literally anything that happens. The ice cap is expanding in Antarctica? Three feet of snow in Denver in the middle of April? Glaciers in Alaska getting bigger? Well of course! These sorts of thing can be expected as global climate change takes root. It will impact different parts of the world differently. You see how it works? A nice little term that can always be used to "confirm" their theories.
Since the earth has nothing to do with environmentalism, they care little about an ultimate solution. Ask an environmentalist what the perfect, ideal, world would look like...If we implemented every single thing that they are trying to cram down our throats - would it actually solve ANYTHING? No. You see, solving the global climate change threat is a moving target and outlining or, heaven forbid, finding a solution to it would be bad for their movement.
Obviously, I'm not a scientist. But you wanna know who else isn't a scientist? Al Gore and most environmentalists! I'm not saying the climate isn't changing - what I am saying is the likelihood humanity is having even half the impact we're TOLD we're having is wrong. If you believe you're saving the world by changing the light bulbs in your house - you're crazy. No offense
But you see, unlike most environmentalists, liberals and Democrats, I'm pro-choice. Just like I believe I should be able to choose the light bulbs, grocery bags and car I drive, I believe that if people think all of this crap is doing some good, however wrong they may be, I let them do it. Go ahead, pay more for your car, light bulbs and energy if it makes you feel good. Sell your house, all your possessions and go live in a cave while you're at it. I won't stop you. But just because you think you're saving the world, don't tell me I'm destroying it just because I don't buy your snake oil theories. I'm reminded of something one of my favorite history teachers of all time use to say - "There's nothing more dangerous that somebody with a cause."
Friends and neighbors, do what you think is best. If you really think that the car you drive is responsible for the planet warming, melting the poles and killing polar bears 5,000 miles away, there's probably not much anybody can say that will change your mind. If you think letting a bunch of whining, bitching, Marxists who've never had a real job in their entire life tell you how to run yours will save the planet - go for it. There is not a greater threat to freedom and prosperity on this planet than militant environmentalism. For me, I'm more concerned about environmentalism, and their impact on my life and freedom, than I am of Al Qaeda, Iran, North Korea, Vlad Putin, Hugo Chavez and the boogie man, combined.
Breathe in, breathe out that sweet, sweet CO2...this week's rant is over.
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