Now I know better. Gorian Scientific Thought has made me realize that all the warmth is brought about by the human race. It is true that atmospheric scientist Al Gore has made millions of dollars and received a Nobel Prize for warning the world about the danger of the existence of the humans, but that is incidental to his desire to save the planet. And Mr. Gore has other scientists on his side, hundreds of them. I looked up one strong supporter. She is a professor of, I think, social work – although it may be a similar, related science such as sociology. With such backing, how can Gore be wrong about global warming?

But social science professors are not alone in their endorsement of Gorian Thought. There are numerous scientists directing and employed by organizations devoted to the study of global warming who warn of its existence and the disastrous effects it will have on the earth’s future.  It is not the millions of dollars they receive, however, that inspires their continued concern. It is for the good of the planet.

Numerous suggestions have been made to reduce this warming. Most of them have to do with ordinary people reducing their “carbon footprints” in varied ways, mostly by purchasing things from companies from which Gore and other leading worriers expect to make a lot of money. None of these appear to be working well however and I have a different idea.

Consider the earth tilt problem. Could we be increasing it, and global warming, by all of the sky scrapers we are putting up? Perhaps as an experiment we should take a few cities with a lot of sky scrapers, perhaps New York and San Francisco, and reduce all buildings over two stories. The people there could live in grass huts as our millionaire politicians seem to believe we do in places such as Cumberland Furnace. I don’t really believe they will eliminate sky scrapers however, no matter how sensible my idea sounds. 

Yet there is another problem. Our earth has not been warming recently, not for the last ten years. It may actually have been cooling.

If the earth has actually been cooling for the past ten years, think how much colder it would have been if we hadn’t had global warming. I have considered that possibility and discovered what I consider the absolute truth of the desire to reduce the ersatz global warming.

Remember that every time some Republican begins to attract national notice as an articulate and reasoned critic of our movement into socialism, the national news media begin to demonize him or her. The greatest of these attacks has been on Sarah Palin. They have not only attacked her, making up “facts” as suits their needs, they have also attacked her family. Naturally her oldest daughter deserved it. After all she is the only eighteen year old child/woman to become pregnant out of wedlock. No other parent of a teen-aged daughter has had such a problem, or fear of such a problem. However, I thought they went a bit far when one comedian suggested that Mrs. Palin’s fourteen year old daughter was at a baseball game in order to have sex with a ball player. All appears fair in attacks on Sarah Palin. Still, thoughtful people, called conservatives, continue to support her. This is the real concern. This is where global warming comes in.

Government (taxpayer) paid “scientists” are fully aware that the past ten years have been global cooling years. If, by attacking anything which contributes to global warming, they can increase global cooling, they may be able to create a new ice age. In such case, as Democratic leaders and scientists, such as ex-Vice President Gore, calculate, a glacier would cover Alaska and, hopefully, Sarah Palin as well. That would solve the Palin problem.

Stray Thoughts

By

William D. Dannenmaier

My son Stephen announced to me that he has finally figured out “global warming.” He says there is no such thing, but that politicians spend so much time in air conditioned offices, airplanes and automobiles that they are shocked by their momentary exposures to the out-of-doors. They are also concerned about all the energy consumed by their air conditioners. Their solution is “global warming.” By cooling off the planet as a whole, they won’t need to expend energy – or their suppliants’ energy – by turning on and off air conditioners. 

Obama has suggested that if we keep our tires filled, we will increase our gas mileage and reduce our dependence on oil. That is true, but he should expand that theme. For one, we should quit using plastics. Plastics are an oil derivative. Return to glass soda bottles, they don’t require the use of oil and they can be re-used. Quit using plastic pipes, which have a short lifetime. Return to copper pipes, which last for years. Quit paving roads with asphalt which is an oil derivative, use concrete which lasts forever. Women should quit using make-up, again an oil derivative. The government should quit paying for highways which encourage drivers and use that money to support electric streetcars and buses in cities. Return to coal fired locomotives. All of these changes would do much more to reduce our dependence on oil than filling up our tires. They would reduce our dependence on oil companies and our need to drill for more oil also. 

For the past fourteen years, Congress and Presidents, primarily under the lead of Democrats have prevented the drilling for oil in known locations. Now the Democrats are complaining about the economy. Hasn’t it occurred to any of them that sending hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, of dollars to foreign countries every year for oil, while not using our own resources, is going to hurt our economy? It is remarkable, and a testament to the strength of our nation, that we have done as well as we have done during this stupidity.

Son Stephen said that people like Justice Thomas, Secretary of State Rice, Drs. Sowell and Williams and Star Parker aren’t real Blacks because they’re too busy being successful. He said it is only fair to say that Sarah Palin isn’t a REAL woman. While she has a successful, full-time career, she also has five children and a husband. No real woman would do that.  ((I have since read that the spokeswoman for NOW (National Organization for Women) has said that Palin isn’t a real woman!))

The cold that has plagued me through July and August has resumed its attacks. I mentioned to my bride that one of us should go to Dr. Smith and get enough medicine for two – a gentle hint that I KNOW she enjoys driving to Nashville. Her reply was that Dr. Smith never gives her medicine, only me. It’s a plot. To increase his business and the pleasures of my visits, he gives only me medicine. Knowing that Sheila and I are what you might call affectionate, he relies on the fact that as soon as I am well I’ll catch her cold again, requiring another trip to his office. (Actually, I’m afraid to return. I ate so many of their office brownies on my last visit – they may have been under the impression I was sharing with Sheila – that I need for Sheila to cook some treat before I return, which seems unlikely to happen until Christmas.)

Dinesh D’Souza ( Townhall.com, September 08, 2008) reports that Obama’s half-brother is living in poverty in Africa on a dollar a month. Obama visited that brother when he was publicizing his African “roots.” Then he left him in poverty. Obama has said great things about ending poverty for all, but if he won’t help his half-brother, what makes anyone, who is not a member of his clique, believe that he would help them? In a way, it was like his tour to Germany. When he found out that his press corps would not be admitted to the hospital in Landstuhl if he visited wounded veterans, he played basketball instead.  If it doesn’t profit Obama, forget it.

My bride was not disturbed by Obama’s reaction to his half-brother, but son Stephen was. He said that if any of his half-brothers or sisters were in trouble he would certainly do his best to help them, and I believe that. I also believe that those half-siblings would never permit their step-mother or half-brothers or sister to need help. In fact, two of them have already offered free housing to Stephen if he wanted to attend school in their communities. 

I was reminded the other evening of rule number three for helpful husbands. “Never take a shower immediately after putting a load of wash in on hot.” That comes immediately after rule one, “Always obey your bride,” and rule two, “always obey your bride.”