Are we cooked?

 

 

"Is this the end of the world as we know it??? Not hardly..."

Now that the famous Encyclical has been "on the street" for about a week now, everyone seems to be weighing in. I will say this for our current Pontiff - he knows how to start a conversation. The "greenies" are all excited as they think their position on global warming has been confirmed. The pro-lifers are all excited as they think the Vatican has again strengthened their hand. And many on the conservative side of the street are more convinced than ever the Pope might have Socialist leanings.

Yesterday morning, I was in our master bedroom getting some of our windows prepped for today's window replacement. I decided to watch the once famous show, Meet the Press. The local NBC hack (Chuck Todd) had Governor Huckabee on as a guest. In true fashion of the lap dog media, Todd wanted to ask questions to make the Governor look bad. Trip him up so to speak. So he decided (since Huckabee is a former Baptist pastor) to ask about the Encyclical.

Well Governor Huckabee may never become President, but I sure enjoy watching him on the campaign trail. He is sharp, he is funny, and he is no idiot. As soon as Todd asked that question with a few follow-ups, Huckabee set about to school Mr. Todd. First, Huckabee reminded Todd that in the 70's Time and Newsweek had cover stories of the coming ice age. Global warming would have been a blessing back then compared to  the prediction of living with Wooly Mammoths and Saber Tooth Tigers again.

Next the Governor really hit it out of the park. He responded to how warming could affect the world's poor. Mike said he too, is concerned about the poor. He worries about the single mother paying $5/gallon for gasoline instead of $2/gallon. He worries about the elderly poor who will not be able to afford to use their air conditioner in the heat of a southern summer due to global warming taxes on energy. And he worries about the number of people that will become poor due to job losses when global warming initiatives take effect.

Thank you Governor Huckabee for being a plain talker. Yes, any tariffs, taxes, surcharges or whatever on our energy is going to kills jobs and hurt the poor. We have not yet seen the entire ramification of the War on Coal, but it is coming. I have said this before, we are being governed by idiots. Really, really stupid people. Real naïve ideologues. And the scary part is that so many people in this country believe and follow them. Simply amazing.

When Mt. Pinatubo erupted in 1991, about 20M tons of ash and aerosol was ejected into the atmosphere. It caused a minor "global cooling" for the next year as some sunlight was blocked. It made any "man made global warming" look like child's play. What is next for the Vatican? Are we going to have an Encyclical on volcanos? Please sir, just stick to the teachings of the Gospel.