Global Warming

So what causes global warming? I am not a scientist (nor a Scientologist) but I would like to forward a theory.

First, I am not convinced we are having global warming. I am also not convinced we are having global cooling, either. But I do believe that, just as the human body has different tempedratures under differing conditions, the Earth's surface temperature also changes. I do not believe that we will suffer a catastrophe. However, if the Earth did cool down into an ice age or heat up to melt the polar caps, humans will be long gone. We can't handle extreme temperature changes. We thrive at 65-70 degrees F. Much colder and we have to put on extra layers of clothing; much warmer and we're dying of thirst. I think the animals will outlive humans while plants will survive long after the animals.

The Earth's crust is about 30 miles thick. Yep, the Earth is pretty thin-skinned. The atmosphere is only about 50 miles thick and that's on a good day. So the atmosphere is just about the same thickness, if not density, as the crust. Yet there is a hot, molten core of magma and molten iron that lies just under the crust. The core is about 8,000 miles in diameter! My theory is that any significant changes to the surface temperature will be effected by the core. It may be heating up; it may be cooling down. But it will be the key to the future of this planet. Either way, we will all be dead before it happens.

Also, even if the polar caps melt, there are significantly fewer cubic feet of liquid in all of that ice than cubic feet of water in the oceans. If it is hot enough to melt the ice caps then there will also be significant evaporation so as to keep everthing equal. And since water vapor cannot escape the atmosphere it will just recondense and fall as rain possibly in desert regions.

One thing that makes me curious about the traditional global warming crowd: if we're damaging the atmosphere so severly that the sun's rays are gonna cook us then how come spacecraft outside of the atmosphere have cold skin temperatures even with full solar exposure?

Nest time: An open letter to President Bush.

Why are Progressives against progress?

The United States is a great country. So many innovations and inventions that have benefitted people all over the world. I do not believe it is the geography, but the people we have here. Yet those that call themselves Progressives apparently want to turn back the clock to the, what, the stone age? Every single invention, even those by Liberals, are now anathema to Progressives.

Progressives are really Liberals in a different wrap. They believe that some Liberal ideas are good unless it involves building a structure, using a natural resource, advancing a technology, or allow people to ease their burdens.

For example, Progressives want us to sign the Kyoto Treaty. This treaty would force the United States and certain other signatories to reduce pollution and other emissions to pre-1990 levels. Other signatories are considered "developing countries" and they would not be required to meet these pollution levels. Yet according to Live Science.com two of these developing countries, China and India, are home to some of the most polluted places in the world!

Okay, maybe I am being a little harsh. Maybe I'm misreading Progressives. Maybe I'm painting all Progressives with too broad of a brush. Yet it seems as if every Progressive is a Luddite. So I ask you, Mr. & Ms. Progressive, please tell me what advances in technology, in resources, in infrastructure you find as being really progressive.

My list is simple: the internal combustion engine, the skyscraper, lumber orchards, energy development, agriculture, limited-access highways, aircraft, radio, space flight, medical therapies (chemical and surgical), education, photography and videography, the internet, computers, digital communications, and the greatest progress--LIBERTY!

Next time: Global Warming.

Liberals are like a woman suffering from PMS

I've been listening to Liberals a lot lately (ever since the Dems stole
the election) and it seems they are never happy. They're acting as if
they have cramps, are retaining water and bloating. Yes, no matter the
sex, Liberals are suffering from PMS! Political Madness Syndrome
usually affects only one person at a time and rarely is as massive as
we've seen the last several years.

When the Republicans first
won control of Congress beginning in 1995 the first throes of PMS were
seen. Many conservative commentators merely assumed it was just the
Democrats suffering shock that they were now out of power. How wrong
they were! The fact is that Liberals truly believe that only they have
any ideas. Not just the great ideas, but all ideas. The rest are too
stupid to think independently.

Often, however, Conservatives
have ideas that reminds people of the freedom that used to exist in this
country. Freedom. Rights. Liberty. Ideas one rarely hears from
Liberals. When Liberals speak about rights, for example, they usually
use a modifier--gay rights, women's rights, minority rights, animal
rights. One thing that you must remember is that all rights apply equally to
all persons regardless of status. When a modifier is applied to a
"right" it is no longer a true right, but a privilege.

Privileges
are usually earned. Rights are automatically granted and may be
exercised at the discretion of each individual. Freedom is a state or
status of a person or people and it does not change (except for certain
circumstances). Liberty is the result of a free personexercising their rights.

Alas, many Liberals attempt to prevent people from enjoying liberty by preventing them from exercising
their rights. They think that only specific rights and specific
freedoms and specific liberties should be enjoyed by people. If one
does not want to use a specific right, such as using firearms, that is
theirprerogative. Yet, Liberals will do whatever they can to prevent others from exercising those rights. Why?

Next time, Why are Progressives against progress?