Wasted War Efforts

America (more particularly certain American presidents in hopes of leaving some lasting legacy for history) has declared war on drugs, poverty, illiteracy, AIDS, sickness and terrorism, to name a few. How are these wars going? Well, they are long-lasting and very expensive, but so far we are losing on every front. And I predict the war against global warming is a lost cause before it even gets out of the box. But, like the other social wars before it, the bottom line is the bottom line. Too many already rich and powerful people stand to gain even more riches and power through these ill-fated war efforts.

Recently I walked the halls of a local elementary school. The walls are covered with essays, drawings, poems, photo projects about global warming. This is thoroughgoing brain washing. Teachers are telling these little kids that they are helping the planet survive by drawing their little pictures. Wouldn't you draw some stick figures if you believed it would help save the planet? "Well, teacher said . . . ." And teacher doesn't lie . . . does she? Well, it's not a lie if you believe it. And they obviously do believe it, though I can't fathom why educated people are falling for this. But I can't believe they embrace evolution either. But again, you don't get government grants to teach creation. Indeed, you can't get a job in higher education unless you embrace the official state religion, which also now includes the doctrine of global warming.

Take the former Vice President, Al Gore. He didn't do too well as a politician, but he has seen the light. He put his political life in a lock box and became an evangelist of the state religion with a specialty in planetary prophecy: "Doom lies ahead unless you repent of your sinful carbon-producing ways!" Well, he won a million bucks from the egg heads that give away Pulitzers. And now we are told that he has invested heavily (with federal grant money, by the way) in "green" industries (probably because he knows this stuff will be forced upon us) and stands to become a billionaire [see: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/6491195/Al-Gore-could-become-worlds-first-carbon-billionaire.html]

The war on sickness (AKA Health Care Reform) is no different. This national health care thing just may be the proverbial straw that breaks the back of the American camel. In the meantime, however, lots of people stand to become very rich and powerful. I'm just not sure what they plan to do with their riches and power when America grinds to a halt, or worse finally falls into the hands of Islamofacists.