Will Environmental Politics Destroy America?

Article by Bill Watson

Americans like clean. We want to drink pure water and breathe safe air. We like to see the stars at night and blue skies in the day. The Environmental movement is taking advantage of these good feelings to promote an agenda that would make Karl Marx proud.

Global warming is the gift that keeps on giving to the environmentalists. They want us to blindly believe that global temperatures are rising mainly because of human activity. We are not allowed to question the position that disaster is coming if we don’t submit to global environmental policies. We are to accept that green jobs by the millions will be created if we follow their leading.

I believe that environmentalists want more than clean. They desire to completely dismantle capitalism, establish population control, reduce private property, and grant government control over everything. Their successful agenda would mean the end to America as we know it. Cap and Trade is only the beginning.

I am not a scientist. I am reminded of this by liberal friends every time I quote something that questions official environmental positions. Not only do I not have a PHD in Climatology, they make me feel really dumb. They accept that the science is settled and no skeptical view can be entertained since it is funded by “big oil”. Never mind that their leading voice is Al Gore, a rich kid with a degree in journalism and a lifetime politician with no scientific credentials.

I can’t take you to a lab or observatory and demonstrate how various gases affect the ozone, but I can offer a little common sense. Let’s start with “saving the planet”. Environmentalists have led us to believe that with correct policies we can turn global warming around. Here is my challenge to the scientists and Al – save one community by stopping the eruption of a volcano or altering the path of a hurricane. First prove your scientific ability, then you can talk politics and we will listen. Meteorologists can’t even predict the weather half the time.

Al Gore and many environmentalists cherry pick when it comes to science. You will only hear the evidence that supports their views. I have been reading a lot of science lately to understand this mess, it is a very complex subject. There are real scientists out there who are skeptical of the global warming propositions, but according to Al and others, should be left out of the debate. You don’t have to be a genius to know, that ain’t good science.

This week a report came out that said the damage to New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina was caused by man. If the levees and other protections had been maintained according to plan, there would have been much less destruction. In other words, the government failed. This is the same government that will “save the planet”.

I live in a Chicago suburb. The winters have been colder and snowier for several years. June and October this year were among the coldest on record. Al said that Katrina was just the beginning as storms will get worse due to global warming. Every year since the experts predicted hurricane seasons with more and greater storms. They were all wrong.

The United Nations is moving to tax the wealthier countries in the world to the tune of trillions. Their treaties will demand that we reduce our usage of energy even if it slows our economy. There is more to this movement than soot in our eyes.

I don’t fear scientists that get their money from big oil. I fear scientists that get their money from government grants based on political correctness. Environmental politics are bad for our country. Keep America clean!