Copenhagen welcomed the heads of state last week who arrived to talk about global warming. They had to fight snow blizzard conditions on arrival, so the ones who packed flip flops were outta luck.The second picture shows President Obama landing back home after the conference...just ahead of the East coast's blizzard of 2009. So who is kidding who(m)?
Think about these eight points that seem to be obvious, but as ignored as the Emperor's lack of clothes...
1. Man is not almighty, but he sure is arrogant if he presumes to determine the future of the planet. If man could control nature, we would know when to expect rain. Copenhagen's overall premise is speculative.
2. Copenhagen is a gathering of third world leaders who want a chunk of change. We are fresh out of moolah...yet President Obama has committed the United States' share:
"The total reparations would be $30 billion per year in 2012, rising to $100 billion per year in 2020. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters yesterday that the United States would pay $10 billion of the $30 billion per year by 2012. Thus the U.S. share of the $100 billion by 2020 would be $33 billion per year." (American Thinker, "Obama offers $33 billion per year in climate reparations")
It sure seems like a whole lotta reparations are going on. And it is my understanding that emissions numbers in the U.S. decreased last year without any punitive actions.
3. Capitalism seems to be the object of ridicule and scorn at Copenhagen. Capitalism is what made America great and represents hope to every would-be immigrant around the world. Don't they all dream of coming to a place where they are allowed to "make it" according to their abilities?
4. It's important that we pay Brazil to plant trees because we have been bad polluters. Are trees more important than creating jobs for Americans? Trees/people, trees/people. Which?
5. It's important that we pay African nations because, again, we have been bad polluters. Then they take the money and do what with it? What normally happens when we give money to African nations? So how does that help pollution?
6. We pay; China doesn't. If they are one of the top two biggest polluters, will our money change their policy? Nah.
7. The developed nations agree to a pre-1990's emission cut, while developing nations increase their carbon emissions. So what does that mean? The energy costs here spike...so then our out-of-pocket is not only the big guilt payment, but ALSO the energy increases.
8. Copenhagen is over and the agreements that Mr. Obama hailed as "meaningful and unprecedented" are not binding, but only target goals. Since people do what you inspect rather than what you expect, transparency is key. How do you think China feels about transparency?
Any ONE of these eight bad boy derailers above represents a red flag for concern. So what is our President thinking? Whose side is he on? It may be that the campaign "change" we were promised...is a basic change of the playing field. Is this climate change stuff just a sham to get money going from the "haves" to the "have nots" (not only in America, but all over the world). Will that work? Has that ever worked?
We see power taken from private industry and given to government. The result? Bigger government/less freedom. Our president's resume includes time as a pro bono lawyer/teacher at Chicago Law School, but the bulk of his experience is on the government payroll. Mr. Obama has not run a small town or even a small business. So should we be surprised that he (and his cabinet) think government is the answer to every question?
According to the CBO, this administration of less than one year has increased the deficit by 2.3 trillion more than was expected. Mr. Obama's track record is to spend and print more money. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123776518094909023.html
Mike has a doctor friend in his old deer camp who was frustrated with his wife's inability to get a handle on money. She got her own checkbook and account in an effort to simplify matters...but the doc was still getting calls from the bank. When he tried to talk to her, her perspective was that the problem AND the solution were simple. The problem was there seemed to be not enough money and her solution was "just put more money IN!"
Ala the community organizer.
Let's pray for a Damascus Road blaze of spiritual light that would enable our President to "see" beyond the veil. It has happened before to a man who was not seeking it.
"Right in the middle of the day a blaze of light...light outshining the sun... poured out of the sky on me and my companions." Acts 26:13 TM (when Saul became Paul)
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