If Global Warming Is Real…

If Man Made Global Warming is real what are we to do with The Oregon Petition. 19,000 American scientists that claim global warming hypothesis was not based on sound science. or the founder of the weather channel wanting to sue Al Gore for fraud. or Gore being busted for using fake video in Inconvenient Truth.

Maybe just Maybe it comes to money, that going green is Big Business and will bring in extra income.

Isn’t it convenient that Gore founded a company called Generation Investment Management . A firm that invests money in solar, wind and other projects that reduce energy consumption around the globe…basically Gore buys “carbon offsets” from his own company.

I think people need a healthy amount of skepticism. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for people being more concerned about the environment, and stressing we should conserve and even recycle as much as we can.

It’s the fanatically extreme push that the media is going to, to make Environmentalism the new “religion”. They stand up as saviors of the environment when really they’re just cashing in.

Killing Polar Bears With Carbon Dioxide?

From the AP news article, Polar Bears are listed on the endangered Species List. For all of you who are about to sigh with relief, lets discuss why this is a bad decision.

Just because they show you a picture of a Polar Bear Cub stranded on a floating sheet of ice doesn’t mean they are endangered. After all Polar Bears have been tracked swimming up to 62 miles continuously.

They show you those pictures to get you to stop thinking with the left side of your brain that handles logically thinking, and to engage the right side of your brain that does all the emotional thinking.

This is important because it’s the first time that the Endangered Species Act has been used to protect a species threatened by the impacts of global warming. This is a very dangerous president to set because there is concern that this decision could be used to regulate carbon dioxide in the future.

There is studies from the National Center for Policy Analysis, published in “Environment News” in 2007 that shows polar Bear population have risen since the 1970s from 5,000 to about 25,000 at present.

Dr. Mitchell Taylor, Polar Bear Biologist, says there is no need to worry that 11 out of the 13 populations of polar bears are thriving in the arctic and that slightly warming conditions benefits the bears by providing a better habit to find food.

And the Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts study found that wind patterns have more of an effect of the habit then global warming.

So then why all the hype about polar bears going extinct. The US placing them on the Endangered Species List seems to contradict these stories here and here and here and here and here

And why is the US government setting policy instead of Biologist and Scientist?

By placing the Polar Bear on the Endangered Species List, Government now how has action to do 2 things. 1 regulate Carbon dioxide which could lead to things like carbon taxes. 2 prevents the US from drilling for oil in the arctic, which keeps gas prices high.

So the question has to be asked, who benefits more from Polar Bears being endangered: The Polars Bears or the Government?

Who Says Comic Books Are Good For Nothing!

So a couple of weeks ago was free Comic Book Day at your local Comic store. Tammy found out about it and we made a trip with the kids. Jack had been bugging me for a while about going anyways, he had some money burning a hole in his pockets.

We got Transformers, Sonic, Tiny Titian’s, and some others for free. And while we were there we picked up an Iron Man for $3. Abby didn’t care so much for the comic store, when she was offered free comics, she kind of rolled her eyes, flipped her hair and said “Nooo”.

So jack is all pumped up on adrenaline when he open his Iron Man comic a calender fall outs. You have to understand Jack he digs calendars and the news and the weather all that kind of stuff. He notices that they have Mothers Day marked on the calendar. So when he get home he gets Abby and Emmy together to make mom some presents for Mothers Days that in 2 weeks.

So Last Sunday the kids gave Tammy her presents, they were all excited and Jack was all proud that no one had to tell him it was Mothers Day because he saw it on his Calendar!

How Would You Like To Make $1300 A Second!

Exxon Mobil Set a record for last year with $40.6 Billion NET INCOME,

that’s $1300 a SECOND!

And they are on pace to break that record this year!

What the hell is one company doing with $40 Billion!

Nothing will ever change until the oil monopoly is broken up,

Whats their motivation for finding alternative energy?

They are the most successful company in the history of the world, their not looking to change that.

And as gas prices soar and squeeze every American, their profits get bigger and bigger.

I think LINKIN PARK says it best in “Hands Held High”:

Like this war’s really just a different brand of war
Like it doesn’t cater the rich and abandon poor

Like they understand you in the back of the jet
When you can’t put gas in your tank

These fuc*ers are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the cheque
Asking you to have compassion and have some respect

Quote // The Truth About Public Opinion

“If everybody believes something,

it’s probably wrong.

We call that Conventional Wisdom”

- unknown author

The God’s Aren’t Angry DVD

Thanks to this guy for the heads up. I just ordered the God’s Aren’t Angry DVD.

You can check out a video Clip Here

Free NIN Album

I ran across this today

Following in the footsteps of Radiohead is Nine Inch Nails. They have decide to release their new album “The Slip” for free. I can’t say I’m a NIN fan, but I thought it’s interesting to see more bands going the free route. Plus they have different downloads based on what kind of quality you want. nice idea.

At some point it’s going to put a lot of pressure on the record industry (I hope).

The Machine Called “Church”

Oh, how easy it is for leaders to see the people as commodities that exists to serve the machine called “church”. - Eric Sanders, “Plastic Jesus”

I have seen the church chew people up and spit them out when they run out of time to give, or ideas, or resources, or even connections. It’s not bad mouthing, it goes on every where.

How easy it is for those who attend a church to feel more like a cog then a person. Maybe it’s the picture perfect persona, or the don’t rock the boat mentality. But if the church isn’t careful it will find it’s self functioning more like a factory then a church. Producing an assembly line of Plastic Jesus’.

All though their Christianity is shinny, it can’t bear the pressure of life. And once they leave the showroom floor and are crushed by the burdens of reality. We come to find their faith had a polished exterior but a hallow filling.

What does it mean to follow Christ?

What are the prices that have to be paid?

Are we really willing to be different, to live different, to talk different?

Or are we just looking to fit in?

*Inspired by “Plastic Jesus” by Eric Sanders

Iran Is No Longer Trading Oil In US Dollars

I understand a lot of people don’t have a clue that this is even a big deal. I admit I don’t know all the detail, but I think it has something to do about Petrodollars and it’s a big move by Iran.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the depreciating dollar a “worthless piece of paper“. With new record highs set for oil almost everyday, this is not going to make the price go down. It’s going to have the opposite affect and just accelerate the inflation of oil prices.

Just something to remember, Saddam Hussein’s decision to sell oil in Euros preceded our invasion of Iraq. And we already know the US wants to invade Iran all they are looking for is a reason. Which is convenient now that the media is saying it’s Iran that is the “most significant state sponsors of terrorism.” and we have moved a second aircraft carrier into the Gulf.

I thought it was BIn Laden, then Al-Qaeda, then Iraq, but now that Iran isn’t holding Us Dollars for oil it’s them.

and of course not a word of this made it to CNN, MSNBC, or FOX NEWS.

Links

*Reuters

*CBS

A Public Relations Campaign For God

The tough thing about Christian spirituality is, you have to mean things. You can’t just go through the motions or act religious for the wrong reasons.

…It’s intimacy with Christ, wrestling with the truth of the soul rather than a dog and pony show in the center ring of a circus. page203

I’m a Donald Miller Fan, but lots of Christians don’t like him. They accuse him of destroying theology, and taking scripture out of context.

I suspect that most of it comes form people who don’t grasp poetry and art as being inspired by God. Donald has a unique view of putting himself into the story, he doesn’t just read the psalms. He makes you feel like you wrote it, your there, bleeding your heart in front of God.

The West has spent so much time cleaning Jesus up for the rest of the world, so they won’t be offend. It’s a huge PR Campaign. But I think the Jesus Donald Miller talks about is the one I want to follow.

* inspired from “Searching for God Knows What” by Donald Miller, Chapter 13