What do you get when you combine leftist politics with science? Man-made global warming. The hysteria about climate change has now reached a fevered pitch with most of the former mainstream media jumping right onto the junk science bandwagon with admonitions that if we do not change our wicked ways we will surely be destroyed.
While there is no doubt that the earth is currently in a warming trend, the junk scientists would have you believe it's all because of so-called ‘greenhouse' gases produced by humanity. and they are not just referring to humanity in general, but Western nations that are enjoying a higher standard of living than the rest in particular.
What would cause so many so-called climate scientists to issue alarming reports about the state of the earth's climate and draw the kinds of conclusions that engender the current hysteria? The answer is money. If you are a climate scientist and do not subscribe to the accepted UN inspired orthodoxy then you can kiss the idea of getting any research grants good bye, as only those scientists willing to toe the line are funded.
The result is a new way of looking at scientists in that they assume the mantle of high priest who, like the fire and brimstone preachers of days, past promise swift and merciless retribution for living our sinful ways.
Currently both Time Magazine and aBC news are embroiling themselves in the creation of further global warming hysteria.
Time Magazine is claiming, "The crisis is upon us". In a special report on the climate Time claims, "The climate is crashing, and global warming is to blame." The magazine then goes on to blame it all on Bush and the Republicans. Quoting from studies cited in Science magazine, Time claims the polar ice caps are melting at an ever-increasing rate and predicts that ocean levels will rise by 20 ft. by the end of this century and swallowing Florida and Bangladesh in the process.
What Time Magazine fails to include in their story of doom and gloom is the mountains of evidence that counters their claim. But then, it would be asking too much of Time to provide their readers with a fair and balanced report.
aBC news has gone so far as to ask for anecdotal evidence of man-made global warming from the public at large on their web site. This on the first full day of summer!
"Has your life been affected by global warming?" aBC's web site asks, and then goes on to urge people to write in their anecdotal stories about how their life has changed due to global warming. This type of "journalism" is the best we can now expect from the former mainstream media, most of which seems to have bought the global warming story hook, line and sinker. What's worse, the media is now making itself part of the story by shaping the news it reports and carefully tailoring information to suit its agenda.
Neither Time, nor aBC, nor any of the other former mainstream news outlets will deign to provide evidence that belies the current global warming hysteria. Swiss and German scientists found an alternative explanation for global warming in 2004, with a study that suggests an increase in the sun's radiation isn't only affecting earth's climate, but also that of our neighboring planets. NaSa's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Extended Mission has documented significant shrinking in the Martian ice caps at a rate of approximately 10 feet per year.
"a study of the ice caps on Mars may show that the red planet is experiencing a warming trend. If both Mars and Earth are experiencing global warming, then perhaps there is a larger phenomenon going on in the Solar System that is causing their global climates to change."–Current Science and Technology Centre Satellite measurements of the Greenland ice shield as well as the arctic and arctic icecaps show that they are actually thickening to the extent of approximately 5.4 cm (2 inches) per year between 1992 and 2003.
If you're expecting to garner information of this type from places like Time or one of the television networks, don't hold your breath. You aren't going to get it. The best thing anyone could do to maintain his or her sanity in this age of global warming hysteria is to remember that the entire global warming scare is driven by an agenda. One has only to examine the Kyoto Treaty to know that it isn't about decreasing greenhouse gases. It's about the redistribution of the world's wealth.
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