Gore, Corzine and the Hot Air of Global Warming
Murray Sabrin
The Left in America has succeeded for nearly 200 years in implementing their agenda of collectivism-- high taxes, massive government spending, currency depreciation, widespread regulations and an interventionist foreign policy. The next frontiers for the Left to conquer are universal healthcare and combating “global warming.”
If Hillary or one of the Democrats is elected president next year, get ready for a Canadian style universal healthcare system in America. The long-time goal of the Left, since the days of Harry Truman, has been universal healthcare. Inasmuch as America’s left wingers could not takeover healthcare in one fell swoop, we have been getting universal healthcare piecemeal—Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIPs, the joint federal-state program for children. The Left, if anything, is clever. They know collectivism has to be implemented step-by-step, because the masses will not allow a total takeover of their lives. So we get collectivism on the installment plan. It has been working.
Now along comes GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul who is the only Republican who can win the presidency next year. No pro Iraq war GOP candidate can win the presidency next year, even though Hillary, Obama and most of the leading Democrats support a pre-emptive strike against Iran.
The GOP establishment is apoplectic that someone is actually challenging the welfare-warfare state, a left-wing creation that has been supported by both Republicans and Democrats. However, there are enough, I hope and pray, Americans who embrace liberty and limited government, and want to restore the Old Republic. Otherwise, in a few years, “Your papers, please,” will not be just a line from World War II movies, but a reality in America as a National ID is created to “fight terrorism.”
In addition to healthcare, the next really big agenda item for the Left is to scare the hell out of the little kids and the intellectually challenged Americans with dire predictions about rising sea levels, widespread famines, and other apocalyptic forecasts. Rather than rehash all the critiques of the global warming “threat,” see the articles posted on www.lewrockwell.com. In a nutshell, global warming is a natural occurrence on Earth and not the result of human activity, i.e., industrial civilization. This was explained in the BBC documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle, which is posted on You Tube.
The global warming advocates’ agenda is clear: total control over business and our personal lives. If they win, we have no one to blame but ourselves. So on this day after the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007, don’t feel guilty about driving or using your air conditioner. Enjoy your life with your family and friends, and ignore the hot air of Gore, Corzine, and the rest of the fear mongers.
Murray Sabrin, Ph.D., is Professor of Finance in the Anisfield School of Business, Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he is Executive Director of the Center for Business and Public Policy.