The POTUS Delusion

October 11, 2012
President Obama: “By the way, yes, my plan will reduce the carbon pollution that is eating our planet because climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and hurricanes and wildfires, that’s not a joke. That’s a threat to our children’s future, and we can do something about it.”

What is a joke is the ignorance of the POTUS concerning what the climate is doing. Should someone this ignorant be the POTUS?

Droughts are declining in the US.

Hurricanes are declining in the US and the world. The US has not been hit with a category 3 or higher hurricane in 7 years. Florida has not been hit by a hurricane in 7 years. This is the longest period of absence in the record. New England has not been hit by a MAJOR hurricane in 58 years.

Wildfires are also on the decline in the US.

How can the handlers of the POTUS allow him to make such ignorant remarks?

Does he really believe what he has been told by his advisors about the effect of increased CO2 on temperature? Reality is painting a different picture. Are they keeping that truth from him?

So, there is no threat to our children’s future. Except that the POTUS seems to think that humans know how to control the weather by reducing carbon pollution. Does he mean solid carbon or the gas carbon dioxide? And how does carbon eat our planet? What does that mean?

Change is what the climate does. No one disputes that. The dispute revolves around whether human induced carbon dioxide has anything to do with it. While demonizing carbon the POTUS forgets to mention that CO2 is a trace gas essential to life on Earth. Plants love it. Plants take it in and exhale oxygen which is something that humans are rather fond of. We benefit and they benefit. Win-win. More food and oxygen for us. What could be better than that for our children’s future? It sounds like a relationship that we should want to cultivate.

But no, the POTUS doesn’t like carbon. He thinks it is a pollutant. My skeptical radar is bleeping wildly. Something else is going on here.

Why would the POTUS champion a misanthropic policy that will interfere with a symbiotic relationship essential to life on earth? This makes no sense. Did bad weather not happen prior to the rapid increase in human induced CO2? Of course, we know the answer to that.

Does he really believe what he has been told by his advisors about the effect of increased CO2 on the climate? Whether he does or doesn’t it is reason enough for him to be voted out of office. Anyone who pursues such a misanthropic policy is committing a crime against humanity and must be stopped.
There are other agendas at work behind the scenes of the anti-CO2 brigade. Perhaps the following quotes will shed some light.

"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill....All these dangers are caused by human intervention....and thus the “real enemy, then, is humanity itself....believe humanity requires a common motivation, namely a common adversary in order to realize world government. It does not matter if this common enemy is “a real one or….one invented for the purpose." ~ Club of Rome

World government.

“No matter if the science is all phony, there are collateral environmental benefits.... climate change [provides] the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality in the world.” ~ Christine Stewart, former Environment Minister , Canada

Justice and equality. Very admirable.

But it would appear that these opinions are willing to sacrifice the truth to attain these goals.

Phony science used to dupe the masses into supporting world government which will be used to achieve equality and justice. Do the ends justify the means? These people don’t even blink at the possibility. Is  that not a crime against humanity?

If they are willing to lie to you to achieve their vaunted goals would you trust their definitions of equality and justice to be the same as yours?? Would you trust your wealth to a world government that lies to you to get its way.

Transparency is their enemy. They will hide from it. Secrecy is necessary to perpetuate lies.

CAGW is nothing to worry about.

The US could self destruct on  Nov.6, 2012. Your mission should you choose to accept it: NOBAMA 2012.

CO2 has been exhaled during the creation of this post. No living thing was harmed. Some even liked it.

Connect the Dots

The 'connect the dots' idea originated at the 350.org web site. "On 5/5/12 people from around the world highlighted the effects of recent severe weather and climate change." Or so they say.

But extreme weather has always been with us and happens less frequently than in the past. This project could have been done in almost any year that you care to investigate.  1911, 1927, 1936 are some examples of years of severe weather that occurred prior to CO2 concentration crossing the ominous 350ppm boundary between so called increasing severe weather times and the idyllic(sarc) weather of the past.

These facts betray the 'Connect the Dots' campaign as a publicity stunt run by people who want to 'win' on the issue of climate change and who have no interest in informing the public about contradictory facts. They seek to fill their minds with confirmation bias and to ignore the cognitive dissonance created by weather history. And yet, it is always the interplay between the two that allows the truth to be distilled. At 350.org they have failed to 'connect the dots' to advance human knowledge and prefer instead to live in their delusional world. They do a disservice to themselves and their readers by purveying the nonsense that the severe weather of today is a result of climate change caused by the human burning of fossil fuels. Their actions are shameful. They are true deniers.

Politics and religion are filled with emotional drivers that often lead us into dark alleys. The people of 350.org will remain in the dark until they realize they must turn around in order to find the light of reason. Darkness envelopes willful ignorance. It is difficult to  say what will lead the members of 350.org to the realization that they are backing the wrong horse. No matter how they twist no matter how they turn no matter how they flip no matter how they flop sooner or later reality will slap them in the face and they will experience the embarrassment and shame that comes with the final admission that they were wrong. Don't expect it any time soon. And they will probably just hop aboard the next apocalyptic issue to come along completely oblivious to their habit.

How do you tell the difference between low CO2 snow and high CO2 snow? They are both white.

Low CO2 tornadoes kill people. But tornado deaths are trending down since 1880. CO2 exonerated.

Bad weather happens. Much of it was more severe in the past especially in terms of lives lost. Modern technology provides early warnings which allows us to take protective action.

How about 1847? Does any of this sound familiar?

1847: Hurricane Blasts Havana and Key West, Florida
1847: Bitter Cold & Snow Cause Miserable Winter In France, Spain & Switzerland
1847: Severe Drought In Holland Dried Up Most Of The Wells
1847: Heat & Drought Cause Famine and Food Riots In France
1847: New South Wales, Australia Again Hit With Bad Drought
1847: Australia's Aborigines Say White Man Has Changed The Climate
1847: Winter Cold Brings -34F Temperatures To Dartmouth College Campus

Hot and cold. Famine. Hurricanes. White men blamed for climate change. Where have we heard that before? 

In more primitive times we blamed bad weather on angry gods or witches. Now we blame CO2. 

CO2 is the modern witch of climate change. And just as innocent.

When 350.org connect the dots they create a muddled picture. For clarity we need to remove the emotion and carefully consider reality.  They prefer the bogeymen of their imagination.


We do not have to buy into their delusion. 



Connect the dots below and you get a decreasing trend.