In an effort to win over those "moderates" who believe that global warming
is about to destroy the planet, Republican presidential candidate John
McCain spoke Monday at a Portland, Ore., training facility for Vestas Wind
Technology. He claimed, "The facts of global warming demand our urgent
attention, especially in Washington."
There certainly is more "hot air" on this and a lot of other subjects in
Washington, but that isn't what he meant. The era of big government is so
not over, as Bill Clinton claimed it was in 1996. It is just beginning and
increasingly the political contests seem to be about who will manage its
growth, not who will reduce its size, cost and reach.
Despite a recent Wall Street Journal editorial characterizing his position
on global warming as "Obama lite," McCain asserted, "We stand warned by
serious and credible scientists across the world that time is short and the
dangers are great. The most relevant question now is whether our own
government is equal to the challenge." No, the most relevant question is
whether global warming is true. Cults ignore evidence and facts contrary to
their blind faith. Science should never be blind to opposing views, but the
apostle of global warming, Al Gore, and his new disciple, John McCain, want
us to believe in a 2008 version of the Pete Seeger anti-war lyric: "we were
- knee deep in (carbon monoxide) and the big fool said to push on."
McCain would have done better to push back against the global warming cult
and conduct a raid on the cultists similar to what Texas authorities did to
the FLDS polygamists. Instead of buying into the claims of global warming
alarmists who seek more control over our lives through big government
intrusion, McCain should demand a debate on the issue. Global warming cult
leaders won't debate. Al Gore has refused every debate challenge, asserting
the facts are undeniable and that global warming is real. That's another
mark of a cult leader; he will tolerate no doubters.
Growing numbers of atmospheric scientists and others with related expertise
are emerging from the global warming cult and testifying to their
conversions. They are mostly ignored by the media and by politicians who
have embraced the cultists' doctrines.