Mother Earth

Is the Earth unnaturally warming, and, if so, what are the reasons? Do not look to politicians, celebrities, or CEOs for the answers, their motives disqualify them. Meteorologists and climate researchers agree that the Earth is a dynamic organism that is in constant change. Earth is dependent on the Sun for its life and, absent a catastrophic occurrence (like a collision with a meteor or even a small change in the Sun itself), is always going through changes that take thousands of years. The Earth is warming, but only by a miniscule measurement consistent with its history of slow cooling and slow warming. Recently, Dr William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts concluded that the human impact on the atmosphere is simply too small to have a major effect on global temperatures, and pointed out that the natural cycle of ocean water temperatures, related to the amount of salt in ocean water, was responsible for the miniscule global warming, and that same cycle meant a period of cooling would begin soon. Only 25 years ago, a fraction of a nano-second in Earth's life, our newspapers and magazines were filled with fears of global cooling, not global warming. Taking short-term data to make long-term predictions is simply not consistent with the way Mother Earth works.

Why not report good news?

Did you know that the US budget deficit fell to its lowest level in five (5) years last week? Or that the deficit has fallen by $250 billion over the last three years, and is on course for a SURPLUS by 2012? Or that the deficit stands at 1.2% of the economy (that's half of the 40-year average of 2.4% of our GNP)? Amazingly, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, AND THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, all failed to report any of this dramatic and good news last week in their newspapers. And remember too, this great economic turnabout has been accomplished while we are spending billions to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Additionally, the US economy has added jobs for 49 straight months, consumer tax cuts have been introduced to encourage business growth, and our federal treasury has enjoyed higher revenues in their tax collections as a result. This is just one example why you should never formulate a position or opinion with only one source. By the way, I'll bet when there is bad economic news, these same newspapers will not ignore, but trumpet it, on their front pages. Sadly, some of today's news disseminators are agenda-driven.

Nobel Peace Prize

Sorry, but the Nobel Peace Prize has become a transparent fraud. Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite but later regretted doing so, endowed the prize and instructed that it go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses". This year's winner, former VP Al Gore, has done exactly NONE of those things. He became the second environmental activist to win the prize in the last four years. Wangari Muta Maathal won it in 2004 for planting trees. It can be argued that the peace prize became meaningless in 1992 when it was awarded to literary fraud Rigoberta Menchu whose autobiography was found to be largely fabricated, or in 1994 when Yasser Arafat, that notorious murdering terrorist, was chosen. And don't forget another winner, Kofi Annan, the corrupt UN mastermind behind the Oil-For-Food debacle with Iraq. Sorry, but the Nobel Peace Prize is no longer any more serious an international award than a Miss Universe tiara. If alive to see the fraud it has become, Alfred would no doubt use his dynamite to blow up this now-useless medal.

Introduction

Things are not always what they seem. The American media knows this. Politicians everywhere know this. You are only as informed as you allow yourself to be. Unfortunately, most Americans spend precious little time searching for the important answers to the important questions that impact today and eventually tomorrow. As a rule, the American public relies on newspapers and television for their information and form their individual opinions based largely on those two sources. That is a large mistake. Regrettably, reporters, editors, and publishers tend to have agendas that they both intentionally and unintentionally frame their reporting with to produce the news that is disseminated to the public. Thus, a story can be spun in any way, important facts can be left out, and opinions can be stated as facts. A headline does not even have to match the text of the story. Simply, having one source for a story is inadequate. Publishers know that few people search out multiple sources for their news, so if they can "hook" a reader or viewer to rely on them for their news, then that person can be manipulated. By this blog, I am going to attempt to give my views on important issues of the day using multiple sources (newspapers, magazines, blogs, internet, television, radio, etc etc) to support my views. I will not "spin" my views. Some will be liberal, some conservative, some middle-of-the-road. My goal is to arrive at a correct viewpoint by using all of the sources available. Let's see how it goes.