Thank God For Global Warming

This is early January and I just got in from outside where it is warm. It has been warm for a while now and it looks like it will stay warm until later next week. Which leads me to ask: What's so bad about global warming?

I just saw this movie called "The Day After Tomorrow" and as movies go this one is really bad. But the main idea is interesting. Seems that all these SUV's we've been driving create emissions that cause the earth to warm. Then convoluted science jumps in and the next thing you know, the entire northeastern U.S. is in an ice age. Which leads me to ask: What's so bad about the entire northeast being in an ice age? These yankees hate the south and voted for Kerry for cryin' out loud.

Their only hope (in the movie) is to become refugees in Mexico. This really makes Mexico mad because now illegal aliens are coming into their country. They hate that! Which leads me to ask: What's so bad about building a huge wall along our southern border to keep illegals out? With the next ice age coming so soon and the idea of all of those nasty refugees from the US pouring into Mexico, you'd think that Mexico would not only want the fence - but would help finance it as well.

But that, as they say, is just a movie. In the real world the environmental whackos claim that our emissions are causing the earth to warm. I like warm weather so I think that a warmer earth is a good idea. Females wear less clothes in warm weather and that is good. You can cook out in warm weather and that is good. Cold beer tastes better in warm weather and that is good. As a matter of fact, if you want to help make the earth a warmer place here are some things that you can do:

1) Go through only the most crowded drive throughs restaurants. This will give you reason to idle your car longer, creating more earth warming emissions.

2) Don't even begin to decide what you want until the last minute. Take your time.

3) Don't get your money out until you actually get to the 1st window. Be sure to wait until they ask for your money.

4) Never pay with correct change!

5) Eat your meal in your car with your engine running.

6) Always slow down and stop for a yellow light.

Following these tips will keep those emissions flowing. Maybe next year we can have an even shorter winter. But for now, start your engines!

US Tsunami Donations Fail To Make The Grade - Or Do They?

Once again, the "media," when given the chance, joins the world in poo-pooing the American character. In today's Atlanta Journal Constititution there appears a front page article with the heading, "Do we give enough?: The U.S. is the world's biggest donor of foriegn aid, but with its wealth and population, it is far from being the most generous." Excuse me? Far from being the most generous? The article uses a per capita average to support the conclusion in the headline.

I have learned recently that when someone states "research" or "statistics" as evidence that those facts should be looked into. So let's look at the facts. According to the AJC the US has pledged 350 million dollars in aid. There are, according to this site 288, 705, 715 Americans in the US. That is a total of $1.21 per person in aid. The combined donations of other "rich" countries like Canada, Germany, France, and England amounts to $212,000,000. The combined populations of these countries is 233,903,275. That is a total of $.91 per person. I realize that thirty cents per person is probably no big deal. But the AJC would have its readers think that we Americans give less per capita. A whole lot less. And, while the US is busy protecting South Korea from the North Koreans and rebuilding Afghanistan and Iraq and, oh yeah, giving aid all over the world; the other countries (save England) don't have to spend hardly a dime on their own defense.

So let's be fair, then. Take England out of the mix. They are our allies, after all and have a great deal invested militarily. The new amount, per person in Germany, Canada, and France is $.67 per person. For each country it breaks down like this:

Canada 33 million in aid 31,842,252 people $1.04 per person

Germany 27 million in aid 81,817,335 people $o.33 per person

France 57 million in aid 60,453,245 people $0.94 per person

If we were to match these countries dollar for dollar, we would get a refund!

So is it lazy reporting? No. The headline should have read, "The US Continues To Give At Record Rates." But what agenda would that forward? Sometimes you just have to create an opportunity to bash the US. This is like Kyoto all over again. "The US should do more! "

The politics of all of this, while not suprising, are still sickening. The UN and its sycophants are using the tsunami as an opportunity to take a swipe at the US. After all, the UN should run things - not the US. Meanwhile, here at home, some are suggesting that the tsunami has created an opportunity for the US to show its compassion. How anyone can see tragedy as opportunity is still beyond me.

I think the US government should do what it is already doing. Provide aid as fast as possible, in the most efficient ways available. Continually assess the situation and remain flexible to the needs of the region. Let the UN stew. Their problem is not that we don't give enough, it's that we will not let them control the money we do give. There is good reason for not trusting the infrastucture of the UN - remember "Oil for Food?" That was a rousing humanitarian success, wasn't it?

So here is what we are left with: What ever country is seen as the most powerful will always be trashed by the ones that are less so. We must get used to that fact. If they ever stop throwing rocks, it will not be because we are doing things right, it will be because we are too weak to do much at all.