I consider myself to be open-minded; within rational bounds. I think Extra Sensory Perception in humans has unexplored and undeveloped potential. I accept the possibility that God or a godhead of some sort may be real. Ghosts may truly be departed spirits just as occultists have always insisted. And I accept extraterrestrial visitation as a foregone conclusion. But there are many socially popular phenomena that I completely reject. Three of them are worthy of discussion for the dramatic effect they are having on society at this moment and because to understand them gives important insight into the workings of the human mind.

1. MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING: Man-made global warming is a man-made myth. It is, on the other hand, undeniable that the climate is changing. It can’t help but change as it always has. But to say that this “change” (actually a constant in nature) is brought on by human mismanagement is half scam and half emotional reaction. Just the names man-made global warming and climate change are misnomers that cannot help but cause misunderstanding and general panic.

Both terms imply something dramatic and unnatural. In fact the term man-made global warming was intended by those who coined it to stimulate an emotional response in our skittish population. It is an accusatory term and one intended to impute guilt. A correct term, one that I sincerely hope will replace the negative terms now in popular usage, would be “climate trending”. Weather “changes” from minute to minute while climates “trend” over periods of decades, centuries and eons.

We are forever in the midst of one climate trend or another. Some of these trends are so gradual that they can only be seen from a distant historical perspective. Right now we cannot be certain of which direction the trend is moving. At the beginning of the present panic the directors of this scam wanted us to believe that we were in a killer warming trend. When the weather failed to co-operate with that image the directors switched to “global climate change” and succeeded in causing at least as much fear as they had with global warming. Not really surprising since back in the 60’s I recall that they stampeded us with global cooling. They have bullied us through the full gamut from cooling to warming to change. Whatever happened to “change is good”? God we’re stupid.

2. THE 9/11 CONSPIRACY: A lot of people enjoy a good conspiracy theory. I don’t. But I am deeply intrigued by the thought processes of people who get into these things. I like to analyze the curious paths they follow on their journeys into conspiracy. It has been a passion of mine since the days of Charles Manson and the mayhem he was able to create with his ability to absolutely control the ordinary minds of unfulfilled people. There was an intellectual process going on there that is virtually the same as that which occurs in religion and in conspiracy adventures, a suspension of reality; an escape from it for relief.

When those four aircraft crashed on 9/11 it was only natural to expect many questions to arise and more than one investigation into the tragedy to take place. It was also to be expected that the public would speculate on any number of aspects of what occurred that day and come to conclusions of their own. Who were the masterminds behind it? Why did the government fail to prevent it? Why did they do it…etc…etc….? There obviously had to be a conspiracy involving the terrorists and their masters but the public reaction of some Americans took off in a shockingly different direction. They blamed other Americans.

Now I don’t know about the Lord but I am well aware that the human mind works in mysterious ways. I say these workings are mysterious because I must admit that they are unfathomable to me. I can understand them up to the point of asking outrageous questions along the lines of, ‘Didn’t that look like a controlled demolition to you?’’ But I cannot make the leap to, ‘Hey, the government planned the whole thing.’ I could have gotten as far as suspecting the government in the first few days of the event but once the facts came out that would be the end of it. And, for me, having certain facts was the end of it.

Others, however, put aside the facts and continued their pursuit of speculation, suspicion and pseudo-science. Most people can indulge that sort of thinking without it having any serious effect on their real worlds just as most people can function under the influence of religious fantasy or progressive extremism of the sort that says a child is equal to a rat. The minds of many people work in mysterious ways – but some continue right over the cliff. And those are the ones I worry about.

To be honest I have studied almost none of the 9/11 conspiracy ‘documentation’. Therefore, some would say, I have no right to disregard their conspiracy theories out of hand. Well, I was a close observer of the O.J. trial and I can tell you that the evidence of O.J.’s guilt was overwhelming and that the defense offered virtually nothing to counter it. But with pure slight of mind his attorneys moved the entire jury out of the realm of reality and gave them the thread they yearned for in order to acquit. Had that jury been somehow forced to stay within the bounds of reality they would have had to contend with a mountain of irrefutable evidence that they had no desire to deal with. So they took the escape route into unreality and focused on the illusions created by the lawyers.

It’s true that I am not familiar with the ‘evidence’ being bandied about in the 9/11 conspiracy community. But I am perfectly focused on the reality of 9/11. I saw surveillance tapes of the terrorists boarding those planes. I heard the phone calls from people aboard those planes describing those terrorists. I saw the results of what those terrorists did. And I heard the claims of Osama and his fellow conspirators in the aftermath. I saw loads of other physical evidence as well. And it all leads to the only conspiracy possible in the real world. Islamic terrorists were acting under orders from Osama Bin Laden. The glove fits.

3. The Obama Phenomenon: No matter what the press may want you to believe - he ain’t no god.

Comments:

I'm baffled by the denial of number 1. Seeing we have already entered the stage of consequences. Here's a topic that thousands of scientists know global warming is self evident and yet people remain in denial. And yet, it's such simple math. There's no rational reason to deny global warming when we see CO2 readings like we've never seen through each ice age. It's beyond me... it doesn't matter though...it will continue to get worse and as the flawed species that we are...

comment by strider333 on June 22, 2008 12:52 AM ()

I cannot end this debate without trying to make some sense of the your weird analysis of the "facts" you put foreward in your last rebutal.

1. 'There were never CO2 levels higher than those that exist today.' Then why are we not in the deepest freeze of all time if CO2 correlates to climate?
2. The atmosphere we breath is mostly nitrogen. It also includes CO2 and oxygen. We inhale all of these. Take away either oxygen or CO2 from the atmosphere and we will very quickly be dead. Your notion that we breath in only oxygen is wrong. We breath in all three elements but convert only the oxygen.
Fortunately I learned that much by the 5th grade and didn't even need to go to the 6th.

reply by think141 on June 29, 2008 9:04 AM ()

Let me know when you understand the simple math think and a bit of 60,000 years of historical data and 6 ice ages...through this period there were "never, ever" levels of CO2 readings we see today. And, CO2 does not occur when you breath in (your breath in oxygen), it is created when you exhale. I have no idea why you hang these red herrings? Do your homework including 6th. grade math? Some things are self evident and you don't have to listen to anyone...just the facts sir.

reply by strider333 on June 27, 2008 5:51 PM ()

I doubt that I can unravel the web of thought that goes into making your conclusions. But I hope you'll let me point out a few basics.
To start with if any line of reasoning ends with a faulty conclusion it has to be as a result of an input of misinformation or as a misinterpretation of data. In this case I believe your CO2 data falls into one of those categories. Every human being inhales CO2 with every breath he takes. And always has. If CO2 levels were to drop as drastically as you fear they are rising we would be dead just as quickly either way. Plants need CO2 for their survival and we need plants for ours. High CO2 levels are purely a red herring of panic mongering being pushed by utterly evil propagandists.
Your statement that, "...we see CO2 readings like we've never seen through the ice age", is the very proof that global warming is pure nonsense. If we are experiencing the highest CO2 levels of all time why are we not in an ice age??? The only possible answers are:

1. CO2 levels are irrelevant to climate.
2. The CO2 data is incorrect or outright invented.

As for entering the stage of concequences the signs are all around us - aren't they? You can see whatever you wish to see. Christians have been seeing the immintent end of the world for just about 2,000 years now.
If Gore believed a word of the gibberish he's putting out he ought to be giving us a tour of his ark any day now.
Stop by any time. We'll sink or swim together.

reply by think141 on June 24, 2008 6:55 AM ()

Agree with you all three issues You said it; "God we're stupid" Maybe if more people had God in their lives they would not be so stupid

comment by greatmartin on June 21, 2008 12:48 PM ()

It's true that man is making some minor changes on the structural surface of the planet but are those changes actually destructive? Are they not improving man's overall conditions? And as we monitor the climate there has been virtually no real evidence of systemic climate decline. Some scientists and social engineers might want to convince you otherwise but a growing number of climate professionals are daring to speak against the censors. Contrary to S33's above suggestion we don't know if more "scientists" agree or disagreee with Gore.

reply by think141 on June 24, 2008 7:09 AM ()