THE CARROLL NEWS: 

Going Environmental
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Brad Michael Negulescu on 12 March, 2008 04:14:00
 
Environmentalism has become a cult of sorts over the past decade. Going green
as they call it has become the new hip thing to do. Many celebrities and
politicians have ascended to the forefront of this movement in an attempt to
win the prize of biggest hypocrite.
Let me explain: almost every celeb or politician you see who consistently talks
about how we as people are ruining the environment themselves do more damage to
it than almost anybody. It is us, the layperson, that unfairly bears the brunt
of the blame. Take Al Gore, the king of the crusade to stop the impending
Armageddon that is global warming, or excuse me, global climate change, for
example.
As we all know, Al was able to take home the Nobel Peace Prize because he made
a movie called An Inconvenient Truth that illuminates how, if the current
warming trend continues, we are on a collision course with disaster. In the
movie, Gore claims, The planet has a fever!
The planet might have a fever Al, but you are giving me a headache. I dont
know how many people realize this but Al Gores home, which is a mansion, uses
as much energy in one day as a normal-sized house uses in a month. Gore also
likes to fly to his appearances and liberal love-fests on private Gulfstream
jet planes which are also large polluters.
Al Gore is a typical liberal  do as I say, not as I do. Sometimes I wish Gore
and his cronies would eat some green meat.
I am no expert, but if you ask me, I personally think that global warming is a
bunch of bull. Could the Earth potentially be warming up? Sure, I dont see why
not. But to this point, I have seen absolutely no concrete physical or empirical
evidence to suggest that humans are directly responsible for any uptick in
temperature. In fact, just 30 years ago, some news publications were printing
stories about how the Earth was entering a period of global cooling.
Many climate change alarmists say the Earth is warming at a rate of one degree
every 100 years. That is not a typo. Thats one whole degree every century. I
guess that means that by the year 3500, Cleveland might have a balmy winter.
It seems to me that our planet goes through normal cycles of change every so
often. Remember, about 10,000 years ago there was an Ice Age, which was not a
result of human pollution. Also, we came out of that Ice Age which means that
temperatures on our planet got warmer, again, not because of any human
influence. Coming back to more recent times, most research I have seen when it
comes to temperatures shows that the warmest decade in the past 100 years was
the 1930s.
Look, my objective here is not to make excuses for people who carelessly
pollute our air and water. I want nothing more than to see this planet remain
as pristine and beautiful as possible. I do consider myself to be an
environmentalist, I am just not in the business of trying to scare the
daylights out of people to meet those objectives.
There are a few simple things that we all should do to make sure our planet
stays healthy. First, we should all recycle as much as possible.  If products
are reusable, we should reuse them. This is not rocket science folks. Next, we
should expect large businesses and industries to put filters on smoke stacks
and refrain from dumping any type of pollutant into bodies of water. And if
they do, they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Third, our
government should be pro-active in protecting wildlife and nature from too much
de-forestation and hunting.
And finally, we must elect Barack Obama president because when we do he will
give the most elequent and inspiring speech about global warming ever given and
the problem will miraculously disappear. Is it me or does Obama sound like The
Rock?
Seriously, check that out next time he orates. In fact, the Obama campaign
should use that as a way to reach out to even more young people. It should go a
little something like: Vote Obama for President if you smelllll what Barack, is
cookin. Jabroni.