Posted by
JDComments on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:10:46 PM
The Supreme Court is hearing a case brought by some states, cities and environmental organizations which want the EPA to be more assertive in controlling carbon dioxide, the main culprit of the global warming scare, while the Administration has taken the stance that they are powerless to do so. I am not going to get into the merits of this case, but I was struck by a comment made by one of the plaintiffs lawyers which I think is worth mulling over. To quote the
article from US News and World Report:
Natural Resources Defense Counsel lawyer David Doniger pointed to the contrast between the Bush administration's stance in this case with its recent journeys to court in cases involving detention of prisoners and the war on terror.
"The administration's been very muscular in asserting its authority–they act like Supermen," says Doniger. "But when it comes to global warming, they act like 98-pound weaklings."
Now I may be overly touchy about this, but to compare the urgency and national interests of a war being fought against madmen set on killing us to that of a scientific theory which is still being disputed in the scientific community is indicative of the mindset of the Liberal establishment in regard to what we are really facing. Try as they might to convince us that they understand the threat to our existence that is out there, when push comes to shove we see what they really think. Does anyone really believe that if in 1942 global warming was suspected that anyone in his right mind would have argued that equal efforts should have been used to correct it as was being used against Nazi Germany? To sound upset that the government is not pursuing comparable powers to fight global warming as it is for our national defense against an authoritarian ideology which has struck us repeatedly is indicative of the fact that THE LEFT HAS NO CLUE. And anyone who is going to claim that this was just the comment of one lawyer is living in a fantasyland where the President of Iran really is concerned for our well being and just wants to be our pen pal. Much as the Iranians clearly telegraph their intentions if we only listen to what they say, so do the Left in this country if we only listen. And the message is they want nice weather with moderate temperatures while the Islamists are killing us.