The Scam That is Global Warming and How it’s Making People Rich (L-O-N-G)

You’re aware of the recent scandal in the news over so-called “prosperity preachers”, their non-profit tax status, and the exorbitant lifestyles they lead, right? Well, pretty much the same thing is about to unfold in the global warming industry—and yes, it is an industry. You may just not know it yet.

Instead of Sunday morning sermons and live appearances from the likes of Creflo Dollar and his ilk, we have jet-setters Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Richard Branson flying around the world (and yes, I do mean flying in pollution-spewing jets) making appearances to try to convince us that there is this little matter of global warming that’s going to wreck the planet very soon, and we all should eagerly jump on the bandwagon called “green.”.

Then we have the Weather Channel people fanning the flames of panic by throwing in dire predictions between serious broadcasts of real weather forecasts for your area, but they’re not telling you that their accreditation and funding depends on their ratings and how well they cheerlead the issue. Surprise! Instilling fear and panic nightly has paid off for them.

Other people, people more sensible in my opinion, have told us to do nothing, because nothing can be done—nothing SHOULD be done. This small, slow rise in global temperatures is a normal phenomenon that’s never been experienced or recorded by man, so there are no prior records of how everything turned out in the end. Surprise! Greenhouse gases are normal, and man is not the only emitter of them--he’s not even the largest emitter.

Since we have no proof of how things turned out in the end, we’re expected to believe in the “ones who know best” about global warming, even though what they know may be pure made-up fiction. While we’re wallowing about within this fiction, we’re being told to do some pretty drastic stuff to get off oil, get off plastics, get off industry as a whole, and get off capitalism and consumerism. We’re supposed to just obey and hand over our money, and we’ll be safe.

“Hand over our money to whom, and for what?” I ask. Well, we’re supposed to buy solar panels, windmills, “green” stuff made from other stuff, funny cars that look like over-sized Fisher-Price products for giant four-year-olds, industrial pollution credits that make us feel better about polluting but don’t actually do anything to stop it, recycled stuff whether or not it’s really recycled, fair-trade and free-trade items even though we can’t really verify if they’re free- or fair-trade, and worst of all, we’re supposed to buy the message. In reality, lots of people are getting rich of this scam—this is what the invented problem was designed to do. It’s the next big idea.

Surprise! General Electric is busy cornering the market on all those pollution tax credits, while at the same time unleashing armies of lobbyists onto Capitol Hill—all in the name of pressuring Congress to enact a pollution tax so they can clean up (money-wise) without lifting a finger. This would also enable them to pollute to their heart’s content while suffering absolutely no repercussions. So much for the next big idea!

Have you noticed that all the places in the U.S. that are supposed to suffer from future coastal flooding (according to Al Gore’s maps) are where celebrities live, like Florida and California? How come these celebrities haven’t moved away if their property is going to be in imminent danger? It makes you wonder.

The planet will not slow down or stop its current path, and the climate has been changing back and forth for several millennia WITHOUT the existence of man, his toys, or his new green ones. Our internal planetary magnetic field has shifted from north to south, and with it goes the ice and snow, the cold, and some species—we’ve been about 350 years overdue for this to happen, and now it’s finally happened. All the green things in the world aren’t gong to make a dent in this fact, or its consequences. What gives anyone the right to assume that the weather we had for the last 50 years or so is the weather we’re supposed to have for all eternity?

Surprise! Neither the media nor the green police are telling you that the South Pole is thickening and growing, while the North Pole is shrinking and receding. Nor will you hear that other planets are experiencing their own global warming where man does not live, so this issue is far from being a man-made one.

In the meantime, Al Gore, Ed Begley Jr., and anybody with a solar panel factory, windmill manufacturing plant, car factory, and anybody with anything else that can be marketed as “green” to us will be getting filthy rich off our artificially-induced fear and loathing. Our economy’s going down the toilet, and going green is supposed to be the magic bullet to stop it…yeah, right.

The U.N. recently said that rich countries (namely us) should pony up about $84 billion by 2015 to help poor countries switch to cleaner energy sources to fight the effects of global warming. Our entire national budget for this year is only around $2.5 trillion—where are we supposed to get excess money as a nation when we’re borrowing to survive as it is? Besides, these countries were poor and helpless in the BEST of times, so how could it get any worse for them when this imaginary global warming problem comes to their country? It wouldn’t—it would be more of the same, and that’s what the U.N. doesn’t want you to know. This is just a massive wealth redistribution scam and nothing more.

Surprise! The U.N. want rich countries to pay for nuke plants to be built where people burn dung and wood for cooking, and have no electricity in the first place. Would this beg consumption of a commodity they already can’t afford, or what? And guess who would get the contracts for building these plants…maybe the illustrious Halliburton, or some European equivalent? Maybe Russia—yeah, like THAT would go well!

Save your money and yourself by conserving instead of buying into the scam. This way, the only one to profit from your efforts is you. Instead of being told what to do or how to do it to stave off this so-called coming calamity, do your homework and look for payback time. The result will usually be an incredibly long payback time for these “salvation items” so they won’t really save anything (except maybe a starving actor or has-been politician). This includes so-called “green funds” or “socially-conscious” investing—these investments make more money for the administrators than you, judging by the expenses vs. the returns.

Ask yourself how much it would cost to make yourself feel better about this scam/issue—would it make you sleep better at night knowing you participated in a global scam of Nigerian spam letter proportions, or would simple conservation be enough for you? A lot of people are trying to capitalize on your consumption, and they’re trying to stimulate and steer that consumption as well—don’t be a victim. If you want to reduce your oil consumption, go ahead, but REDUCE instead of replacing one gas-burner with another (and both took oil to make, BTW). True reducing means driving less, not simply buying a special car for the purpose of changing one fuel for another (until there is a real, long-term solution). Reducing your consumption of EVERYTHING is the answer, not buying new stuff for the sake of feeling good and showing off your ego emissions to the neighbors.

This whole green thing is an induced epidemic, just like fashion. Green-ness is now supposedly next to godliness, and surprise! Green is the new black. In time, the truth will come out, and you’ll come to regret the purchases you made in the name of saving something. By then, the hawkers of “green” will already have laughed all the way to the bank while you’re stuck trying to sell a house covered with solar panels (complete with system mechanics a buyer wouldn’t understand, or even want to deal with, especially when something goes wrong) a windmill in the back yard (with its own issues and hazards, especially in hurricane or tornado country), or even a car that burns a fuel not available outside your region.

Where are the consumer education programs for these alternative energy systems, I ask? They don’t exist because you’d be expected to call on a specialized solar or windmill servicing company. We’re not taught how to buy, repair, or maintain them anywhere, and this means another money-maker for anyone but you, unless schools start offering repair and maintenance courses of some sort. Are you prepared to crawl around on your roof, or climb up a 100-ft. high (or higher) pole to service your new alternative energy source?

The scale of which we’d need to supply adequate household power is NOT consumer-friendly—alternative energy sources are best collected in an industrial setting. In other words, utility companies and manufacturers are the ones who need to retrofit, not us. We need to stick to CF light bulbs, low-flow toilets and shower heads, energy-saving appliances, and plug-pulling, and not focusing on our own individual power grids.

Wanting to get independent is one thing, and a good thing; following an ill-conceived trend/plan for economic and personal devastation is ludicrous at best. Save the planet by conserving and teaching your children to do the same. Less is more once again.

Annual Rerun: Why We Skip The Holidays Altogether

Yep, Wenchypoo and Wenchmaster skip the holiday hullabaloo altogether and here’s why:

• We have no children to obligate us to participate.

• We have no friends or relatives that need impressing.

• We’re Atheist, but that doesn’t even matter. Most of what we consider “holidays” are actually Catholic railroad-equivalents to original Pagan holidays.

• Holidays have become excuses to consume, wildly distorting the original meaning for celebrating these particular events.

• Most holiday traditions have become rip-offs.

• We have cats that climb Christmas trees, steal turkey from the table, walk through the Easter egg dye, etc. On second thought, I guess we DO have kids…

• A lot of holiday stuff just gets thrown (wrapping) out or flushed down the toilet (food), and it costs money.

• What do you get people who already have everything, besides more of it? This is pointless and senseless.

• We “celebrate” all year round, so why are some particular calendar days so special? They aren’t.

Remember when holidays (originally Holy Days) meant something? Families used to gather together from far reaches of the country, perhaps attend some religious service or other, and have a nice meal afterward—the intent being to gather and share a meal.

What has happened since those good ol’ days? Everything. Mostly, business picked up the scent of profit, and followed it to the current conclusion.

Rather than participate in all this madness we call holidays, we just sit them out and focus on the days that are meaningful to us: birthdays and anniversaries (the big 21 is coming next week). Gift-giving in both our families has been boiled down from the frivolous to the practical, then to the spiritual. When we need what we need, we go out and get it instead of saving it up for some trumped-up “holiday.” What WE wait for is sales, not special reasons to buy.

My dad used to complain about how President’s Day and Veteran’s Day became excuses for stores to have white sales. “We fought for your freedom to go out and buy discounted bed sheets, by golly, starting with George Washington!”

The fact that we’re Atheist doesn’t really matter in this issue, because if we believed in a god, we’d pay homage and honor him every day, as a good believer would. Attending services once or twice a year doesn’t adequately pay homage for a true believer, I think.

As I’ve written before, when it comes to holiday food, especially whole turkeys, many of them are rip-offs. Hollow carcasses ridden with ice don’t make for a pretty picture at the register or for the cost per serving—especially when sold by the pound. Besides, turkey is cheap year-round—sometimes cheaper at any other time of year besides November. Obviously they freeze well, so why save up the turkey-buying for November?

The same holds true for lamb, ham, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pies and casserole, and all the other food rituals we save for special days.

To waste our time spending good money on things that nobody really needs or wants, or that aren’t really worth the money in the first place, is truly a waste that we no longer care to indulge in or afford. To have no real reason for indulging is another reason why we just sit them out and watch you guys go bananas over at the mall or over in the turkey aisle. My favorite is the fistfights that break out at WallyWorld over some heavily-marked-down electronic doodad or other, or the poor people who get trampled by the crowd gathered outside the stores at 4 a.m. when the doors suddenly open. I watch these disgusting displays of greed and hedonism from the comfort of my own home, and for some odd reason, these things make the evening news every year!

What you think is a discount to you is still someone else’s profit. Why give them the chance to profit, when you yourself could reap the rewards of re-thinking and scaling back. Screw social expectations and put yourself and your family first. Choose what means the most to you and go with it.

As for me, I’m going to “hell” (if you believe in it) with a fistful of pumpkin pie and a smile on my face, regardless of time of year. If you care to join me, do bring some whipped cream. Satan asks if anyone’s bringing a covered dish. :)

Book Review--You: Staying Young

The book arrived, and I snatched it out of the UPS man's hands. I read it cover to cover in one fell swoop, causing dinner to be late.

To say I laughed, I cried, I ate an entire bag of chips while reading it would be an understatement. Just don't tell my doctor or she'll want to test my blood sugar.

I will start off by saying that Dr. Oz is more engaging when he makes appearances on Oprah than in the pages of a book. This book seemed a little more elementary and juvenile compared to previous tomes, and there was some overlap from previous tomes in this book.

There is one important difference between this book on aging and another that I've been working on: this book only describes the body's aging process and how to slow it down through foods, supplements, and exercise. Another book I've been reading is called Ending Aging by Aubrey deGray (Ph.D), and it's a lot more in-depth and slightly more technical than the YOU book, but it covers the aging processes and explains how to stop them cold. The only problem is that we don't possess all the tools, tests, and repair mechanisms yet--some are as yet undiscovered, and some lie on a researcher's work table still being tinkered with while awaiting FDA approval.

If you know absolutely nothing about the aging process, or are just interested on a surface level as to what you can do about it, get this book. Otherwise, if you, too find this a juvenile read, then I urge you to seek out the Ending Aging book. For you super-duper-uber-science geeks, give Ray Kurzweil's book Fantastic Voyage a read--it contains all kinds of fascinating things that Ray thinks will be possible for life extension in the future, like nanobots in the bloodstream, growing replacement organs in the body right next to diseased or failing ones, and so forth. He also says that living to be 125+ will be a common occurrence.

I find Dr. Oz more enjoyable when he visits Oprah onstage rather than on pages of a book--just my opinion. The only time I watch Oprah is when he's going to be on.

I've just come back from the fastest dental appointment I ever had...

...and I owe it to a fantastic diet and excellent supplementation.

For many years, my middle name was "inflammation" because my gums were always inflamed and had varying degrees of gingivitis. I've finally gotten to the point where the dentist doesn't have to drag out the jackhammer and asphalt to drill and fill the potholes in my mouth--because there aren't any!

I eat nothing but lean meats, fresh produce (both organic), and drink decaf tea. As for supplementation, I take fish oil and Co-Q-10 to address my mouth issues. Apparently this is working out really well, because I was in and out of the dentist and home again in under an hour.

Maybe my plan to eliminate the need for health care insurance also extends to dental coverage as well--parents, listen up! I know proper eating and supplementation won't take the place of braces when needed, but those pesky cavities and that dreaded gum disease can easily be eradicated, cutting down on the need for this kind of coverage. Like high-deductible medical policies to cover major stuff, maybe it's time for something similar with dental coverage.