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December 15, 2009

100 Reasons Why Man-Made Global Warming is a Hoax

Here’s an interesting list that draws upon science and common sense to calm the Chicken Littles of the world.

HERE are the 100 reasons, released in a dossier issued by the European Foundation, why climate change is natural and not man-made:

1) There is “no real scientific proof” that the current warming is caused by the rise of greenhouse gases from man’s activity.

2) Man-made carbon dioxide emissions throughout human history constitute less than 0.00022 percent of the total naturally emitted from the mantle of the earth during geological history.

3) Warmer periods of the Earth’s history came around 800 years before rises in CO2 levels.

4) After World War II, there was a huge surge in recorded CO2 emissions but global temperatures fell for four decades after 1940.

5) Throughout the Earth’s history, temperatures have often been warmer than now and CO2 levels have often been higher – more than ten times as high. (more…)

November 4, 2009

Why Socialism Failed

Filed under: Barack Obama, Capitalism, Philosophy, Politics, Socialism — rcronk @ 4:11 pm
Socialism Illustrated

Socialism Illustrated

In the spirit of Obama the Marxist winning and more and more democrats “coming out” as socialists now, I present this wonderful article entitled “Why Socialism Failed” by Mark J. Perry (blog), Ph.D. Professor of Finance and Business Economics, about why Socialism has failed in so many countries already. I think the practical reality of historical evidence is crucial in our day when it’s so easy to sell Socialism as a wonderful cure-all – in theory. (I also updated my Barack Obama and Global Warming articles if you’re interested.)

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On Socialism and Freedom

Introduction

With all of the bailouts, automotive and bank takeovers, healthcare reform, and wealth redistribution going on under the Obama administration lately, Socialism has become a popular topic.  I oppose Socialism because: 1) It doesn’t achieve its most important stated goals, and 2) it is immoral and unchristian.  First, let’s define some terms and then we’ll get to the details. (more…)

September 3, 2009

Welcome to Government Healthcare Bureaucracy!

Filed under: Barack Obama, Politics, Socialism — rcronk @ 1:49 pm

A picture says a thousand words (source):

Health Care Diagram

September 1, 2009

Obama to Speak to School Children Sep 8, 2009

Filed under: Barack Obama, Politics, Socialism — rcronk @ 3:16 pm

Obama announced recently that he will, on September 8, 2009, speak (transcript below) to America’s school children.  It will be broadcast live at www.whitehouse.gov as well at 12:00 noon eastern standard time.

In preparation of this speech, the following documents have been created by the U.S. Department of Education.  “These are ideas developed by and for teachers to help engage students and stimulate discussion on the importance of education in their lives.”

I have included the documents below with portions that I find manipulative, idiotic, funny, or that concern me (if he ends up talking about stupid stuff) highlighted in red.  I left the rest unhighlighted because it’s just fine – juuuuuust fiiiiiine. (more…)

August 24, 2009

Marine Corp Veteran David William Hedrick destroys US Representative Brian Baird

Filed under: Barack Obama, Congress, Politics — rcronk @ 9:43 am
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A taste of bold justice.  Finally.  We need more calm powerful justice like this.

In case you haven’t heard about Brian Baird a Congressman from Washington State, he is the one who said those at townhalls expressing their concerns about ObamaCARE were exhibiting a “lynch mob mentality” and “close to Brownshirt tactics,” a reference to Nazi stormtroopers. David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that he was not going to be silent anymore. So, he let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. He was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to be called on, he quickly scratched what he wanted to say on a borrowed piece of paper and with a pen that he borrowed from someone else in the audience minutes before he spoke. So much for the planned talking points of the right wing conspiracy.” – source

Video Transcript:

BRIAN BAIRD: Yes, sir.

DAVID WILLIAM HEDRICK: My name is David, and I’m from Camas Washington.

BAIRD: Hi David.

HEDRICK: And uh, first of all I want to let everybody know since this is the thing tonight that I’m a marine corp vet.  [applause]

BAIRD: Thank you David.

HEDRICK: And like you, I swore an oath to defend my constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. [applause]  Now, I heard you say tonight about educating our children, indoctrinating our children, whatever you want to call it

BAIRD: I didn’t say indoctrinating.

HEDRICK: Stay away from my kids. [applause]  I also heard you say that you’re gonna let us keep our health insurance.  Well thank you!  It’s not you’re right to decide whether or not I keep my current plan or not.  That’s my decision.  [applause]  Now I’ve heard recently in the media that you and some other people on the national political stage call us brownshirts because we oppose…

BAIRD: No I did not.  No I did not.  What I said was, and I’ve apologized for it.

HEDRICK: Ok, well thanks for apologizing, but let, uh, I won’t speak to you then, I’ll speak to others.  But I’ll remind you, a little history lesson, the Nazis were the national socialist party.  They were leftist.  They took over the financeThey took over the car industryThey took over healthcare in that country.  If Nancy Pelosi wants to find a swastika, maybe the first place she should look is the sleeve on her own arm. [applause]  Now what I want to know is, you’ve done a lot of things that violate your constitutional oath as you know.  What I want to know is as a marine, as a disabled veteran that served this country, I have kept my oath.  Do you ever intend to keep yours?

BAIRD: Yes I do.

July 7, 2009

No More Green Guilt

Filed under: Current Events, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Politics — rcronk @ 3:06 pm

This article discusses how we go along with failed environmentalist scheme after failed environmentalist scheme partly because of prosperity guilt.  It’s quite interesting.

May 11, 2009

A skeptics guide to “An Inconvenient Truth”

Filed under: Current Events, Global Warming, Politics — rcronk @ 9:49 am

Here’s a rebuttal paper to Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvient Truth” (AIT).  Read the rebuttal, forward the link to people, pass it on.  I have heard that Mr. Gore is planning on doing a sequel to his first Oscar-winning movie, so I figured now is a good time to get some information out.  See also this other article I wrote on Global Warming that also has links to two counter-documentaries against AIT, pointing out its flaws as well.

Below is a summary from the above linked paper of some of the problems in Mr. Gore’s movie/book.  The paper itself goes into great detail on these topics and others:

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July 14, 2008

The Content of Barack Obama’s Character

Filed under: Abortion, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Politics — rcronk @ 5:21 pm
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To quote Dr. Martin Luther King:

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

I heard that some people voted for (or against) Barack Obama simply because of his skin color.  That’s obviously racist, shallow, and dangerous.  Instead of looking at something as irrelevant as skin color, let’s take a look at the content of his character by looking at where he stands on issues.  Please click on each link in the paragraphs below to get full articles about each topic.  The text of each paragraph below is just a summary of the underlying information. (more…)

August 16, 2007

David Crockett, Charity, and Congress

Filed under: Congress, Health Care, Politics, Socialism — rcronk @ 12:06 pm

About the Author: Edward S. Ellis

This story appeared in The Life Of Colonel David Crockett, published by Porter & Coates in 1884. Now in the public domain.

I was one day in the lobby of the House of Representatives when a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support, rather, as I thought, because it afforded the speakers a fine opportunity for display than from the necessity of convincing anybody, for it seemed to me that everybody favored it. The Speaker was just about to put the question, when Crockett arose. Everybody expected, of course, that he was going to make one of his characteristic speeches in support of the bill. He commenced: (more…)

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