According to the British press, a committee of Parliament is recommending that all British subjects be issued carbon credit cards which they would need to present when buying gasoline, paying for their electricity or purchasing items that produce greenhouse gases. Canada is considering placing a carbon tax on activities that produce CO2. Commodities brokers like the Chicago Carbon Exchange are gearing up for a booming business in the trading of carbon credits.
It does not require a crystal ball or a genius level I.Q. to see the future that awaits America in a few short years if the conservative movement fails to turn back the tide. The chances of that happening are growing less every day. Millions of Americans and thousands of reputable scientists understand that the claim of anthropogenic global warming is nothing more than a colossal international hoax. In spite of this, the environmentalist movement is continuing to win the debate at every turn.
There are a number of reasons for this. First, conservative opinion makers have conceded the basic premise of man-made global warming and are concentrating on mitigating the damage caused by the proposed schemes for curbing CO2 emissions. Second, politicians view the widespread acceptance of climate change as an opportunity to expand and consolidate their power base. Third, major corporations are seizing on the phenomenon of the world wide epidemic of “enviromania” as an opportunity to increase profits by catering to those infected, and from emerging markets in “green“ technology.
The next three years promise to be the most critical in our nation’s history. The great experiment in democracy launched in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention is on the verge of following the Russian experiment in communism into oblivion. The nation will survive, the government will survive, but America as a land of liberty will not. The good news is that the majority of the American people will not feel the loss of liberty as much as former generations would have.
Like the proverbial bullfrog in a pan of water, most of the present generation has been gradually habituated to the loss of liberty through the gradual encroachment of government on their daily lives since the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt. The biggest problem facing America today is the failure of the public to understand the nature, strength and agenda of their domestic enemies.
The coalition between the environmentalist, the socialist movement and the leadership of the Democratic Party that has formed over the past decade has become a fifth column in America working to impose the international agenda of socialism on the United States. Should they gain the victories they expect in the 2008 elections some of the things we can look forward to are, open borders, increased taxes, rationed energy---either outright or through taxation, increased prices due to carbon taxes added to products we buy, and an inferior quality of nationalized health care.
The conservative movement is without the leadership necessary to counter the threat which leaves the rank and file conservatives dependent on what they can do on their own. The danger of backing John McCain in the coming election is that his supporters will spin his possible victory as vindication of his agenda and campaign strategy, marginalizing the influence of the conservative base of the Republican Party.
If he wins the election, among the first initiatives he will propose will be a cap-and-trade system for controlling CO2 emissions and “comprehensive” immigration reform. His $5,000 per family health insurance tax credit is little better than Obama or Hillary’s socialized healthcare schemes, so far as bringing down the costs of health care is concerned. It will be even more difficult to successfully oppose these threats from McCain than if offered by a Democratic President because Republicans in Congress will feel some compulsion to support the policies of their new President.
One course I am considering, but not recommending---at least not yet--- is to vote for a third party candidate as a protest vote while supporting conservatives running in local elections. This strategy would probably assure the election of Obama, but would put the Republicans in Congress on notice that their future depends on conservative support. Perhaps it would encourage those left in Congress to develop the backbone needed to stall the socialist policies proposed by Obama for two years while the conservative movement regrouped.
For those of us who are concerned about international terrorism and looking for the security offered by McCain as President, perhaps we need to admit the threat from the enemy within is more immediate than the enemy without.
The incompetence of Obama and the negative potential of his policies will become evident, even to the most distracted voter, during his first couple of years in office. Hopefully such an eventuality would have the effect of Clinton’s first two years in office resulting in the conservative takeover of Congress in 1994. I would be interested in seeing readers’ comments on the subject.
