Global Warming and Spies May 21, 2007
Posted by johannesclimacus in Politics, Republican, environment, global warming, social issues.trackback
I wrote a post explaining that helping the environment, while important to conservatives - and Christian conservatives especially - is not as high a priority as stopping the slaughter millions of children or the violent jihadists who want to destroy (not proselytize, mind you) any and all infidels.
Naturally, we still need to be thinking about the environment and being environmentally responsible, since we don’t want to stop going after the burglars just because a murder is on the loose, as redherringpress has recently said. However, I say again that while we don’t want to stop pursuing burglars, we should hope that we have more people dedicated to capturing the murderer on the loose.
But Congress Democrats don’t think so. Apparently, it’s in the best interest of national security to invest $48 billion, “the largest intelligence authorization ever considered by Congress” to monitor global warming.
Yep, we’re going to spend $48 billon to investigate something which many are not even sure is happening. Is global warming such a sacred cow that not even common sensical liberals can speak up? What about wellfare and social reforms that that money could aid? Why not put $48 billion to make federal buildings and production environmentally sustainable? Why would we spend $48 to feel the weather outside when thousands of climatologists from around the world, with years and years of training, do that already?
I smell an agenda other than the ones stated in the press releases.
New gadgets and fashion are emerging every day, leading us to buy without rationally thinking trough if we really need that product or not. Thoughtless buying leads to the ingestion of all the natural resources and to the endless growth of garbage piles, thous killing our planet.
If you think too, that this is a problem let’s do something about it. Let’s keep just one week, for starters, when we would think about if we really need the product we are about to buy, and if we don’t need it let’s put it back on the shelf. June 1-7. Spread the word.
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$48 billion seems a little out of whack, but when you give money to intelligence agencies, who knows where the money really goes. Nonetheless, Americans need to consider the national security ramifications of global warming. Although some wonder if global warming is real, I’d put my chips on 98 percent of the world’s scientists. And it’s not just me. Many evangelical congregations are waking up to the fact that stewardship isn’t just a prudent thing to do as a citizen of our planet, it’s consistent with Christian teachings. And look at what’s going on in California: Republicans like Ahnuld and big business are teaming up to actually tighten environmental standards. Amazing, and a winning issue for Republicans who want to get on board. This isn’t just about a bunch of tree-hugging wackos. This is about everyone.
However, it may be too late. We may have dithered too long. We may see very real detrimental effects that make a dangerous national security environment even worse. I know some people think that terrorism is caused by a bunch of Muslims sitting around thinking about ways to be evil because they hate freedom. It’s actually more complicated than that. People who own homes and have jobs, children, an education and hope don’t fly planes into buildings or detonate themselves in marketplaces. People who have nothing to lose do that. Droughts, tsunamis and catastrophic weather changes rip the social fabric and destroy farms, jobs and livelihoods. If a guy in Indonesia or Bangladesh or the Horn of Africa can’t make it on his farm because of some global warming related-issue, where does a person without money, education or options go? It doesn’t take much of a leap of imagination to see how a person like that get swept up in the swirl of hate that is Islamic extremism.
That’s what we need to be looking at. Sure, we’ve got a boatload of problems to deal with now, but we need to think about what our world will be like 15, 20, 50 years in the future and prepare to meet those challenges.