Let’s take “global warming” for instance. Okay, fine, there might be some symptoms that the earth is currently in a slight warming phase (which is not the first time this has happened), however, the pseudo-science that is driving government and the green movement to focus on changing the very fabric of our lives and costing us insane taxes is an EXTREME stretch of the actual scientific data behind the whole concept. The entire mess is steeped in political special interests, large corporation involvement and corruption.

“But wait”, says the hemp-wearing, left-wing nazi treehugger, “You must be a conspiracy theorist. Can’t you see all the nice, nerdy-looking scientists that are doing their job. They’re telling us that this is serious and that if we don’t act now, our children’s children won’t have an earth to enjoy.” Meanwhile, green movement poster-boy Gore is sitting down enjoying a nice juicy steak and living it up in a very environmentally naughty home. I guess Gore missed the memo that stated that livestock make up the majority of the greenhouse gas problem. Oh well. I guess that’s good for him, because recently, it was exposed that the IPCC was in a complete cover-up of global warming facts. Turns out “global warming” is shorthand for “Socialist Special-Interest Political Control and Finance Board”. Aw, shucks, I guess it wasn’t science after all.

Global Warming papers for sale, $5.

So, on to a more recent issue. For quite some time there has been a heated debate over the whole mercury/autism link. My more “alternative health” associates (some probably wearing hemp), insist that mercury, in the form of thimerosal, in several vaccines are the primary cause of autism. The medical community insists that there is no proof behind that accusation and that there is much “scientific” (there, I did it again) support that there is absolutely, no way, no how, zero, zilch, nada, zero evidence that shows any link between autism and mercury.

Okay, before I continue mocking, let’s look at what we know to be true. Fact #1, mercury is a toxic poison, even in extremely small doses. Fact #2, mercury is in some of our vaccinations, at levels that are hundreds of times beyond what has been deemed safe. (Sidenote: Is there really a safe level of a poison anyway???… I’m just sayin’.) Okay, now that we have two facts that I believe everyone is comfortable with (By the way, if you don’t believe me, eat a thermometer… You’re mental hospital doctor will thank you later.)… Meanwhile, parents all over the world and country, and the alternative health community, have been complaining of mercury’s link to autism for decades. Despite Jenny McCarthy’s bare-breasted escapades and her marrying a man with a rubber face, she has valiantly put herself out there as a spokesperson on this topic. She, having a child with autism (as do I) and having done LOTS of research, decided to treat her child for the supposed “mercury poisoning” due to vaccinations… and she got results, EXTREME results. So much so, that her son is like a completely different kid. People who don’t have autistic children cannot possibly understand the nuance and struggles that autism brings, and for those symptoms to go away????

“That is what is called coincidence.”, says the book-smart, volvo-driving (wait, I actually like volvos, but I need this for the stereotype), Phd bearing, expresso-chugging, condo-dwelling bloviator, “It could have been anything that caused her son to turn around. How do you know it was actual autism? Psychologists can be wrong sometimes. Maybe just the change in diet is what fixed him. Did an actual doctor help you with this? There is no scientific link between mercury and autism. Don’t you read the medical journals? Don’t you trust your doctor when he recommends vaccinations? It’s people like you that poison the minds of innocent people into thinking that vaccinations are wrong when they are saving so many lives!!!” Whoah…

Side note: One thing to be made clear is that it’s not the vaccination itself that is the problem in question. It’s the preservative thimerosal that is put into the vaccinations.

Okay, okay, so it must be a fact then. The smart guy said it. Not to mention the media and medical doctors are putting so much effort into making Jenny McCarthy look bad. Why would they go through that much effort if they weren’t right (I hope you are sensing the sarcasm). With so many supporters of vaccinations, I suppose the only thing that would prove thimerosal as bad would be for the entire “scientific” basis on which the supporting argument was based on to completely fall apart.

Enter Dr. Paul Thorsen, quack and extortionator, being paid by the CDC to support their claims. Well, he’s now disappeared, along with $2 million and it’s now being shown that his “work” is a fraud and a scam. Most of the work in this area was based on his “findings” which are now useless. It’s conspiracy turned fact. You just can’t make this stuff up.

Thimerosal research papers for sale, $7.

The history of “scientific” corruption goes way, way back. Yet for some reason, we continue to buy into it. We believe any “latest” study. Eggs are bad… no they’re good… no they’re bad… good… bad..good. AAAAARRRH!!! Don’t people recognize that the research and commercials that tels you that milk (containing hormones, blood, puss, etc…) is good for you are done by the American Dairy Association. Or that research on the questionable canola oil (coming from a normally poisonous plant) is done by the Canola Growers Association. Same thing with aspartame, MSG, etc…. The list of this kind of paid-for-science is HUGE! Now, I’m not saying that there isn’t some good research among all of this, but please at least be conscious as a consumer that most of the research done on the products you consume is done by the entity who is making the money.

Based on recent findings, here is my new “scientific” research:

Scientific Fact = 2 part money + 1 parts special interest + 200 million idiot gullible sheeple

Please, don’t be a sheeple.

Check it out: How to Get Stupid Children.

I love this satire on this topic:
Obama’s Home Teleprompter

Make you wonder how much politicians actually think for themselves these days. So much of their agenda is driven by money, greed, bigger agendas and re-election that most of them are nothing but teleprompted puppets.

Okay, so lets see… Nobel Prize winners, you know, guys that are the likes of Einstein, actually accomplish something. They pour all their blood, sweat and tears into their life’s work and at some point, several years to several decades later, they receive the award because their work has changed the world in some great and unmistakable way. We applaud them for their efforts. This past week, there was an award given to the guy who invented fiber optics back in the 60′s. There was another award given to the two guys who invented the CCD (the components that are at the core of satellite imagery and modern digital cameras) back in the 60′s at Bell Labs. These are amazing accomplishments.

So, just for a second, lets think about this. Obama has been in office less than one year. His efforts, while his intentions may be seen by some as positive, have been to push his agenda as fast as he can so we don’t have the time to actually contemplate what’s going on. Meanwhile, there’s a spending frenzy, Cash for Clunkers has failed, he’s been an indecisive pansy that can’t decide whether he wants to win the war or have them over for tea, he’s been caught foot-in-mouth over countless issues, and his idea of “fundamental change” is to lead this country further and further down the socialist path. He’s not the first president to get a Nobel Peace Price… but at least give it time for the dust he’s stirring up to settle before deciding whether or not his efforts resulted in peace or not.

It was stated that one of the reasons he received the award was for continued “encouragement” in his international peace efforts. Mrs. Blackman, my 4th grade teacher, used to give me little stars on my papers for encouragement… but he gets a Nobel Peace Prize and $1.4 million. I can’t help but wonder if the Nobel awarding process was somehow tainted as a way to improve Obama’s rapidly falling approval rating. Or perhaps the Nobel awarding panel is really that ignorant. Either way, the Nobel Prize is off my list of what I consider to be an honorable award.

Perhaps this story will end a little like that of Fritz Haber. Doesn’t sound familiar? Maybe that’s because his work in chemistry (poisonous gases, explosives, etc…) and allegiance to Germany is what eventually led to the gassing of millions of Jews, including many of his own family (For those of you who still aren’t sure, yes, the Holocaust DID indeed happen). Ironically, Haber had received the 1918 Nobel Prize for chemistry. His work in nitrogen fertilizers (nitrogen fixing) is what allows our global society to create enough nitrogen (synthetic fertilizer) for our agricultural needs, without which we would have to solely rely on naturally occurring sources. What’s the big deal? Scientists speculate that millions of us could not even exist on this earth without this discovery because there would not be enough natural capacity to fertilize our crops if we were left to the limits of what nature provides.

So this once great man, with a strong allegiance to his country (German), saves millions of people with his discoveries, get a Nobel Prize, gets chased from his country, only to result in millions of people (including relatives) being slaughtered at the hands of his invention. Likewise, there will come a point where we will see this administration for what it really is. The dust will settle and the consequences will set in.

Frankly, Obama is a discount firecracker. His fuse as been burning and getting people all excited for what’s about to happen. Well, the fuse has fizzled out and people are disillusioned, still waiting for the BOOM! This Nobel Prize is just a failed attempt at blowing at the fuze, and all we’re left with is a dud. You can go home now people, the show is over. Move along now.

Fox News has the reputation of being on the right side of the political spectrum, while the Obama administration, though they claimed to be moderate, are on the far left of the spectrum. So when David meets with Roger to discuss the administration’s concerns with the image Fox News is portraying, it leads me to wonder if all of those “birthers, tea baggers, etc” might just be right with their claim that Obama and the administration are socialistic leaning.

I have asked myself when it would be necessary or proper for the White House to visit our media outlets to discuss what they are doing? Would it be proper for the administration to question news outlets when they are tainting the administration’s image? No, it would not be. Their right to speak their opinion is protected by the Constitution. How about when the media is discussing key issues that deal with the security of our nation? In this instance it is not only proper but necessary for the government to step in, but did they when the media was busy discussing what procedures our CIA operatives were using to extract information that saved American lives?

What I find most alarming about this instance, along with others (Fairness Doctrine),  is that it reminds me a lot of current and past countries that eventually found themselves in a socialistic government, or worse, a dictator . The media is typically one of the first areas that is put under the control of the state when it is leaning towards a socialistic government. By eliminating the media, you enable the governing body to go largely unchecked by masses. One recent example would be Chavez, who after winning re-election took control of the media outlets that had criticized him and then moved to taking over other key industries.

We have recently seen how the media can bring people together to fight against the ills of the government, which is why it is important to have an unfettered media. A free and an unmolested media allows access to news that people might not otherwise have known. This access allows people to arrive at opinions for themselves. It is these opinions that affect they way we cast our vote. It is our votes that elect those in government. So in an indirect way, the media helps to promote a check and balance system within our government. When the current administration starts meeting with those outlets that help promote an opposing view point, I have to question the motives of the government.