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So the marchers said. \u00a0And Catholics proudly joined forces<\/a>, calling for an end to this imminent threat to humankind. \u00a0All of this, of course, while evidence is mounting<\/a> that not only were all the doom and gloom predictions wrong, but that scientists are aware that they were wrong. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s right. \u00a0Wrong. \u00a0Of course the predictions were wrong. \u00a0One of the predictions \u2013 if you remember \u2013 was that the Ice Caps would be melted away by \u2013 wait for it: 2013. \u00a0That\u2019s last year. \u00a0Not only are they not melted away, ice on the other side of the world<\/a> could be doing the opposite.<\/p>\n

All of this is to say that yes, climate change happens. \u00a0Always has, always will. \u00a0And I\u2019m sure our reliance on artificially manufactured synthetics and pollutants is altogether good for us or the environment. \u00a0But like all things in our politics-as-the-new-religion age, this was seized by activists and ideologues with ulterior motives and is now a jumbled mess. \u00a0And an embarrassing one at that.<\/p>\n

Again, I\u2019m not saying we couldn\u2019t make changes. \u00a0I\u2019m saying that there comes a time when the manufacturers of hysteria have to be seen as the buffoons they are. \u00a0Or at least we have to see how they see us as the buffoons we are. How many times does a person have to cry wolf before smart people say \u2018wait a minute\u2019?<\/p>\n

After all, if the whole point is that warming is going to kill us so we must end the Industrial West as we know it, actually realizing that we have yet to see the predictions come true might be the first step toward calming ourselves and demanding a more reasoned, rational discussion. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"