Liberal Brainwashing..In Community College?

 

I was asked to read and respond to a paper in Environmental Science class. (Which we all know is completely unbiased. *insert eye roll here*) Global warming was the topic. I know to some people it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but I read other classmates comments on the article on the class message board and was taken aback. Classmates were saying how scared they were of the horrible doom we are causing ourselves. Some even claimed our teacher "enlightened" them to change their votes when it comes voting time (not for the better, I'm sure). This class promotes socialism and taking God out of science (and America). Liberal philosophy is drenching colleges, sweeping as many young people with them as they possibly can. Where is common sense in college? Most importantly, where is Jesus?

Here was my response.

To be perfectly honest, I‘m surprised more people aren’t putting their “critical thinking” skills to use. I think the global warming scare is getting pretty old, but it’s going to continue to ride as long as people refuse to question the status quo and think for themselves. Through out all of history, the earth’s climate has fluctuated. We don’t fully understand the climate, and in fact, the only constant thing about the climate is change. Media is very good at spreading the word of global warming. Why? Because it sells. They’re not really concerned with if it’s true or not, but heck, it sure will bring in some attention. Scientists can pump out as many charts as they want, but they really do seem agenda driven. One example is the sea level chart in this particular reading. It begins charting levels from approximately 1875 to today with the chart consistently going up. Big industry didn’t even start in the 1800’s. In fact, the industrial age didn’t really get cooking until after WW2. Who’s the blame for the constant rise in the 1800’s, which was already consistently going up. Here’s another one. The chart shown in class the other day showed the average temperatures of the earth throughout history. The fluctuations were incredible. Who was to blame for the crazy climate back then? Those darn cave men. Those cave fires must warmed the earth to get them out of the ice age. What about the medieval warm? (Don’t worry, I went on skepticalscience.com for this one) The argument against warming back then versus now was simply a circular argument. The last sentence even said. “These causes of warming contrast significantly with today’s warming, which we know now cannot be caused by the same mechanisms.” Oh, so we just KNOW, for sure. None of the natural earthly phenomena that occurred then are happening now. It’s all us lazy Americans going CO2 crazy! I’m not convinced. Which brings me to CO2. C02 is not even a major greenhouse gas, yet is deemed as the fall of mankind as we know it. In many cases, temperature rises before CO2 does. That’s as backwards saying that “lung cancer causes smoking” (Dr. Bob. Carter) Not only that, but a 2006 UN report claimed that livestock and the industry revolving around it are responsible for 18% of all greenhouse gases. When measured in a CO2 equivalent, it would be more than the worldwide transportation sector. Methane is the main gas in this, and it takes 1/12 the time to cycle out of the atmosphere than CO2. (Glenn Beck, An Inconvenient Book) Natural emissions warm the earth 23 times more than the oh-so-feared CO2. I could write all day about this, but I’ll stop here with just these few. My point is, I’m not denying that the world is get globally warmer. It’s a natural cycle. What I am denying is the exaggeration of man's impact on the environment. Global warming is all speculation. There is no basis. If anything, the only meat it has behind it is a manipulative political agenda.