Unfortunately, certain Republicans in the House of Representatives thought that you and I do not spend enough on utilities and voted with the majority to dip into your wallet. It is my hope that the eight voting for the bill will face serious primary opposition and be removed from office next time around.

The eight who voted to raise the consumer’s cost of energy:

Mary Bono Mack (R CA)
Michael Castle (R DE)
Mark Kirk (R IL)
Leonard Lance (R NJ)
Frank LoBiondo (R NJ)
John McHugh (R NY)
Dave Reichert (R WA)
Christopher Smith (R NJ)

Do you believe in limited measures to control climate change or sweeping legislation with the process supporting other priorities of the Administration?

The only choices were between limited measures, sweeping legislation and undecided. I do not believe in sweeping or limited measures to control climate change because I believe that man-made global warming and climate change are propaganda efforts by the hard left to fool us into surrendering our freedoms for our own good. When the Soviet Union and other worker’s Utopias were collapsing socialists and other collectivists needed another vehicle and found it in the radical pseudoscience of global warming.

I guess Mr. McCain, like other eco-nuts, believes that global warming is a fact that no thinking person could question, so one must either be for sweeping or limited action or else undecided about what action to take. It seems action is a done deal in their minds. And they think our minds are closed.

The next time you read that polls show that this or that liberal issue is popular ask yourself who they questioned, what the questions were, and what answers were possible. Every poll out there makes certain assumptions, and you know what happens when you assume—we look like a nation of asses.

I planned to spend the day with every light in the house turned on and extend my usual five minute shower until the hot water ran out. In the evening I was going to clean the dishes in the dishwasher rather than by hand and use the heat dry instead of air dry the dishes. Along with this, I would idle both cars in the driveway for a couple hours to consume what I felt was an appropriate amount of fossil fuels. In short, I planned to use the maximum resources, making my carbon footprint as big as possible.

In the end I did none of this. Not because of repentance or remorse, but because I forgot it was Earth Day. I went about my day normally, working to make a living for my family and to improve the world through meaningful employment. My original plan was to show the proper amount of respect for the Earth Day holiday. In the end I succeeded more than I could have imagined, because I ignored it and went on with my life. This is exactly what such a phony, hyped ‘holiday’ deserves.

That night my daughter reminded me that it was Earth Day and I had the opportunity to tell her the truth: “Eco-fascists are using alarmism to get people to give up their rights and freedoms. When the old Socialist revolution failed, authoritarian whack-jobs had to find another vehicle to remake the world in their image. This is not an effort to save the planet, but to make us submissive sheep.”

This is the perfect way to handle Earth Day, as an opportunity to share the truth with a young person about how fleeting are our freedoms, and how susceptible the masses are to propaganda.

He has promised to to fix healthcare (bureaucrat-care ), to share the wealth (seized from those who earned it), to expand union shops (interject more government into the workplace), to increase alternative fuels (mandate inefficiency and expense in the market ), ad nauseum. Out of everything he has said the most dangerous threat to freedom from President-elect Obama is his dedication to Global Warming hysteria.

At one time socialism was seen as the future of mankind. For decades it seemed the Marxist utopia would be realized. Until the late-eighties it appeared the Soviet Union would surpass the west and socialism would engulf the world. The world of capitalism and the bottom line would be replaced with distribution “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need”.

In the late eighties the lie of the socialist Xanadu was exposed until even the most ardent supporter could no longer pretend. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the marginalization of Cuba and North Korea and the problems of Red China, it appeared socialism was bound for the trash heap of bad ideas, once and for all. With a little luck and bit of time socialism would be listed among feudalism, slavery and serfdom as failed economic systems.

Instead of going away, socialist went underground, joining a new cause with new puppets to manipulate. In the eco-movement, socialism could clandestinely work toward the same ends: destruction of national sovereignty, redistribution of wealth and autocratic leadership. Instead of saving workers from exploitation, they claim to save everyone from themselves. Suddenly everyone, not just the lower classes, became a potential socialist—repackaged and re-branded as Green. Socialism no longer demands a bullet in the head for the wealthy and blood running in the streets; it is warm and fuzzy with cute little Pandas and Polar Bears. The hammer and sickle has been laid aside for Earth First, WWF and PETA bumper stickers on Beamers and Volvos. The abolition of private property is no longer popular so the socialist of today lets you keep your property, at least for now. So long as you obey a myriad of regulations you are free to make a living. Taxation will rob you of a sizable portion of everything you make for the good of the people, but that’s a small price for clean air and water.

In the selection of Carol Browner, Barack Obama demonstrates his tolerance of socialism, if not tacit agreement. Socialism is a failed system and no matter how it’s repackaged the result will always be tyranny and poverty for all. We have been given an example of the changes awaiting us in the upcoming Obama administration. Get ready Comrades. If Obama and his Hip-pocket Congress have their way you’ll be managed by bureaucrats from the cradle to the grave.

With enough outcry Obama will pick another Global Warming Czar, but wouldn’t it be better off to close bogus office? Where is the Loch Ness Czar or Sasquatch Czar? Finding Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman should be a priority; with all that hair I’m sure global warming will effect them. The increased heat could also impact leprechauns—if rainbows get less common where will they hide their pots of gold? Come on folks, it’s time to lay aside fairy tales—like the worker’s paradise; and, it’s twisted half-brother, man-made Global Warming.