THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VIII, Issue # 244, December 14, 2006
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
THE GLOBAL WARMING INQUISITION &
THE SUPPRESSION OF "SKEPTIC" HERESY
By Tom DeWeese
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM, GLOBAL WARMING THEORY, & ENFORCEMENT OF POLITICAL ORTHODOXY: THE
ENDEAVOR OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR LEFTWING LIBERAL COHORTS TO PRACTICE CENSORSHIP &
SUPPRESS THE EXPRESSION OF VIEWS, OPINIONS, & CONCLUSIONS THAT DENY OR DEVIATE FROM THE IDEOLOGICAL
PRECEPT OF HUMAN-INDUCED GLOBAL WARMING -- THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE THOUGHT-CONTROL POLICE OF
THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT -- THE ECOLOGY KOOKS AND THE THREAT THEY POSE TO AMERICAN
CIVIL LIBERTIES, ESPECIALLY OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH & THE PRESS
FULL STORY:
Imagine living in a world where no one is allowed to think independent thoughts or take independent actions. Only
pre-approved human response would be acceptable. To break the rule and engage in forbidden thought would result in
terrible retribution, perhaps leading literally to ones destruction.
That’s the kind of world apparently desired by the global warming Chicken Littles. It seems they are prepared to do
anything to achieve it. Case in point is an outrageous letter to ExxonMobil Chairman Rex Tillerson on October 27, 2006. The
letter was sent by two United States Senators, Olympia Snowe (Republica - Massachusetts), and Jay Rockefeller (Democrat
- West Virginia).
The letter derides Exxon for helping to fund "global warming deniers,” a term the global warming crowd is using more and
more these days to try to draw a parallel with those who deny the Holocaust. Said the letter, “We are convinced that
ExxonMobil’s longstanding support of a small cadre of global climate change skeptics, and those skeptics access to and
influence on government policymakers, have made it increasingly difficult for the United States to demonstrate the moral
clarity it needs across all facets of its diplomacy.”
The letter goes on to say, “ExxonMobil and its partners in denial have manufactured controversy, sown doubt, and impeded
progress with strategies all-too reminiscent of those used by the tobacco industry for so many years.” The mention of the
tobacco industry is not just a randomly chosen analogy. It’s a heavy-handed threat that Exxon could face the same massive
government attack on its very existence, if it doesn’t play ball. Threats of wind fall profits taxes and increased regulations
being just a couple of the weapons in the government’s arsenal.
The letter concludes, saying:
“We would recommend that ExxonMobil publicly acknowledge
both the reality of climate change and the role of humans in
causing or exacerbating it. Second, ExxonMobil should repudiate
its climate change denial campaign.…”
As incredible as the letter may seem to free thinkers and constitutionalists, one must pause to understand the “new think”
being foisted on our society. In the August, 2006, issue of The DeWeese Report, (Volume12, Issue 7), I reported on
the root of the new edicts on thinking, called “globally acceptable truth.” This is not just an Ivory Tower intellectual exercise.
Those who practice it believe the only way we can have a well-ordered society is for everyone to think and act in unison.
Those who break the rules and think for themselves or take action contrary to the “consensus” are simply causing havoc on
all of their well-laid plans.
Again, as I reported in August, this incredible idea is not just the silly ravings of a few lunatics. It is being accepted as the
proper focus for major policy matters as they emanate from Congress and are parroted by the news media. The main source
of such thinking seems to come from the Eden Institute, operating out of New York and with close ties to the United Nations.
The official use of globally acceptable truth is best described in a letter to the Eden Institute from Robert Muller, Assistant
Secretary General of the United Nations. He wrote:
“I am referring to the need to establish a body of objective,
globally acceptable information to serve as a foundation for
global education.… Its (the Eden Project's) formula for
identifying universally acceptable objective data is truly
unique. It achieves this distinction by establishing a global
standard for inquiry.”
Translation: We will decide what is truth and all new information or scientific discovery will be judged on whether it matches
this “globally acceptable” truth.
An earlier case of humankind being strapped into such a mental straight jacket was during the Inquisition of the Dark Ages.
The period was called the Dark Ages because it was an era of ignorance, superstition, social chaos and repression. Anyone
caught questioning the doctrine or power of the Church was labeled a heretic and found his or her way to the rack or into the
middle of a fire while tied to a stake. The Church, of course, was practicing its own brand of globally acceptable truth.
Today, the heretics to the new religion of Global Warming are those who question whether scientific facts support the dire
warnings that are screaming from the newspaper headlines and from the press releases of environmentalist groups. In fact,
there is no better example for the practice of globally acceptable truth than the global warming crowd.
The letter to ExxonMobile from Senators Rockefeller and Snowe is but one example of the dire tactics being used to stifle any
debate on the subject. Just recently, the Attorney General of California filed suit against the world’s three biggest care
manufacturers for their complicity in creating carbon dioxide emissions. As part of the discovery for the suit, the Attorney
General demanded copies of any correspondence between the automakers and socalled “skeptics” of climate change.
Message: you can’t even talk to these people! 2006 has seen the church of global warming go into near panic at any sign of
heretical behavior.
It’s absolutely incredible to see such panic, considering the Global Warming mantra is near universal. There are over 12,000
environmental groups in the country controlling over $20 billion in assets, all unified in spreading the climate change gospel.
On top of their vast holdings, many of those same groups receive federal grants for “studies” and “reports” on their climate
change findings. More grants, in the billions of dollars, are going to scientists willing to join the global warming church and
help substantiate the mantra in their “research.”
Added to that substantial fire power is a willing news media, which offers magazine cover photos of melting ice caps; and the
efforts of the movie and television industry, which lets no opportunity get by without some reference to global warming. Al
Gore’s own documentary has been in theaters around the nation for months. He is the guest on talk shows nearly every week.
The Global Warming message is literally everywhere. It indoctrinates our children in the classroom. It flows from the advertising
messages of corporations, in their corporate social responsible ad to sell their environmentally responsible products (for which
research and development was probably paid for with federal tax dollars). Huge numbers of Hollywood stars and international
political leaders have endorsed the mantra of the Church of Global Warming. Billions and billions of dollars are being spent to
influence literally every corner of the earth to accept global warming as a fact.
Countering this massive onslaught of globally acceptable climate change “truth” is a tiny, dedicated band of scientists, political
leaders, and non-profits that are seeking the real “truth.” Their assets are literally in the low millions of dollars – simply a drop in
the bucket, when compared to the war chest of the Climate Change Church. They don’t have the media's attention. They don’t
have the ability to issue massive grants. Hollywood certainly isn’t making movies to promote the “skeptics” point of view. And
the U.S. national government isn’t allowing the contrary opinions in many classrooms.
So, with so much incredible fire power covering every possible exit, one must ask the logical question: why is the climate change
crowd so scared of a few renegade groups and their measly few million dollars? The fact is, the “skeptics” are having such an
impact on the debate because they are telling the truth. The Church of Global Warming is wrong!
As George Orwell once wrote: “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” There is no greater hero in
the revolution for climate change truth than U.S. Senator James Inhofe (Republican - Oklahoma), Chairman of the Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee. He has truly demonstrated the power one honest individual can wield.
Earlier this year (2006) Senator Inhofe gave two explosive speeches on the floor of the Senate in which he attacked and exposed
the unfounded claims and scare tactics being employed by the Global Warming crowd. The speeches were literally
unprecedented in the decades-long climate change debate. And their effect was like a lightening bolt. Almost immediately some
scientists began coming out of hiding to side with the Senator.
On December 6th, just as the Rockefeller/Snowe letter was being exposed across the Internet, Inhofe held a hearing on Capitol
Hill exposing the “alarmist media.” Said Inhofe, “Rather than focus on the hard science of global warming, the media has instead
become advocates for hyping scientifically unfounded climate alarmism.” His attacks have already forced 60 Minutes,
CNN, and other major media to at least give lip service to the “Skeptic” point of view. More importantly, the Senator’s
efforts are putting the Global Warming crowd into near cardiac arrest.
It is important to note that the socalled “Skeptics” include Dr. Daniel Schrag of Harvard; Claude Allegre, one of the most
decorated French geophysicists; Dr. Richard Lindzen, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, MIT; Dr. Patrick Michaels, University
of Virginia; Dr. Fred Singer; Professor Bob Carter, geologist at James Cook University, Australia; 85 scientists and climate
experts who signed the 1995 Leipzeg Declaration which called drastic climate controls “ill-advised, lacking credible support from
the underlying science; 17,000 scientists and leaders involved in climate study who signed a petition issued by the Oregon
Institute of Science and Medicine saying there is no evidence greenhouse gasses cause global warming; and the 4,000 scientists
and leaders from around the world, including 70 Nobel Prize winners, who signed the Heidelberg Appeal calling greenhouse
global warming theories “highly uncertain scientific theories.”
These are but a few of the highly qualified “Skeptics” derided by Jay Rockefeller, Olympia Snowe and Al Gore, 'Skeptics' whom,
the critics say, should not be given a voice on the issue.
There are lots of lies surrounding the Global Warming mantra. The biggest one claims there is “consensus” among scientists
that human-caused global warming is a fact. There is no such consensus. Human survival demands that we listen to the
“Skeptics” before they are burned at the stake by superstitious brutes like Jay Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Policy Issues Relating to Energy, Environment,
& Natural Resources
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
Science, Ethics, & Human Health
The News Media & Political Bias
Political Correctness, Censorship, Thought Control:
Supression of Unacceptable Views & Opinions
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
The Fifth Column -- America's Internal Enemies:
Disloyalty, Subversion, Sedition, & Treason
Tom DeWeese is the Publisher and Editor of The DeWeese Report and President of the American Policy Center, a
grassroots activist think tank headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia. The Center maintains an Internet website at
www.americanpolicy.org.
Copyright 2006 Tom DeWeese
Published with Permission of Tom DeWeese
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