Suggestion to all green propaganda peddlers: show your sincerity by holding your breath so we have less carbon dioxide in the air.

Mark, great article. Our local station, KMOX 1120 AM had Mr. Leon Kolankiewicz on, he worked with Sen. Nelson, and he began an attack on the message of Earth Day, that one of the points had to do with human overpopulation. I couldn't stand to listen anymore and turned it off, but in this guy's mind, to celebrate Earth Day apparently most of the world should just end their own lives!

Your essay on Earth Day was spot on, as is every essay and every issue of Patriot Post. It reminded me of what I think every time I hear some Leftist going on about "planting a tree" for the Earth or some other cause.

Excuse me, but to plant that tree, didn't it have to be dug up from someplace else? They aren't adding anything to Mother Earth, they're just moving something from one place to another! A perfect example of feel-good action with no real impact.

"Those objectives provide cover for a much more sinister purpose -- using ecological concern to justify all manner of government regulation and intervention."

I agree pursuit of their goals would increase government, but I do not see proof that the sinister objective is increase in government. Hard to take it seriously when accusations come out of nowhere.

"he helped spawn has devolved from a pack of unwashed adolescent peaceniks and malcontents into a slick, influential and well funded cadre of Lefty politicos"

I was there for the first earth day, I rememeber what the kids looked like. The "unwashed" adjective is pointless and generally untrue. It does not further the arguement; it is off-topic and abusive.

Could you post links to news articles so that we can follow up and pass things along. Here's a link to the EPA and Dept of Energy potential Energy Star fraud news article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100326/ap_on_bi_ge/us_energy_star_fraud

Where was al gore when the dinasaurs went extinct ?

Mother Nature shaped the planet Earth ,and on it it shaped maters and life so how can gore shape its creator ?

How ever there is something gore can shape ,his bankster account

They use to rob banks with a gun ! now the banks rob the People with their fraudulant federal reserve debt notes.

Thank You Joe

"Winston Smith had won victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

Planet Earth has survived Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere at concentrations of about 7,000 parts per million. The Earth didn't burn up then ... and life flourished. There were MORE species then than there are now. The Carbon Dioxide concentration in the atmosphere today is less than 400 parts per million ...It takes 10,000 parts per million to even be 1% of the total atmosphere ... It has LITTLE to do with the temperature of the earth. Water vapor is a GREATER greenhouse gas than Carbon Dioxide ... should we TAX that too so we'll have fewer clouds and less rain? They've made Carbon Dioxide the boogy man BECAUSE if you control that, you also control ALL ENERGY sources ... plain and simple.

So we know for a fact that the "northern hemisphere will be warming, as it has for millions of years, except during ice ages," do we?

Do we have temperature records from millions of years ago? Do we have photos of the multiple ice ages? These are hypotheticals.

Given that we don't have the records to prove these things, perhaps it would be more scientifically accurate to say that the "northern hemisphere will be warming, as it has for all of recorded history."

Earth Day? Hmmm, must have missed that in our local celebration of Cylinder Appreciation Day. On April 22 every year we pay tribute to the glories and advancements of society due to the invention of the internal combustion engine.

As a means of determining ones dedication to this day, we have devised the CAI - the Cylinder Appreciation Index. Simply count up all of the cylinders in every working and utilized internal combustion engine in your household. If your CAI meets or exceeds your age, you are a good CA Patriot. If you fall short, we recommend an immediate trip to the nearest Hummer dealership to purchase a H-1 or H-2 while you still can.

Sincerely,

Robert Densic

Rossford, Ohio

CAI - 54!!!

If supporters of the "climate change/global warming" agenda were serious about reducing co2 emissions they would volunteer to hold their breath for 24 hours in honor of earth day. I suspect that on the day AFTER earth day the problem would be solved!

Today is the 40th earth day anniversary of the first one and actually the 41st earth day celebration -- It is only confusing if you care about the right number. Everyone is reporting it as the 40th --------

I wrote my first article disputing the "Greenhouse Effect" in 1989. I have written several since then. My last one "Cap & Starve" points out that everything on this planet REQUIRES carbon dioxide for its existance. Another points out that the energy our nation uses anually is equivalent to the amount of energy from the sun falling on an area of the earth of less than 2000 sq. miles in the same time frame. I have also pointed out that volcanoes cause more than half the polution on this planet. (Example: Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii puts out 1500 pounds of elemental mercury per DAY.) I fear that environmentalists will cause the largest famine that this planet will ever see.

Patrick M. Crawford (Olympia (Littlerock), Washington)

gobal warming, happens only when al gore opens his mouth.

Thank you for your succinct essay on "Earth Day." What a farce the environmental movement has become. What perhaps once upon a time started out as a legitimate concern for preservation and conservation has morphed into something entirely different, as you outlined in your excellent essay.

I pray that Americans are finally starting to wake up to the truth that "environmentalism" has absolutely NOTHING to do with saving the environment. It's now all about money, power, control and, ultimately, destroying these United States.

God Save America

Mark;

I agree with all you wrote in this article. Your readers need to know the facts about the "Global Warming" hoax. Please refer them to;

www.middlebury.net/op-ed/global-warming

The editorial"The Great Global Warming Hoax?" by

James A Peden explains in detail why carbon dioxide

does not cause global warming but higher levels of

carbon dioxide FOLLOW global warming.Its 27 pages

long but very informative. Also, go to:

www.daily express.co.uk/posts/view/146138 to read

"Climate Change is Natural: 100 Reasons Why"

Has anyone ever thought about where our supply of fresh water comes from? Our glaciers and ice caps are fresh water in cold storage. As more babies, (human, plant, and animal)are born, more fresh water is needed. The Earth warms enough to provide that needed water. The demand for fresh water is growing faster than Mother Nature can provide.

Another thought,, Could it be possible that the Earth is warming from the inside, rather than from greenhouse gasses? Earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions are probably changing the gas vents of the Earth and possibly allowing the hot molten core to escape to the surface. Just a thought.

Good article with good points, sadly tainted with the pointless name calling. Gorons? Come on.... with all the information and misinformation floating around out there, is it any surprise that people draw misinformed conclusions? I am sure many of these people genuinely care about the concept of preserving our Earth's ecology and are not interested in or thinking about how that can serve as a springboard to more government in our lives. Suggesting they are somehow members of a cult is not going to help reach people who do not share our viewpoint.

How come the global warming people are not

jumping into that Iceland volcano to plug it off

and keep all that nasty ash from fouling the air?

I usually agree with all that y'all say and do at The Patriot. I do, however, disagree with the opening sentence:

"It's that time of year again -- that time when the northern hemisphere will be warming, as it has for millions of years, except during ice ages."

The first 2/3rds is fine, it's all this nonsense about millions of years and ice ages that concerns me, because I know that the Patriot is run by Constitutionally conservative Christians and I find no evidence or implication in the Bible which points to the earth being around for millions of years or for ice ages.

Well, keep up the good work as y'all help to defend life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.

And remember to pray for Obama, not just Psalm 109:8 all the time but also along the lines of 1 Timothy 2:1-3.

You all would do well do note that the Earth is NOT your mother. Our creator is God who made nature. Why are we ashamed to say so and substitute the silly euphemism?

Blind obedience to the "earth being around for millions of years" mantra prevents you from finding truth. Repeating false information millions of times only benefits politicians and frauds.

That being said, I agree, Al Gore and his ilk are all frauds.

I remember the first "Earth Day." I worked in an office building across the street from McPherson Square in Washington, D. C. A big rally was held there. When the rally ended and the people who want to save the planet left, the beautiful park was literally covered with trash. Their walk did not match their talk. So much for "Earth Day."

I am surprised at your reference to "millions of years" in your essay. As well as you research your articles, I would think by now that your exposure to the abundance of physical evidence pointing to a recent Creation would lead you to say otherwise. I am a devoted reader but I would ask you to devote some of your enthusiam for conservative commentary to doing a little investigation into Earth history. You will see the greatest Fraud of the last 200 years is "millions of years".

But FIRST, we must create a groundswell, as follows:

A Congress of career politicians will NEVER allow us to constitutionally term limit them by an amendment. But... WE CAN IMPOSE term limits on them in Congressional elections (‘2010, 2012, 2014......):

1. Never reelect your Congressman or Senator.

2. Always vote, but only for the strongest challenger , regardless of party .

If Congress has not passed a term limits bill by 2014, repeat this in 2016, 2018....

Our only intelligent choice is to NEVER REELECT anyone in Congress!

The only infallible, unstoppable, guaranteed way to get a truly new Congress, AND a new politics, is NEVER REELECT ANY INCUMBENT! DO IT EVERY ELECTION until term limits is ratified. In other words, don't let anyone serve more than one term until Congress passes a term limits bill!

NEVER REELECT ANYONE IN CONGRESS. DO IT EVERY ELECTION! ... until we ratify term limits.

Nelson Lee Walker of tenurecorrupts.com

I must object to the application of the term "ignoble laureate" to Al Gore. The Ignoble Prize is a real aword given to scientists and researchers "whose work cannot or should not be reproduced" by the publishers of the Journal of Improbable Research/Irreproducible Results. These individuals are typically characterized by an outstanding sense of humor at their own expense, or by research into highly specialized subjects. For example, one laureate was honored for his paper on "emergency management of the acute zipper entrapped ..." (valuable research, but not amenable to a randomized controlled trial). These characteristics are in sharp contrast to Mr. Gore, who has no healthy sense of humor that I can detect and apparently wouldn,t recognize scientific research if it bit of his nose.

Ira Einhorn, a lifelong radical socialist as well as a murderer, was also one of the prime movers behind this anti-capitalist, and anti-freedom travesty. Since it is indeed Lenin's birthday, and has been a communist observance for decades, long before 1970, it is certainly nowhere on my calendar!

Visit the Badlands National Park web site under geology and see what scientific data and facts they present on the age of fossils etc. We found the park an interesting place to visit. It makes one wonder how the global warming theory/hoax started. I guess many of us are gullible.

Well, if people want to buy in a "Big Lie" and cause humans a lot of grief for nothing, go ahead and do the cap and trade thing. This whole thing is a fraud from the get go. Take a look at the Coral Ridge Ministries and Answers-in-Genesis 48 minute flick for free at http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/product/Global-Warming-A-Scientific-and-Biblical-Expose-of-Climate-Change-DVD,5733,229.aspx

or from my webpage at

www.melhansen.com.

Also, we need to stop accepting the old age rhetoric without saying anything about it. There is plenty of evidence that shows that there was only one ice age that happened after the global flood of Noah’s time. Now that was a global climate change event to get excited about.

"It's that time of year again -- that time when the northern hemisphere will be warming, as it has for millions of years, except during ice ages"

What "settled science," did you use to come up with the above statement? The creation scientist use the same evidence as evolutionist and are far more convincing.

You have many readers of the Post who do not buy into millions of years.

I thought you might like to know this. For more information on creation science try this web site

http://www.icr.org/ ICR has been around for 40+ years.

Thanks, Bill

Any truth to the rumor that AlBore was going to fly to Iceland on a private jet to sue the volcano to stop putting out ash? And that the EPA issued a cease and desist order to the volcano? If these are true, then they worked as the volcano is emitting less ash. Good thing the volcano was stopped or we me have the same results as when Krakatau exploded, there was snow in New England in the summer. Maybe this is the answer to glbore warming.

I would say, Time for another TEA Party, but we have had plenty of those. The liberals look at the Tea Parties as a bunch of fringe folks doing a pep rally on an archaic view of Freedom. Lets drop the Tea and wake up and smell the coffee. If we just have pep rallies and do nothing else our rights and liberty will be lost for our lifetime and the lifetimes of our children and grandchildren. I do not avocate armed insurection, but, if there is to be a fight for our freedom in our cities and towns to regain what has been stolen, let it be today and let it be now and let it be me that pays the price of liberty for our future generations. I care not what course others may take, as for me "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!"

Your comments about al Gore's eco-theology are right on target. I recommend the book Freakonomics to you, especially the part about volcanic ash's impact on the earth's temperature. Science is a poor substitute for the living God, who shall have the last laug.

Well said, as always!

Great essay Mark! If not already claimed, your use of the term "Goron" is a creditable master work of rhetoric. Might we also refer to those who are "green on the outside and red to the core" as "Goreos" then?

Mark,

I wonder why the "ecology-first" folks aren't out celebrating Iceland's vocano?

After all it is proven science that vocanic ash will stay in the stratosphere for months - even years - thereby cooling off the Northern Hemisphere.

I guess that is just not a "convenient" truth.

Keep up the good work.

You strike me as far too discerning to believe that the earth is "millions of years" old. Refer you to icr.org and answersingenesis.org. Otherwise, insightful piece.

After reading many of the good articles that you publish, and after having done an extremely intensive and extensive amount of research regarding the history of this once great Republic and the income tax, the only solution is to vote out ALL incumbents and demand that ALL replacements be demonstratively, controlled by the limitations and restrictions of the Constitution.

The fools in d.c. do not have any respect for freedom and liberty as long as they are in power and are spending like the fools that they are. It is incumbent upon the state citizens to return to a government OF THE PEOPLE!

Sure, the world changes temperature. Other climate characteristics change, too. There are sedimentary rocks in the high altitude Rocky Mountains. There are petrified bamboo in the 3500 foot plus altitudes in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle regions. There are mastodon elephant remains in Alaska. There are garnets and diamonds in Arkansas and South Carolina, evidence of terrible heat and pressure changes in the earth at those places.

I have seen and handled these, every one. Each of these are evidence of climate and geologic changes that far surpass anything Mr. Gore is worried about, or for which he falsifies science and data.

Certainly, none of these resulted from the impacts of humans or their use of carbon-based fuel. I don't think that humans are a threat to the earth by any means of any major consequence.

You state that we should not hold our breath to combat the dangers of CO2 propogation, but I would like to be led by example; starting with Al Gore. Show me!

I have been reading your editorials for almost a year, and have decided to stop doing so. Your organization is as biased and ignorant about some of your topics as the liberals I loathe. This editorial lacks unbiased analysis.

I see we have an unusual number of libs commenting today on this fine article. To those of you who still think the earth is not as old as millions of years, I suggest you look at the results of carbon dating. Go ahead and believe the Bible if you must, but if Columbus had thought the world was flat, we would be hundreds of years in the past by now. The climate changes, has changed and will continue to change, despite anything we do. I am for a clean environment and conservation, but not at the cost of an advancing population and technologies.

"Given that we don't have the records to prove these things, ....."

Sure we do. Much of the earth's climatic history is preserved for our study in the ice caps. Areas in which we have been taking core drillings from for decades. We have a very good record of the "warming and coolings". So your objections are ignorance, at best.

The quote from James Wilson is excellent, but don't overlook the second sentence. "What belongs to no one" is an apt description of the the air that we breathe--a very valuable resource that is not and cannot be parceled to each "man in particular." "Wasted by everyone" is what happens to air and other common resources unless someone organizes and arranges to secure and preserve from wasting by everyone as they seek to maximize the "economy" that they can enjoy from the resources that belong to them exclusively.

The environmental movement is mostly about building understanding that air, public waters, etc. "belong to everyone" and that everyone needs to take care of these valuable common resources. In a democracy, we count on government to act for everyone, both individually and collectively. There are, as you note, questions about the likelihood and level of potential future damages from global warming and about the justification for limitations on Carbon emissions. There is, however, no doubt that we shall all suffer much from wasting of precious common resources if we rule out the possibility for government to sometimes limit or prohibit actions that are great for individual's private economy but bad for the broader public good.

The quote from James Wilson is excellent, but don't overlook the second sentence. "What belongs to no one" is an apt description of the the air that we breathe--a very valuable resource that is not and cannot be parceled to each "man in particular." "Wasted by everyone" is what happens to air and other common resources unless someone organizes and arranges to secure and preserve from wasting by every particular man as they seek to maximize the "economy" that they can enjoy from the resources that belong to them exclusively.

The environmental movement is mostly about building understanding that air, public waters, etc., rather than belonging to no one, should be seen as belonging to everyone. Everyone uses them and has an interest in preserving and caring for them.

In a democracy, we count on government to act for everyone, both individually and collectively. There are, as you note, questions about the likelihood and level of potential future damages from global warming and about the justification for limitations on Carbon emissions. There is, however, no doubt that we shall all suffer much from wasting of precious common resources if we rule out the possibility for government to sometimes limit or prohibit actions that are great for individual's private economy but bad for the broader public good.

Anyone who thinks humans can change the temperature(warmer or cooler) has not been paying attention to MOTHER NATURE. Doesn't anyone remember the saying "Don't mess with mother nature"? She always has, and always will be in control of the temperature. I recycle and conserve energy as much as possible, and encourage others to do the same. But no matter what I do, MOTHER Nature will reign supreme in all matters concerning temperature!

So, Mr. Gore has decided to turn around Former

President Carter's "Global cooling" senario....

During his Presidency, we were going to be an Iceberg half way thru the middle of the U.S....remember the pictures of New York City looking like an iceberg in the 1970's? I do.

Additionally, the stupid light bulbs are a fire

danger to any home never mind the Mercury in them!

Poor Gore...does he ever get it right...No!

dottie and gary hind

In the IPCC report that makes the claims of global warming, it does not include any of the underwater volcanoes. That's something like 85% of all the volcanoes on earth. They don't include them because they don't know how to properly test the ammount of co2 they emmit. So, how can they narrow it down to as little of a thing as your breath, cows or cars. I think they should continue gathering data befor they tax and change our entire way of life.

Thanks for another clear and concise analysis of the current threats against individual liberty continuing to flow out of the cesspool 30 miles down the road from my home in Baltimore.

By the way, given your contacts with quality T-shirt manufacturers, how about getting one to produce a new design for your store? You can write me down for at least 5. Here's my suggestion - a slightly overweight man, with a cigarette in his mouth, adding salt to a deliciously juicy hamburger. The caption... "My Body, My Choice." Oh wait, forgive me, that only applies when destroying the body of an unborn child.

Keep up the great work.

You are so very correct! Great article!

Too bad they can't concentrate on what we could all can do:recylcle and be thrifty with our resources. Get rid of those plastic bags cloggng up beaches and killing fish and never decomposing if not recylcled in to useful things like park benches!

Well, it's all our fault. You see we elected this fraud. The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to an electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”