Over 50 years, there have been at least 41 predictions of climate change catastrophe, not one - ONE! - of which has come true.  So, this big lie of the "science is settled" just gets bigger and bigger.  Remember, this is not - NOT - about saving the planet, or making things better.  This is about control and money - NOTHING ELSE!  That's not to say that there aren't some true believers out there, though.  Their problem, tnough, is that they're either deluded or ignorant.  Well, let's address the ignorant.

If you believe all this hubbub about climate change is true and that we're doomed, it might be a good idea to understand how all these paragons of scientific truth have either been wrong, or just out and out lied before.

This first link details 27 previous episodes of junk "science".  Following that are links to the 14 latest ones.  So, don't be wilfully ignorant.  Learn!!

I have been perturbed lately by discussions I've had online and with actual humans in person about why we should or should not trust our government, and one thing stands out to me.  That is how little we understand the nature of government, and the pains our Founders went through to protect our nation from the problems governments and potentates had caused in the past.  First, and this is an important point, they collectively viewed government as a 'necessary evil'.  The larger the government, the less necessary, and the more evil. But, let's take a close look at the term "necessary evil".  There are two operative and diametrically opposed terms here.  "Necessary", and "Evil".

You may have heard some of these, but here's a couple

"Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket."

or my favorite:

"Daylight saving time occurs because Chuck Norris hits snooze on his alarm clock."

There are those who think daylight savings time is just a trick and we're the victims.  Well, they're only partially correct. The truth is, DST is there to correct the trick.  What is the trick that it corrects?  The clock.  Let me explain....

Before clocks became available to the average man, people kept time by the sun.  The day started when the sun came up, and ended when the sun went down.  Indeed, those of us familiar with the Bible read how the Hebrews reckoned time by the number of hours since sunrise.  The 9th hour, for instance, was sometime around 3:00 p.m. - or 9 hours after sunrise.  So, the workday began, depending on your particular activity, when the sun came up, and by the time the sun went down you were through with your daily work and it was time to get ready for bed.

Then came clocks.  Now we have a mechanical means of keeping up with time.  That was the first major change, and things would never be the same.

Governments do one thing and one thing only - wield power. There is no such thing as a benevolent government. Governments only appear somewhat benevolent because they haven't yet completed their journey to tyranny, but they are all headed in that direction! So, be very afraid of any power you grant to anyone, and even more afraid of power given to a group of people.

What brought on this mini dose of absolute reality? The story of little Charlie Gard, a British infant the British government wants to kill. Despite the offer of a U.S. doctor to use a new experimental procedure that has some possibility; despite the raising of private funds to pay for it; despite the offer of Congress to grant citizenship to little Charlie to expedite his trip here; and despite some physical evidence to suggest there's still "something there" inside little Charlie's head, the British government wants to kill him.

Why? Two reasons: Them's the rules, and because they can.

Still want the government to have a role in health care? Well, pardon me, but you're an idiot.

Stephen Moore: "One of my favorite stories of American history dates back to the 19th century when Col. Davy Crockett, who fought at the Alamo, served in Congress. In a famous incident, Congress wanted to appropriate $100,000 to the widow of a distinguished navel officer. Crockett took to the House floor and delivered his famous speech, relevant as ever: 'We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to so appropriate a dollar of the public money. … I am the poorest man on this floor. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week's pay to the object, and if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks.' Crockett was the only member of Congress who donated personally to the widow, while the members of Congress who pretended to be so caring and compassionate closed their wallets. It all goes to show that liberal do-gooders were as hypocritical then as they are today."

And THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is how liberalism works. It is IMMORAL to hold a gun to someone's head and force them to finance something you feel is important.

Here's a link to an article - the first I've seen on the subject - which addresses something I've been thinking about for, oh about 6 years now:

http://www.onenewsnow.com/church/2015/07/08/flags-should-reflect-god-before-govt?utm_source=OneNewsNow&utm_medium=email&utm_term=16781489&utm_content=16342207304&utm_campaign=20716

We've always been taught to fly the American flag above any other flag, and up until the latter part of the 20th Century that might have made a little sense, since our nation was established on Judeo/Christian principles (sorry liberals, but that's the truth, and you're wrong to say otherwise).  I've always believed, and still do in spite of recent events, that the U.S. is the best place on earth to live.  But we've strayed from our founding principles, so much so that I can no longer say the our country and our founding Biblical principles are inexorably linked.