Green on the Outside, Red on the Inside......

"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison

Al Gore (aka The Goracle) uses more energy per month to power his home than the average homeowner uses in a year. He's stammering to come up with a good excuse for what rightfully looks like hypocrisy, since he's Mr. "reduce your carbon footprint".

One thing that Global Warming hysteria provides is a convenient way for those who still haven't figured out that socialism doesn't work to weasel their way toward more government control over the evil capitalists by using junk science and alarmism.

If the end result of this latest environmental craze is that we power our world in a cleaner and more efficient manner, that's fantastic. But I'm afraid it will cause knee-jerk decisions by well-meaning politicians, which only manage to spread more misery via unnecessary and detrimental controls on the economy.

We'll see.......

Here are a couple of great posts on the issue:

Global Warming: Fact, Fiction and Political Endgame

Questions for Al Gore