Hillary Clinton's Senate confirmation hearing took a predictable, if depressing, turn today, as the Democrat-dominated panel and the presumptive Secretary of State traded verbal hugs and kisses over the importance of Global Warming to our foreign policy.
Yes, you heard that right. To judge the hearings by their content, Global Warming will be playing a key role in defining and directing our foreign policy for the next four years.
The science backing Global Warming has become increasingly dubious. 2008 was the year that man-made Global Warming was disproved. Presumably, 2009 will be the year that our government uses its full resources to respond to a nonexistent threat. That means altering and regulating our behavior to prevent something that probably isn't happening anyway.
Flying in the face of science now trickling out from the recesses of politically correct academia that questions the validity of models predicting Global Warming, and hot on the heels of the news that 650 scientists have raised doubts about it, our government is deciding to go full-on for environmentalism and seems to be announcing itself as the cure for climate change.
From businessandmedia.org:
According to Clinton, the upcoming 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Copenhagen will be the stage for the next opportunity for the United States to ratify a climate change treaty like the Kyoto Protocol, which was rejected by the U.S. Senate 95-0 in 1997.
“President-elect Obama has said America must be a leader in developing and implementing a global and coordinated response to climate change,” Clinton said. “We will participate in the upcoming Copenhagen climate conference and a global energy forum. And we’ll pursue an energy policy that reduces our carbon emissions while reducing our dependence on foreign oil and gas, fighting climate change and enhancing our economic and energy security.”
That view was seconded by Senator John Kerry, a Vietnam War veteran, also known for blaming routine weather occurrences on the Global-Warming boogeyman.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, also used the hearing to promote the issue of global warming activism. He called it a “national security threat.”
“Before turning to Sen. Lugar, let me just say one thing about global climate change,” Kerry said. “Many today do not see global climate change as a national security threat, but it is – profoundly so.”
Kerry urged Clinton to be proactive in pursuing a climate change treaty with the upcoming conference in December.
“And the consequences of our inaction grow more serious by the day,” Kerry said. “In Copenhagen this December, we have a chance to forge a treaty that will profoundly affect the conditions of life on our planet itself. The resounding message from the recent climate change conference in Poland was that the global community is looking overwhelmingly to our leadership.”
Kerry also offered a peek into what his Senate chairmanship would have in store when it comes to dealing with this issue.
“This committee will be deeply involved in crafting a solution that the world can agree to and that the Senate can ratify,” Kerry continued. “And as we proceed the lesson of Kyoto must remain clear in our minds – all countries must be part of that solution.”
We're on the crazy train, folks. Our environmental, economic, and foreign policies all seem to be driven by imaginary forces, completely removed from any connection to reality. Who can put the brakes on this madness before the damage to our nation becomes un-fixable? I'd really like a side of hope with this change.
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