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Posted on 03/26/2007 9:08:10 AM PDT by yoe
Former Vice President Al Gore, testifying on his pet issue last week, told Congress: "there is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on global warming." As Rush Limbaugh observed a few hours after Gore's testimony, when liberals declare the debate over, you can bet the debate is not over; they just want it stifled.
Perhaps conservatives should adopt this tactic of declaring the debate over on some of our issues. What do we have to lose? It would be a fun exercise, and it might usher in a whole new era of conventional wisdom.
So, I hereby declare that there is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on abortion. Everyone knows it's a baby. It moves. It kicks. It has a heartbeat and brain waves. When allowed to grow, it becomes an adult. Yes, the debate is over. Abortion kills human beings and should be prohibited.
Also, there is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on marriage. Anyone with half a brain knows that for 5,000 years of recorded human history, it has been an institution involving a man and a woman. Case closed.
And, of course, there is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on gun control. Guns make people and societies safer, not more dangerous. Besides, the Second Amendment says you can have one, or many, so that issue is now put to rest.
There is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on government spending. State and federal governments now spend many times what they should in order to fulfill their constitutionally mandated responsibilities. Therefore, it is settled. Government spending should be slashed.
Likewise, there is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on taxes. Americans should be allowed to keep much more of what they earn. In fact, while we're dictating policy, the 16th Amendment should be repealed, the Internal Revenue Service abolished and a national consumption tax, known as the Fair Tax, should be implemented immediately.
Because government schools are such a miserable failure, there is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on whether the private sector, be it secular or religious, should be assigned the task of educating our children. They could do a much better job for a fraction of the price.
There is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on child molesters. They should be castrated and/or imprisoned for the rest of their natural lives, along with their advocates in the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), and anyone caught producing child pornography.
There is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on illegal immigration. People from other countries steal across our borders, bringing with them diseases and social problems. We pay for them. They should go home, and we should build a real, physical fence to keep them from coming back. End of story.
There is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on Islamic terrorism. As Ronald Reagan said of the Soviets during the Cold War: "We win and they lose. That's my strategy."
There is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on capital punishment. Commit homicide and America has a right to demand your life in return.
Oh yes, and outside Hollywood and the ranks of adoring Democrats in the United States Congress, who look at him as a rock star, there is no longer any serious debate over the basic points that make up the consensus on Al Gore. He is an enviro-fascist hypocrite who lives in a Tennessee mansion that uses 30 times the energy of the average American home, yet he has taken it upon himself to lead a worldwide wacko movement that wants to force us to radically alter our way of life in the pursuit of zealous extremism to achieve dubious results in addressing a problem that may not even exist.
The debate is over.
Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and public policy advisor. His weekly columns are published in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites, including Human Events Online, TheConservativeVoice.com and GOPUSA.com, where he is a senior writer and state editor. Readers may e-mail him at dougpatton@cox.net.
All this statement really means is that there is no more debate in the believer's camp. They've all agreed on the "basic points". There is still debate between them and the rest of the world, however.
The debate on Iraq is over with the defeat of the Democrats cut and run resolution.
Whee this is fun!
An "Al Gore" trained puppet is going to be presenting a Slide Show based on An Inconvenient Truth in Malden MA soon.
Among my questions are: What are Al Gore's cridentials to put forth his conclusions and shut off debate? How does the former VP counter the $1M in Occidental Petroleum Stock that Armand Hammer "gifted" to the family trust he controls?
Anyone have more suggestions?
LOL ping.
what he really wants to say is:
you will not make any statements that undermine MY determination that the debate is over. I WILL NOT allow any controversy. I WILL NOT tolerate any opposition. YOU will all turn in your keys to your kingdoms and allow the democrat party to nationalize whatever you own. WE will tell you what to do next.
that is all and you will stay tuned or else.
He's right, of course. It's now just pure laughter.
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"Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years" and the "Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming" are excellent sources for the real facts. The former title is nicely documented science from professionals in the discipline. The latter title exposes the "green politics" of anti-capitalism using "environmental" issues as a legal lever.
Tell Algore that the Fairbanks septic pumping and thawing industry has a backlog due to septic systems freezing at a record pace, and people are freezing to death right now even though it is Spring and the Daylight Savings didn't make the slightest difference.
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I'd love to see a Monty Python skit on Gore.
Why was Al Gore unwilling to pledge to bring his personal consumption of energy to the Average for an American Family. How much has Al Gore made from the Global Warming hysteria he created through books, movies, speaking fees, and his "carbon credit" company? How much of that has been donated to environmental causes?
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I agree. The debate is over debate is over.
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On their blog, I wrote that this was the best article articulating what many conservs have written, thought , heard for years. Doug's article should immediately be sent to the RNC, the GOP leadership in Congress and the President. If they don't get his points, nothing will be done about his justified conclusions. The Left will gag but so what?
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