Good stewardship, compassion, tolerance, and love are all commendable virtues. But even virtues can be spoiled... and the road to hell is paved with good intentions! The uproar about the US leaving the Paris Peace Accord, Elizabeth Warrens emotional take on the cutting of certain school programs, the continued tensions surrounding the immigration debacle, reactions to Trumps first foreign trip as President, to say nothing of continued "protests" (dare I even mention Kathy Griffin) etc... got me thinking once again of the ways virtues can be painfully twisted and spoiled. But it is a very long topic, so I will attempt to make this as brief as Griffin holds gigs! First, let's just get one thing straight. It was never about global warming/saving the earth. It has always been about globalization and government. I have sat in on congressional meetings and listened to the numbers, the expected results, the changes in temperature over the last century, and the costs of government regulations to businesses (in the billions with little to no overall affect; especially when countries like China and India remain the largest contributors to pollution on a massive scale) and studied enough economics to know that all this apocalyptic doom surrounding the coming destruction of planet earth is...wait for it...seriously though, drumroll please...a FARSE! *Gasp* Someone please do something, she's out of control! But wait, that's not it...this is good...I completely believe it is right to practice good stewardship and take care of the wonderful planet we get to call home. But here's the catch...that doesn't necessitate my latching on to global warming (the way the left portrays it at any rate) and insist that "We need you government. You're our only hope". Simply put, there's a reason global warming is for the most part a strictly liberal stance. And it has nothing to do with whether or not the earth's temperature is rising...and yes...I listened to a global warming advocate/scientist admit herself that the overall changes were minute/miniscule, that drastic changes would have little to no effect, but that the costs would be high. But it's a tricky business. After all, who would want to branded as an enemy of the earth? Spare me your spoiled sense of duty and stewardship!
Elizabeth Warren made quite the emotional stance on the immorality of a budget that would cut a number of after school programs. It was an appeal to compassion and love...blah blah blah...something like that. Number one, the government is NOT more important to a child than family! In the name of all that is good, can we please stop judging compassion based on how many people are dependent on the government and how involved government is in the lives of children! You really want to be compassionate? Let people be compassionate! Let communities and families come together. Compassion does not mean supporting a plethora of government programs! No, I'm not against programs that actually help...I'm against the out of control scale of government programs and 'intervention". To be frank, the left needs the "needy". They need people to help, they need the rich to blame, and they need the silent majority to pay for it! Because God forbid we actually get people off government assistance and give them back their lives. God forbid, families/parents actually know what is best for their children. Oh no....it was never really about helping people at all. If it were, people would be getting help in the way they really need it...not in the way government says they need it. Spare me your spoiled compassion!
But this has already gone long. One last thing. Do your own research, thinking, and analyzing. Study history, economics, etc. Hear evidence from both sides. Study history as it was; without commentary and bias. Well, that's it for now. I have homework to do, coffee to drink, and I think my motivation ran away again. Sucker! As always, may the odds be ever in your favor.
