Global Warming - A New Religion?

The UN finally got what it wanted. The Kyoto Climate Change treaty became international law last Wednesday. The treaty went into full effect with the approval by the Russian Federation, even without the support of the United States. Time will tell if and when the treaty will begin to affect the U.S. economy. What is certain is that truth and reason had no part in the process.
Global warming has become a new religion. No one is supposed to question whether it is a fact. I did in the December 2004 issue of The DeWeese Report ("There is no man-made global warming," Volume 10, Issue 12). For my trouble I was labeled a "moron," a "liar;" one who wants to "blow up the world," and just plain "evil" to name a few from a mass of mail I received.
In particular, my article stated that there is no scientific evidence to support claims of man-made global warming. I pointed out that there is division among scientists and that there is no "consensus" among them.
I also reported that there are scientists who promote political agendas over truth to keep the grants coming in. And I said that the UN's 1996 report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was edited at the last minute to remove two very important paragraphs that specifically said science showed no clear evidence of man-made climate change. Those were all facts.
Apparently I'm a moron for reporting them because as one letter said, "Everyone knows global warming is real."
In response to these Luddites, I simply present this: A federal hurricane research scientist named Chris Landsea recently resigned from the UN-sponsored climate assessment team because his group's leader had politicized the process. Landsea said there was little evidence to justify Kevin Trenberth's assertion in October that global warming was responsible for the strong hurricanes experienced this past year and that "the North Atlantic hurricane Season of 2004 may well be a harbinger of the future."Said Landsea in his resignation letter, "It is beyond me why my colleagues would utilize the media to push an unsupported agenda that recent hurricane activity had been due to global warming. My view is that when people identify themselves as being associated with the IPCC and then make pronouncements far outside current scientific understandings that this will harm the credibility of climate change science and will in the longer term diminish our role in public policy."
Landsea closed his resignation letter by saying, "I personally cannot in good faith contribute to a process that I view as both being motivated by pre-conceived agendas and being scientifically unsound."
There you have it. Two kinds of scientists. One standing for true science based on the facts. The other pushing a political agenda that says science be damned, our global religion is at stake. Global Warming has become a religion that the faithful have vowed to follow no matter what the true facts may show. Global Warming is a theory, nothing more, and large numbers of scientists around the world are beginning to question its validity. There is no consensus of support.The fact is the Kyoto Protocol will have absolutely no effect on climate change, but the faithful demand that it be implemented anyway, because "we have to do something." In 1990, Timothy Wirth, who later became Bill Clinton's Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs said, "We've got to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong we will be doing the right thing…" Global Warming is nothing more than a euphemism for redistribution of wealth from the rich, development nations to jealous dictatorships who refuse to allow their citizens the right to gain their own wealth through free markets. It's about political redistribution from strong, independent sovereign nations into the hands of a power-hungry global elite cowering in the United Nations. These are the same cowardly scoundrels who used to try to rule the world through global communism. Today they pretend that the same lies have something to do with protecting the environment. The truth is there is no man-made global warming. There's only the scam of an empty global religion designed to condemn human progress and sucker the feeble minded into worldwide human misery. I rest my case. Amen.

Unitarians are Intolerant of Intolerance

Intolerance of intolerance is intolerant. Unitarians celebrate looking down on people they feel are ignorant, intolerant, or just plain stupid. Only fools argue with fools. If Unitarians are so tolerant, why don't they live and let live?

Lyrics to "The Three Amigos" Theme

One for each other and all for one
the Three brave Amigos are we
Brother to Brother and everyone
A brave amigo
Fighting for justice and liberty
where ever you find is where we will be
for the three brave amigos are we
We are the three Amigos
We are the three Amigos
Over the mountains across the plains
the three brave amigos are we
Stamping out evil till none remains
the brave amigos
the three brave amigos
Where ever they meet us our destinys lead us
amigos we are always together
where ever we go we're three brave amigos
and we'll be amigos forever
We are the three Amigos
We are the three Amigos
We are the three Amigos
and amigos forever we'll be

Who Put the Ram in the Rama Lama Ding Dong?

Who put the bompIn the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?Who put the ramIn the rama lama ding dong?Who put the bopIn the bop shoo bop shoo bop?Who put the dipIn the dip da dip da dip?Who was that man?I'd like to shake his handHe made my babyFall in love with me (yeah!!)When my baby heard"Bomp bah bah bomp ""Bah bomp bah bomp bah bomp bomp"Every word went right into her heartAnd when she heard them singin'"Rama lama lama lama""Rama ding dong"She said we'd never have to partSoWho put the bompIn the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?Who put the ramIn the rama lama ding dong?Who put the bopIn the bop shoo bop shoo bop?Who put the dipIn the dip da dip da dip?Who was that man?I'd like to shake his handHe made my babyFall in love with me (yeah!!)Each time that we're aloneBoogity boogity boogityBoogity boogity boogity shooSets my baby's heart all aglowAnd everytime we dance toDip da dip da dipDip da dip da dipShe always says she loves me soSoWho put the bompIn the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?Who put the ramIn the rama lama ding dong?Who put the bopIn the bop shoo bop shoo bop?Who put the dipIn the dip da dip da dip?Who was that man?I'd like to shake his handHe made my babyFall in love with me (yeah!!)

Turmeric May Prevent Cancer

The curry spice turmeric could help prevent and possibly even cure cancer.
Also found in yellow mustard, turmeric contains an ingredient called curcumin that researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston say may help suppress and destroy the blood cancer multiple myeloma. Curcumin is what gives mustard and turmeric their yellow color.
In the laboratory, the researchers added curcumin to human cells infected with multiple myeloma. The result: The curcumin stopped those cells from replicating, and the cells that were left died, reports Reuters.
Even though the study did not actually test curcumin in cancer patients, lead researcher Dr. Bharat B. Aggarwal is so impressed with these early lab results that he recommends cancer patients eat food seasoned with turmeric. And with good reason. Previous research has shown that curcumin may fight other types of cancers besides multiple myeloma. It has also been shown to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that can heal wounds and possibly fight Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis. Best of all, curcumin has no known side effects in human beings--even in large amounts. The study findings were published in the journal Blood.
A study last year from Kumamoto University in Kumamoto, Japan, that was published in the journal Cancer also found that curcumin prevented cancer and stopped tumors from growing. Reuters reports that the Japanese researchers determined that curcumin inhibited the production of interleukin-8 (IL-8), a protein that attracts white blood cells to a particular site and leads to inflammation. The compound also reduced the activity of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-kappaB), a molecule that helps regulate the gene that produces IL-8.
What does that mean? Tumor cells secrete high levels of IL-8, which is a protein that causes inflammation. The exact role IL-8 plays in cancer growth is still unclear, but previous research shows it may stimulate tumor cells to produce at the same time it suppresses the immune system. But the compound in turmeric--curcumin--curbs IL-8. If the spice actually does what the study findings suggest, then "curcumin is capable of working as a potent agent that reduces tumor promotion," the researchers concluded.
In yet another study, researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y., found that curcumin helped protect the skin of cancer patients who were undergoing radiation therapy. A common and painful side effect of radiation is burns and blisters. Mice who were given three doses of curcumin for five to seven days a week along with a dose of radiation had minimal skin damage caused by the radiation. In addition, curcumin was found to suppress the development of new cells in tumors, which furthers the effectiveness of radiation therapy, reports Health Newswire.
There's only one problem with what could be Mother Nature's miracle cure for cancer, and you won't believe what it is: Greed. To learn more about turmeric's cancer-fighting properties, including the proper dosage, requires large medical experiments with a great number of patients. Such ventures are costly and are typically financed by drug companies eyeing future product development. However, in this case, the "drug" is a natural compound. Aggarwal explained to Reuters that no drug company can reap the financial benefits if turmeric proves to be an effective anti-cancer drug so no drug company is likely to pay the big bucks needed for the medical studies.

Tibetans Protest China's "Google"

DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- Scores of angry Tibetans on Tuesday protested Google's launch of a censored version of its search engine in China which adheres to that country's government restrictions on free speech.
The protesters assembled in the central square of Dharmsala, the northern Indian headquarters of the exiled Tibetan government, carrying placards reading "Google, Don't be Evil," and "Gulag, Censoring Search by Search."
The protesters also sent out 30,000 e-mails to people across the world urging them not to access Google on Tuesday.
Also, a popular Web site on Tibetan news and views run by exiled Tibetans in India shut itself down for one day, with the message: "We do not have any right to deny you our contents, but we commit this offense to help you realize a fact."
Google Inc. launched a search engine in China last month that censors material about human rights, Tibet and other topics sensitive to Beijing. Google defends the move as a trade-off granting Chinese greater access to other information.
"We have come to love Google ... Now we feel betrayed." said Tenzin Tsundue, general secretary of the Friends of Tibet, which organized Tuesday's protest along with the Students for a Free Tibet.
Searches on Google's Chinese site for such sensitive topics as the Dalai Lama often show omitted sites, or direct users to Chinese government Web sites.