Tilting at Climate Windmills

The sheer egotism in big government mouthpieces claiming that they can rescue mankind from all the natural threats which afflict us should be laughable.  And make no mistake -- for many of us, it is. For my money, the humor in such egotism doesn’t get any more obvious than then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger telling lab workers in Toronto, “I look forward to curing all these terrible illnesses.” Just imagine the scene, with those words being uttered in Arnold’s iconic accent while suggesting that he and the government programs which he advocated had the power to rid the world of threats like microbial disease and cancer.  The statement suggests that if only he could just elevate public awareness of these diseases and appropriate the public funds and authority, he would don the white lab coat, skillfully man the pipettes, and help find the solution to eradicate these diseases where the private sector has failed.  Maybe he’d even spit a...(Read Full Article)