Even before the premature beginning of the ’08 Presidential race, the Hollywood “left” and the MSM teamed up to market to the American public what they felt would be the primary focus of this extended political season—Greenhouse Gas Emissions.  And, jumping right into the middle of this internationally explosive issue is…Utah!
 
Monday, a summit of sorts between two of the most politically popular governors in all the western states will take place in Salt Lake City.  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) and Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R-UT), will clasp hands to create a partnership to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the western states.  (What happens if one of the six states invited to participate doesn’t want to get involved?…never mind…)  The agreement called the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative (WRCAI), is designed to sell bureaucratically brokered “Emission Credits” to businesses… Hey, wait just a doggone minute, wasn’t this former Democrat, Vice President Al Gore’s idea (Father of the Carbon Credit)?  Sure sounds like it.
 
The inconvenient truth of the matter is that just about this time before the general elections every four years, since the 1960’s, the environment is pushed to the forefront of the national political debate–and, this cycle is no different.  Why should it be?!  Hollywood and the environmentalists aren’t losing any traction.
 
Click HERE for D-News article.
 
The Environment—State Republican Party Platform
 
As Republican elected officials (endorsed by the State and County Parties) we are expected to uphold and support the conservative planks of the platform.  The nucleus of our political influence and decision-making should reflect the values of the Republican Party.  We are accountable to the party we represent—no matter what elected office we hold.  What are those values and principles?
 
From the platform:
 
“We appreciate the quality of our environment.  Our air, water, and land are at the heart of our existence and must be protected through balanced management.  We support reasonable laws and volunteer efforts to improve air and water quality.  We continue to seek responsible solutions…We seek to preserve the environment while serving the best interests of our Utah citizens.”  (Utah Republican Party, State Party Platform, current)
 
1984 In 1976—It Seemed So Far Away…
 
Back in 1976, as a young impressionable student at Washington Junior High School, I was forced to read George Orwell’s 1984 in an English Literature class.  It scarred me for life…and turned me into the “compassionate” cynic I am today.  Gleaned from the pages of the book, however, were several indispensable quotes and their accompanying underlying societal themes.  Let me share a few of them with you.  I tried to harvest a few, appropriate quotations.  (Try to think about greenhouse gas as you read them.)
 
Orwellian Morsels
 
“It’s the one thing they can’t do. They can make you say anything – anything – but they can’t make you believe it. They can’t get inside you.” –George Orwell, 1984
 
“But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”  –George Orwell, 1984
 
“The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.”  –George Orwell, 1984
 
Greenspeak
 
Trying to adapt the foresightfullness of Orwell’s message in 1984 as it relates to the whole Global Warming/Greenhouse Gas Emission supposition isn’t too hard to imagine. 
 
For example, I like this one:
 
“The purpose of Greenspeak is not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of AlGore, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.
 
There, that wasn’t so bad was it?!  Now, swallow this one.
 
Good, Evil & Evil, Good
 
“Sanity is not statistical.”  –George Orwell, 1984
 
Anyone who claims to be rational and doesn’t subscribe to the theory of total annihilation of the globe and all living things because of greenhouse gas emissions, and symbolically stain their finger “green” between now and the next election “for the cause,” will be thought of as a radical, environment hater.
 
I personally have a firm belief in global warming as a theocratic truth (Rev 15:2).  I have accepted this eventual earthly condition as reality.  However, until that day…I choose to support the Republican Party Platform.  And, I believe what that platform agrees to is…balance.  Not periodic situational hysteria…but…balance.  Not global apathy, not global hysteria…but…balance.