Modern Global Warming Hysteria Just Repackaged Pagan Religion

Ancient pagan religions (and a few modern ones) sought a god that could provide to people a sense of purpose…while remaining controllable and ultimately under the thumb of the people if handled properly. In other words, they wanted a works-based religion where they could maniupulate and meet the approval of a higher power in order to sway that higher power to their benefit.

As Dr. Spencer illustrated, we may consider ourselves “enlightened” and “educated” and “scientific” nowadays, but human nature never changes.  We’ve traded in our old wooden, stone and metal gods for a god of the climate, a god of the earth.  If we just pay the proper homage to Gaia, if just make the proper sacrifices and tithes to the religion of global warming, then our acts of contrition will fuel our need for actualization and we can expect the climate gods to give us mild weather.

Everything’s Bigger in Texas - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

And that old saw certainly applies to the Obama Energy Tax.

If there were any doubt about Mike Pence's claim — that Waxman-Markey's cap-and-trade rationing is a declaration of economic war against the majority of American states by economic problem children in the Northeast and on the West Coast — take a look at this map (click on it for a more detailed PDF).

Oklahoma Farm Report - Senator Jim Inhofe Predicts Success in Stopping Cap & Trade and Clean Water Restoration Bills on the Floor of the Senate

On HR 2454, Senator Inhofe says that rural lawmakers, led by House Ag Committee leaders Collin Peterson, the Chair of that Committee, along with Ranking Republican Frank Lucas of Oklahoma appear to have the votes to slow down if not defeat the intentions of Speaker Nancy Pelosi to force it to a quick vote before the end of this month. HR 2454 is better known as the Climate Change or Cap and Trade bill, was the subject of that seven hour hearing last week in the House Ag Committee. Senator Inhofe seems even more certain that the Democrats are far short of enough votes to move this measure forward, as he claims they have currently only 34 Senate votes that would go along with the extreme bill that passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee early in the month.

We talked with Senator Inhofe [MP3] about both of these bills...