America has made another giant step toward its end. There once was a time when debate was civil, intelligent, full of polite discourse, while presenting only facts. Now, not only is any debate mostly uncivilized, ignorant, rude and full of lies, we have finally come to a point where we believe it is proper to censor debate, to quell the free speech of those who disagree with the ruling party.
On Friday of last week, Al Gore was called to Congress as a “celebrity” witness to discuss global warming and cap and trade. This was accomplished by the ruling democrat party. The Republicans countered that they too would present their own “celebrity” witness, it appears the dems balked when they discovered it was Lord Christopher Monckton, a former science adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Monckton opposes the idea that any global warming or cooling is caused by man and has sought to debate Al Gore one on one before, to no avail.
Apparently, when Monckton’s plane landed in the U.S. on Thursday, it was then that he was informed there would be no debate or testimony in Congress, supposedly out of fear of embarrassing the former V.P.
So, why the fear of bringing in opposing scientific viewpoints? Surely Monckton is as big a “scientist” and expert on global warming as Al Gore! Have we finally gotten to the point where the ruling party is so emboldened by their power, they no longer fear tyrannical censorship in order to fulfill political agendas?
And I know someone will have the question so before it gets asked, let me go ahead and answer it. Yes, it doesn’t matter which party is in control of the White House or either House of Congress. When debate is stifled or, as in this case, outright censored, it is wrong. It’s what’s been wrong with Al Gore’s argument and presentation once he reached a point he began trying to convince the world that there was no need to debate the issue. In his mind, the science was settled.
Wake up America!
Tom Remington
