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For long time readers of my blog, you’ll know that I don’t much buy man made global warming.  I believe the human effect on global warming to be very minimal.  That the sun is the common cause of global warming.

Over the past several years the sun has been “very quiet”, in that it hasn’t had many sun flares and the such.  That, however, appears to be changing.

So, get ready for global warming to be ‘proven’ all over again.

I won’t get into the big debate here, but there is one fact that has yet to be answered for me.

Why was it hotter in the middle ages than it is now?

Were the factories polluting more back then?  Were the cars less efficient?  Yes, that is sarcasm.  The middle ages were followed by a mini-ice age.  In fact in the 40’s and 70’s there was the scare of the coming ice age.

It was best put in an article many years ago.  Remove all the cars and factories in the world and the temperature may drop a tiny bit… remove the sun, and we have problems.

Finally, just because I feel that global warming is a farce doesn’t mean I don’t understand the need to be ‘cleaner’.  Of course we should strive for better gas mileage.  Of course we should strive cleaner factories.  However, we don’t need to set civilization back 100 years for a very unproven (and I’d even argue, debunked) theory.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Gun control is a hot topic recently.  There have been a lot of mass shootings and all of them are unfortunate.  There has been a lot of gun sales since Obama was elected.  People are afraid of the gun control laws he will (understand I did not say may) make.

However none of that is relevant to the constitution.

The constitution has been defined by the supreme court to mean that the individual has the right to own guns, regardless of being in a ‘militia’.  I could go into the arguments to that, but it doesn’t matter.  It has been determined that it is my right to own a gun.

The only way to rebel against a government, which the founding fathers obviously supported, is with weapons… and they protected that right.  You can’t read the constitution, specifically the second amendment, any other way when you understand that.  They knew that governments have to be thrown aside at times and it takes weapons to do that.

I think in my lifetime we are going to see two things:

1. The end of the United States.  I just can’t see how California values can coexists with Texas values much longer. 
2. Some world wide catastrophe that will end up with major losses of life.  Billions dead.

I wonder if the second amendment will be the reason for number one?

Time to update this.  As I read about the governor of Texas threatening to withdraw from the Union!  I think we are much closer to things coming to a battle then anybody may imagine.

[Initially Written: 4.13.2009]
[Updated: 4.15.2009]

The Good Samaritan is a parable from the Bible that talks about a man that was beat and robbed by some other men.  Then a priest and a levite, two ‘good’ men from the day walked by without helping.  Then a Samaritan, a low life from the time period came by and helped the man.

Tonight I was watching an ABC Special: What Would You Do?  In which they made up certain bad situations to see how people would react.  There was a part that hit this issue direct on.  Very humbling really.  The part I reference starts at 3:47.

[Initially Written 3.11.09]

OK, here's the story a guy by the name of benjaminalanbest goes state to state on his bicycle asking for money and such because he is doing this for Matt Maupin. 

He recently came through my neck of the woods and I got to talk to him.  Then I started following his blog.

He's got a drinking problem.  So money you give or save him, is going to booze. 

His problem is so bad he actually showed up at Matt Maupin's parents house 'blitzed' (his words).

So please, if you see him.  Be aware, he's got a bit of a drinking problem.  So any money you give or save him will just allow for his drinking issues to continue.

Sorry for what is about to follow.  I am trying to make sure this shows up in search engines.

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