Yesterday I
heard a news report on the radio informing us that the “Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists” (a “liberal activist group,” according to the report) has moved the
hands on its doomsday clock from three minutes till midnight up to two and a
half minutes till midnight. Per CNN,
“The group cited US President Donald
Trump's "disturbing comments" about the use of nuclear weapons and
views on climate change among other factors, including cyberthreats and the
rise in nationalism, that have contributed to the darkened forecast.”
In a CBS
report on the story, Bill Gertz of the
Washington Times wasn’t too impressed: “In a
lot of ways, the Doomsday Clock is being used by the liberal left to try to promote
its agenda for nuclear disarmament, for greater efforts to control climate
change and other elements.”
Sounds like
par for the course, eh?
Look, it’s
not that I don’t worry about nuclear weapons in the wrong hands, of course I
do. But when a liberal group gets worked
up over Trump a week into his presidency after they apparently ignored the dangerous
Iran deal made by Obama, I take what they say with a large grain of salt. How do
I know that Obama’s deal with Iran was a bad deal? Because Iran agreed to it. And because the Obama Administration oversaw
it. That’s how. I also happen to trust the wise Dr. Charles
Krauthammer (“This is a sham from
beginning to end. It’s the worst deal since Munich.”) and others who said
as much.
But what really
caught my attention from the radio report was a comment by someone with the Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists which said something about not being able to fix a
problem if you won’t face the truth about the problem. I couldn’t find the exact quote anywhere so
I’m paraphrasing from memory. It struck
home because I wholeheartedly agree. In
fact I’d been in the process of writing a post on the same premise, so it’s
kind of nice that I can agree with a liberal on something for a change.
You can’t fix a problem if you won’t face the truth.
I wonder if
the liberals who think the Right won’t face the truth on climate change have
the same concern about an issue like, say, rampant violence in the black
community, where the truth
leads straight to the doorstep of failed liberal social/welfare policy?
How about the
truth
with respect to high incarceration rates for black males? Yes, systemic racism plays a small part; but
the truth
is that black males commit crimes at a far higher rate than other groups and
our prison populations reflect this reality, as it should. Why do black males commit more crimes? Once again you need to follow the crumbs to
the doorstep of failed
liberal social policy, i.e. generational welfare.
Or what
about some truth on Obamacare, like a comprehensive
look at why healthcare costs in the U.S. are so unnecessarily high, and the
truth that Obamacare did nothing to
address these factors? Instead, all
Obamacare does is redistribute these high costs. Another truth
is that emergency rooms are overrun with the uninsured because we’ve made laws
that prevent hospitals from turning people away even when their condition is
not an emergency. And what about this
truth: If you want/need healthcare, you
should pay for it if you are able-bodied.
Strive to acquire the experience, skills and/or education that will get
you into a job with a healthcare benefit included. How’s that for truth? Then you won’t need laws that provide
healthcare for you at someone else’s expense.
How about
some truth about illegal immigration, starting with the fact that being “undocumented”
means you are here illegally, and
insisting on politically correct terms is just the Left’s way of ignoring that
truth. While we’re at it, let’s be
truthful when it comes to the so-called dreamers, shall we? The truth is that it was the actions of the
dreamers’ parents – not mean old Republicans – that led to their
predicament. Where is the accountability
for them? If I break into someone else’s house in
search of “a better life,” that doesn’t excuse my crime.
Maybe the truth
would shed some light on the Left’s myth that
women are so poorly treated in this nation when it comes to equal pay. But of course, the truth would mean there’s
no reason for women to be hostile to Republicans, therefore the truth must not
be faced.
If only
there were enough time to look at all the truths that would help solve the
problems of this nation.
Getting back
to the truth about climate change, I assume there’s a corollary that says if
you lie about a problem, that this also makes it impossible to find the
solution, right?
Hmmm….
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