For the past 3 months there has been an amazing avalanche of truth regarding AGW (anthropological global warming, or global warming caused by humans). From several sources it has been uncovered that not only had the data been selectively culled to produce results that support their theory, there had been a cover-up to perpetuate it. The press has still put a blanket of secrecy over it. You may have gotten wind of it. If you never venture outside of the main stream, then you will have only picked up on just a few ABC stories. Check with sites like CFACT and the Institute for Energy Research to get past the yellow truth police tape.
So, after you check, then I want you to ask yourself something. Do you agree with President Obama that “the debate is over’ concerning AGW? Do you believe that in spite of strong factual evidence, the case for global warming is solid and incontrovertible? If you do then concerning this topic, you are an ideologue.
An ideology is a very sophisticated belief system. It is at the top of the processing order. Now ideologies are not all evil. Some are. The Muslim “faith” is not a faith like Christianity, it is an ideology. In the face of facts Muslim terrorists default to believe in the ideology and perform horrific acts. They are quintessential ideologues as are religious zealots of any variety.
In my last post, I labeled President Obama an ideologue. He showed that he is sensitive to the issue when he brought up the subject with the Republican Congressmen.
Chuck Roger submitted a really well written article to American Thinker last week. It is worth reading because he identifies some beliefs that have been perpetuated by progressive ideologues.
Progressives endlessly hype disproved fallacies, among them:
- Human-caused "climate change."
- More guns, more crime.
- Handouts improve the plight of the poor.
- Raising taxes in a down economy doesn't impede recovery.
- More government, better government
- Incarcerating criminals doesn't decrease crime; rehabilitation does.
- Playing nice-nice with violent scumbags pacifies them.
- Raising self-esteem begets achievement, not the other way around.
He also points out something that is very interesting. You do not change an ideologue’s mind with data or facts. The ideologue has already made the choice to believe what he does in spite of facts.
Reality then is this: President Obama and the Progressives who are running the country believe these things and are shaping this country’s future to perpetuate them. Confronting them with facts will not work. The only way to change that is to change the leadership.
