So how do you all feel about a totalitarian government?

[loosecannon]

That is the gist of a book penned by one of the lead scientists of the IPCC.

"Professor David Shearman, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University’s Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences and Law School. Professor Shearman was an Assessor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report and the Fourth Assessment Report."

The book is called and is co-authored by a gentleman named Joseph Wayne Smith.

"The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy" and in the preface they ask a simple question....

"If so, are you prepared to change your lifestyle now? Are you prepared to see society and its governance change if this is a necessary solution?"

Further on they argue that democratic government is "unnatural" for mankind and that authoritarianism is "the natural state" for humanity. To defend the "environment of the Earth" they propose creating a 'elite warrior leadership’ to ‘battle for the future of the earth’.

Chapter 9 of the book details how this "Warrior Elite" would be trained from childhood (much like the Spartans were) and then passed on to special universities to further their training. Then on page 134 we find

"Government in the future will be based upon . . . a supreme office of the biosphere. The office will comprise specially trained philosopher/ecologists. These guardians will either rule themselves or advise an authoritarian government of policies based on their ecological training and philosophical sensitivities. These guardians will be specially trained for the task."

Is this really where the world is heading? Every time I read this last passage I keep thinking of the Einsatzgruppen of Himmler and Heydrich.

The climate change challenge and the ... - Google Books

It hasn't been terribly difficult to glean from the public record that the folks behind global warming alarmism think of themselves as an elite savior class rescuing us from our own stupidity by brainwashing us to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels and simultaneously funding their war on global poverty.

In fact they said as much in 2001 here:
UN panel suggests new international taxes to help fund development

 

[georgephillip]

Who cares?

Dick Cheney or Dubya?

Were they even born yet?

I'm not completely convinced Cheney was ever "born" but rather conjured by Wall Street as a two-legged, draft-dodging credit default swap. (You know he has no pulse?)

Dubya was born July 6, 1946, and so missed his chance for glory in Vietnam and not in Normandy.

The Gipper avoided combat during WWII by failing a vision test; however, his faulty vision didn't prevent him from working as a lifeguard prior to his arrival in Hollywood.

 

[Revere]

The Gipper avoided combat during WWII by failing a vision test; however, his faulty vision didn't prevent him from working as a lifeguard prior to his arrival in Hollywood.

So what?

 

[Avatar4321]

The Gipper avoided combat during WWII by failing a vision test; however, his faulty vision didn't prevent him from working as a lifeguard prior to his arrival in Hollywood.

So what?

He does. No idea why

 

[georgephillip]

The Gipper avoided combat during WWII by failing a vision test; however, his faulty vision didn't prevent him from working as a lifeguard prior to his arrival in Hollywood.

So what?

So he didn't care enough about freedom to risk his life fighting for it.

Had he remained a Democrat, you wouldn't have bothered to ask.

 

[Revere]

The Gipper avoided combat during WWII by failing a vision test; however, his faulty vision didn't prevent him from working as a lifeguard prior to his arrival in Hollywood.

So what?

So he didn't care enough about freedom to risk his life fighting for it.

Had he remained a Democrat, you wouldn't have bothered to ask.

He was rejected by the Army.

 

[Revere]

Here is what Reagan did during WWII.

Factsheets : President Ronald Reagan

Several years after graduating from college and while employed as a sports announcer by a radio station in Iowa, Ronald Reagan began taking home-study U.S. Army Extension Courses. He enrolled in the program on March 18, 1935, and by December 1936, he had completed 14 courses. He then joined the Army's Enlisted Reserve Corps at Des Moines, Iowa, on April 29, 1937, as a private in Troop B, 322nd Cavalry. On May 25, 1937, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Cavalry and on June 18, 1937, he accepted his officer' commission.

Following the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Reagan interrupted his acting career and on April 19, 1942, went on active duty. This was not achieved without some difficulty because when Reagan took his first physical exam, he was not accepted for active duty due to eyesight difficulties. His persistence finally triumphed and he was given another exam, which he passed. He was classified for limited service only, which permanently denied to him his ambition of serving overseas. His first assignment was at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, Fort Mason, Calif., as Liaison Officer of the Port and Transportation Office.

At this time, the AAF and Warner Brothers Studios were planning a feature motion picture to be entitled "Air Force" and wanted Reagan for the leading role, so on May 15, 1942, he applied for transfer from the Cavalry to the AAF.

The transfer was approved and on June 9, 1942, Reagan was assigned to AAF Public Relations as P.R. Officer in Burbank, Calif., and subsequently to the 1st Motion Picture Unit in Culver City.

Lt. Reagan was promoted to first lieutenant, Jan. 14, 1943, and on Feb. 26, he was sent to the Provisional Task Force Show Unit of "This is the Army" at Burbank. Following this duty, he returned to the 1st Motion Picture Unit and on July 22, 1943, was promoted to captain.

As the result of a personal request from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of War, Reagan was ordered on temporary duty to New York City in January 1944 to participate in the opening of the 4th War Loan Drive, after which he returned to California to the 1st Motion Picture Unit. On Nov. 14, 1944, he was assigned to the 18th AAF Base Unit at Culver City where he remained until the end of the war. On Sept. 8, 1945, he was ordered to Fort MacArthur, Calif., for separation, effective Dec. 9, 1945.

While on active duty with the 1st Motion Picture Unit and the 18th AAFBU, Reagan served as Personnel Officer, Post Adjutant, Executive Officer, and even Commanding Officer, often two or more at the same time. On May 15, 1945, in a memo to Gen. H.H. "Hap" Arnold, Commanding General of the AAF, Maj. Gen. James P. Hodges, the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff for Intelligence, wrote that Reagan "has proven himself to be an officer of exceptional ability, demonstrating unusual initiative, and performs his duties in a superior manner. Captain Reagan has received a 'superior' efficiency rating continually since 1 Jul., 1943." The reference to "unusual initiative" undoubtedly resulted, at least in part, from Reagan repeatedly volunteering to assist in producing and narrating AAF motion pictures, in addition to his regular duties. By the end of the war, his military units had produced 400 training films for the AAF.

In 1945, Reagan was recommended for promotion but because there was no major's vacancy in his unit at the time, the request was not approved. On April 1, 1953, his commission in the Officers' Reserve Corps was terminated as required by law and his military affiliation apparently ended. On Jan. 20, 1981, however, he was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States and became Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.

 

[Avatar4321]

The Gipper avoided combat during WWII by failing a vision test; however, his faulty vision didn't prevent him from working as a lifeguard prior to his arrival in Hollywood.

So what?

So he didn't care enough about freedom to risk his life fighting for it.

Had he remained a Democrat, you wouldn't have bothered to ask.

So he had bad vision specifically because he didnt care enough about freedom?

That's the dumbest thing Ive heard today.