by Dr. Ed Berry, Daily Inter Lake, Montana, Sunday, August 15, 2010 (Page C7)
Morrie Shechtman gave a talk in Kalispell on August 6 illustrating how core values differ between liberals and conservatives. The one value that stood out to me was that liberals tend to consider themselves as “fragile” while conservatives tend to consider themselves as “self-reliant.”
This is why liberals favor more government programs to save them from their fragility, while conservatives prefer government to get out of their way.
I reflected upon the fact that global warming believers side with the ecological assumption that our climate is “fragile” while those who use real science do not assign such values to nature. This “fragile” assumption, of course, is exactly what they conclude about the climate. In other words, their conclusion is the same as their assumption. Kind of looks like circular reasoning.
This prompted me to ask Morrie,
“Is it possible the reason more liberals than conservatives “believe” in global warming is because liberals assign their personal core value of being “fragile” to our climate?”
Morrie agreed with this connection and said, “This is why facts do not matter to global warming believers. Humans will naturally reject any fact that contradicts one of their core values.”
We can’t have a rational discussion about science when our opponents believe their position as a religion. Washington DC is powered by people who believe the liberal religion. Isn’t this what choosing a Supreme Court justice is all about? Values?
This is why science realists can get nowhere attempting to convince true believers of global warming of their fallacy. We are not dealing with rational thought, as required if we are playing the game of science. We are dealing with a religious belief.
How did liberals get this way?
I talked to the Tea Party group in Missoula on August 10. Each time I give a talk about climate change and politics, I learn more about people’s interests. This time, people were very much interested in discussing political options. This led to our university problem, so I will fill you in on what some Tea Party folks are concerned about.
Liberalism is being pushed in our schools and universities.
Our schools and universities have become experts at instilling their desired beliefs into the minds of their students by making the belief become a core value. At the University of Montana (which is the roach’s nest of liberal politics in Montana), the university president, a historian by education, made the statement:
“We have plenty of evidence that the climate is changing. I’m 100 percent sure it’s man-caused.”
He was not happy to simply live with his own personal belief. He decided to force his personal belief on the students. So he implemented a program to brainwash students, saying,
“We signed … the sustainability initiative to integrate sustainability into the curriculum and … the educational experience.”
He established an Office of Sustainability, which runs the university “Greening UM” Climate Action Plan and the Sustainability Campus Committee. He established programs to address climate change, like the Forum for Living with Appropriate Technology, Alternative Transportation, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a community to help “green” the campus, and a Sustainability Pledge for all students to sign to commit to reducing their environmental footprint.
Can you say “brainwashing?”
He thereby implemented the United Nations Agenda 21 with its Green Earth Worship Religion on the university campus and forced it upon all the students.
According to our First Amendment, this is unconstitutional.
This Sustainability brainwashing program is way outside the bounds of a public university charter. The president not only forced a religion on the students, he strongly influenced politics to favor liberals, and conservatives are paying for it.
Meanwhile, the university is totally lacking in teaching true atmospheric science and nuclear power technology, to name just two subjects that should be taught.
Yet, far too many conservatives, “fat, dumb, and happy” as the saying goes, have sat still for this enormous attack on their beliefs, their values, their freedom, and their politics.
Many Republicans think their university president is a “good guy” and we should just accept what he does. After all, he makes the social scenes. I say to these Republicans, you will never achieve your political goals if you cannot separate friendship from politics, or a position of power from your political enemy. You are defeating yourselves when you ignore attacks on your conservative values. You have been punched in the face and you have done nothing about it. No wonder liberals run Montana. Democrats play hardball and Republicans play softball.
Well, the current president is retiring …
So, he can relax and enjoy driving his carbon-dioxide-producing motor home and the fat retirement pay he will get for so nobly doing his job of brainwashing Montana students.
A selection committee has found a replacement. Their selection criteria pretty much says the next president will be like the last one. Voters had no input on the selection of the president which is arguably the most important political position in the state.
The method of controlling the university is about to change.
The only way to produce the necessary force for change is to vote Republicans back into control. Therefore, I am encouraging Montanan’s (and all Americans) to vote for only Republicans in November and to dump every Democrat on the ballot.
Did I not just say Republicans were about half our problem? Yes I did.
Let’s get realistic: The Democrats are puppets of George Soros and third parties cannot win.
The Democrats are the purveyors of the UN green agenda. They work as a team. They are owned by George Soros who wants to destroy America. Democrats may think they are being good, but they are our enemy because they represent core values that will destroy America.
On the other hand, you don’t win a war by deserting the ship and the Republican Party is the only ship in town.
I know many Republicans running for State and local offices. They are the best of the best in the state Republican Party. They are honest and represent the core values of the conservatives and the Tea Party. They are ready to take on the federal government. They are ready to tax the feds for the property the feds control in Montana, among other things. They are the best citizens we will ever find to represent us. We must elect them.
Are there good independents running also?
Yes there are. But we have to deal with reality again. The Democrats will come out in force for their candidates. They will not be splitting their votes. Republicans cannot afford to split their votes between a Republican and an otherwise good independent. The political risk is too high. At the state level it is essential to have as many Republicans as possible in order to control the committees. Independents will not help.
I know good people who have run as independents or in a third party. This is not personal, but I hope next time you run in the Republican races. This is the only way you can succeed in helping your own political goals.