The Rape of the Red

Though I already wrote about the cap-and-trade bill on Sunday, I feel compelled to briefly address the subject once again after reading this unbelievably stupid article by Paul Krugman of The New York Times (h/t Vox Day). Here's the money quote:

And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.

Treason against the planet? Mother of mercy, any reference to "treason" or "betrayal" by anyone at The New York Times is beyond ironic. So what does Mr. Krugman suggest be done to us traitors? Should we be arrested and tried in a court of law, or have our views declared the equivalent of Holocaust denial, as Heidi Cullen of The Weather Channel once infamously suggested?

Pace Krugman's furious argument to the contrary, it it widely understood that global temperatures have dropped during the past decade and that historically, Earth has had much warmer weather during the past - something which has actually proven beneficial to human civilization (the so-called "Medieval Warm Period" from 1050 to 1400 being a good example).

But of course, the cap-and-trade bill really has nothing to do with saving the planet. Rather, it is about liberal politicians from the West Coast and the Northeast trying to impose a punitive back-door tax upon the Red States. After all, shouldn't we pay as much for energy as they already do?

Hell no, I say. For in the immortal words of Patrick Henry, "If this be treason, make the most of it."