The Devil You Know

The U.S. midterms are finally in the rear view mirror. My point of view propagates out of my since birth Canadian citizenship.  Spoiler alert.  My vote always leans to the right.  Over the past couple of years biting my tongue has emerged as a prominent activity.  Life requires me to spend a lot of time around 'baby boomers'.  The connective tissue for that relates to the fact I am one.  We are a generation that grew up with a commonly held awareness off the sacrifices made by the generation before us. Those men and women laid the foundations for the most wealth ever created in the history of mankind. What baffles me most?  Well let me tell you,  

Most of us watched safely from the north side of the 49th Parallel,  When the dust settled wildly unpredictable Donald Trump subdued an ailing President, his last minute replacement and untried vice president and an assassination attempt to gain, for the second time, the most powerful leader on the planet.  Festering hatred of this man by my non voting, geriatric groupies, fueled by CNN firebrands and other mainstream media outlets created a minefield for folks like myself that didn't agree. My mere opinion could lower the room temperature faster than a freezing north wind.

I don't need to repeat the details to describe their vindication windfall from the primaries.  The punctuation mark lies in the election of several extreme leftist candidates. They will now give governmental authority to points of view that are blatant in their promotion of  values that attack and devalue a culture that in reality  is the envy of 100's of millions  of people who will and would risk everything to become part of it.  Here lays the essence of the title for this essay.  This election result defines what the next two years leading to the the presidential election will decide.  Will America be better off with the devil they know or the devil they don't. For now that are pretty much stuck with the devil they know.

Already the Democrats are openly launching their plans for January.  They will fill  courtrooms and busy a cauldron of lawyers to subpoena everything and anything Republican.  This is the soft underbelly vulnerable to hungry hyenas.  They know with guaranteed certainty this strategy promises a media-friendly vein of gold with no expiration date. Even with Senate and House majorities, President Trump will still soldier on with his unrelenting verbal dominance and Trumpian demeanor, back up by unrivaled survival smarts and veto power.  There is minimal intention of the Democratic Party to push forward any kind of sensible legislation that might have a snowballs chance of becoming law.

The devil we know:

My Canada, the one fought for and the one that provided the fertile soil not just for farmers but anyone to put their head down and build a nation and families that  built Canada into one of the most successful and respected  nations on the planet. The last 15 years dismantled much of that through intentional federal government leadership that stained and ripped the very fabric built into our constitution.  The biggest wake up call for the state of Canada  came with President Trumps calling out of our comfortable dependence on the U.S.  Canada responded with some resiliency to tariffs. No individual spurred Canadians to be awakened to the situation the way he did.  So from my viewpoint, thank you very much!  A lot and I mean A LOT of Canadians jumped on the Trump hate train.  We are still not a healthy country.  But strutting around  with 'elbows up' and smarmy vindictive declarations of helping to create the 'lame duck' south of the 49th are pretty pathetic rewards. Blind hate translates to loss of objectivity, rejects reasoning, erodes empathy and ultimately produces self-destruction. 

Under the Trump administration, stocks markets provided strong growth.  Good for investment portfolios that many of the Trump haters rode to solidify their retirement financials. Even this fall news reports filed employment numbers like this October result.  U.S. economy adds 165,000 jobs, blowing past expectations. Canadian results reported job losses. Day two of the post election stock market direction showed a down trend after day 1 bubble.  At the very least, Democratic strength  has created one aspect that investment does not like-uncertainty.  Layered on top of that ,the rising Marxist/Communist mantra to attack wealth.  No argument refutes the  foundational  reality that the wealth creators are provide the engine that the rest of us hitch our wagon to.  Economic uncertainty is a wealth killer for everyone.  The exception might be the abuse that arises from pumping hundreds of millions into social programs run by non-profits, with an absence of accountability.  The goings on in the state of Minnesota  are just the tip of that iceberg.

The nuclear immigration invasion into the U.S. under the Biden presidency violated the rule of law on so many levels. Mr. Trump rode that reality to victory through his promises to get the U.S, border under control.  He followed that with the determined program to locate, arrest and in many cases deport illegals, especially criminals. His actions spilled into Canada's  equally challenging immigration flood following the open door policies of uncontrolled access to our country.  Actions were taken to at least close the flood gates to some degree. Only history will reveal the full cultural impact on North America.  The recognition by the Trump administration that an invasion of North America  had begun diverted a serious threat to North America as know it. 

This brings us to the Trump response to the inroads on politics and ideology.  The U.S.A. and Canada are built and governed on the foundations of Christian law and principals. A rising tide of challenges are gaining footholds.  The ideological values of communism, Marxism, anti-semitism and  flat out anarchy have planted deep roots in post secondary institutions across North America.  The rise of Islam follows clearly established historical evidence.  As sure as a rising tide, it spills into every nook and cranny of society.  Calming assurance of peaceful intent are thwarted by violence and death and overt testimony of hate  toward Jews, Christians and whites.  One Christian theological viewpoint states: God has permitted the birth of  Islam to punish Christians for their infidelities. The reasoning continues to the conclusion that whether we like it or not we must live together.  The bigger challenge lies with Muslims to defend the Christian faith.  For better or for worse there cannot be a logical denial that President Trump awakened us all to the realness of entities that wish to weave dangerous threads and patterns into the fabric of North America.

Now its time to investigate what the future holds.  The devil we don't know.

There's a discussion that never arises among the Trump haters.  What if the tactics of the Democratic  Party had succeeded?  Force the ailing Biden to the sidelines, Kamala Harris becomes president without anyone really understanding what she stood for, and her running mate and unknown Tim Walz becomes vice-president.  The invasion of North America would have continued and even escalated. The levels of illegals had already reached uncontrollable levels. 

Writing about what the future holds needs only to read about the headlines and commentaries about France. The week end before Remembrance Day 170,000 protesters rampaging with 70,000 police trying to control the situation.  Reactions from others tell the story much more emphatically.

-Poor France. My home country.

-The youth that are rioting are the same youth that voted for these policies.  You reap what you sow.

-"Liberalism was inevitably replaced by radicalism. Radicalism had to surrender to socialism and socialism could never resist communism." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

-The modern word for invasion today has become protest. When will France learn?

-This is what happen when you invite millions of illegals immigrants  into your country to compete for the same amount of resources.

-Socialism is wonderful until you run out of other peoples money. The chant becomes. "Where's our free stuff? Give us our free stuff!  NOW!!

Pay attention North America.  This is who we are voting for to be the government. Some results in the U.S. primaries verify that in Michigan,Minnesota, California and even Texas.  Here in Canada we are being told the glory road points toward Europe. The devil we don't know is among us already.

VEIL

 Daring to admit  spanking your child, even once, might instigate an investigation. Darius Leeson did not expect this. Certainly not at his first sitting as a newly elected board of school trustees member.  New faces to the four year terms stood out like a BMW 2 door, ebony black hardtop in a parking lot of sedans and minivans.  Darius knew it belonged to 3 term Board Chair, Priscilla Goodwin, or Prissy as she preferred.  In the school board meeting room, congratulatory conversation buzzed among the 5 trustees.  Priscilla veiled her assurance to continue chairperson duties with humble acknowledgements of her third term incumbency.

Edgar Ambleside had retired from the board with a year remaining.  He’d  claimed personal reasons.  The Tim Hortons morning brigade stirred up tasty, darker motivations involving real estate investments. Darius  won the battle for a new face on the board.  As expected, all  incumbents gained re-election. Voters selected Darius between three  new candidates on the ballot.  

Darius and Diane, his wife of 16 years, contributed 2 sons, 15 and 13 and a daughter, 11 to the student population.  Engaged participation in activities requiring parental involvement served well on election day, Darius figured. Leadership roles for youth groups at their church factored also.  With Diane often at his side,  campaigning  targeted  neighbourhood door-knocking and meeting face to face as much as possible.  Making his faith known in gentle ways had elicited only a few brazen comments of negativity.  

Behavioural challenges  rear up in any organized youth activities. School involvement taught Darius the absolute necessity to incorporate the term ‘inclusive’. This ensured anyone in earshot of compliance with, for instance, gender complexities. In relation to Bible teachings Darius struggled at times.

A cursory vote confirmed Priscilla Goodwin as chair.  After a humble thank you, she folded her hands prayer-like on the table.  “So, Mr.Leeson, would you offer to tell us a little detail about yourself that we most likely don’t know?   An inclusive family atmosphere provides a cornerstone for this group.”

He nodded at the unexpected request. “Hmm.  Diane and I are very proud parents of three excelling children in this school district.  As s a parent there were very occasional,instances when I  gave nominal spankings to our two sons.”  Darius watched smiling faces disappear as if they were stunned by an Arctic cold front. 

His inner voice exclaimed.  “What were you thinking?”

“I…we…Diane and I, believe appropriate discipline provides some of the foundation for children to understand there are behavioural boundaries.” He added.  “Consequences are necessary in line with…”

Priscilla cut him short. “I will ask you to retire from this meeting Mr. Leeson. This is not personal.”  Her hands remained clasped on the table but her eyes stabbed like icicles. “If you wouldn’t mind going into the room down the hall and closing the door, we will call you back.” Her left hand with the gleaming diamond ring pointed toward the proper door. “We won’t be long.”

10 minutes seemed like an hour. Darius prayed in silence.

A light tap on the door and a ladies voice he recognized as a trustee said.  “Its okay to come back now” Priscilla  apologised with calm words. “We just needed to process your comments Mr. Leeson.  Your candor caught me…..us off guard.”  She leaned forward over the table. “But we just think it would be best if this did not become part of your public dialogue as a trustee.”  Her mouth maneuvered into a warm smile. But  eyes locked on Darius’. “Will you be able to give your word on that.?”

Darius valued eye to eye contact as a messaging tool. “Yes Mrs. Goodwin”.  His gaze swung to

“I…we…Diane and I, believe appropriate discipline provides some of the foundation for children to understand there are behavioural boundaries.” He added.  “Consequences are necessary in line with…”

Priscilla cut him short. “I will ask you to retire from this meeting Mr. Leeson. This is not personal.”  Her hands remained clasped on the table but her eyes stabbed like icicles. “If you wouldn’t mind going into the room down the hall and closing the door, we will call you back.” Her left hand with the gleaming diamond ring pointed toward the proper door. “We won’t be long.”

10 minutes seemed like an hour. Darius prayed in silence.

A light tap on the door and a ladies voice he recognized as a trustee said.  “Its okay to come back now” Priscilla  apologised with calm words. “We just needed to process your comments Mr. Leeson.  Your candor caught me…..us off guard.”  She leaned forward over the table. “But we just think it would be best if this did not become part of your public dialogue as a trustee.”  Her mouth maneuvered into a warm smile. But  eyes locked on Darius’. “Will you be able to give your word on that.?”

Darius valued eye to eye contact as a messaging tool. “Yes Mrs. Goodwin”.  His gaze swung to each of the trustees. “I truly apologise for over stepping.  I did not mean to. If needed you are welcome to ask Mark and Scott . Great kids.”

At home that evening, Darius shared the events with Diane. “Next session of our community group Bible Study, let’s study veils that Jesus used. On several occasions, Jesus held his love for every person so deeply. I think  He veiled it under lessons of tough love to teach and transform. 

Like when he confronted the rich young ruler in Mark 10:21 about giving up his riches

Or when  he rebuked the Pharisees in Matthew 23.”

Diane chimed in. He asked us to love and pray for enemies. Or when He asked us to turn the other cheek.”

Darius mused.  “Veils are complex tools. Veils hide bad and they  hide good.”

ARRESTED

 Red / Blue flashing lights drifted  Basils’ eyes to the rearview mirror.  The approaching police car announced pull over with a short rendition of siren.  Basil slowed his Tesla and moved over to the shoulder. 

“Guess they need to make a quota.”  Basil anticipated and  opened the glove compartment to retrieve the registration.  “No officer yet.”  He dug out his worn wallet  and removed his drivers license, laying it on the seat beside the registration. The hunched form of a police uniform materialized beside the drivers’ side window. Basil instinctively pushed the window down button.

“Good evening.” Said the swarthy, bearded face.  “License and registration please.”

“I have it right here.” Basil handed him the items.

Without comment, the officer returned to his vehicle.

“Must think  I’m somebody else.” Talking to  invisible companions occurred organically for Basil.  He resisted admitting this habit developed from his long term technology relationship. He talked regularly  to his cel phone or laptop when conflicted over what was wanted and what the phone, app or program delivered.

The officer returned.  “ You have two serious issues sir. Drivers’ license expired three days ago” He paused. “And this  vehicle has been uninsured for nearly a month. I am placing you under arrest.  I will arrange to have your vehicle moved to an impound lot.”

“You have to be kidding me!” 

“I’m afraid not sir. These are serious charges.”

******

A rich baritone crackled over a loudspeaker. “Have I not been telling you about working seven days a week and taking no rest?”

“But…”

“Why do you think I rested on the seventh day?  Do you think I had no more work to do or I was tired?  Or maybe just on the lazy side?”

“Who is this?”

“You know.” 

Red / Blue flashing lights drifted  Basils’ eyes to the rearview mirror.  The approaching police car announced pull over with a short rendition of siren.  Basil slowed his Tesla and moved over to the shoulder. 

“Guess they need to make a quota.”  Basil anticipated and  opened the glove compartment to retrieve the registration.  “No officer yet.”  He dug out his worn wallet  and removed his drivers license, laying it on the seat beside the registration. The hunched form of a police uniform materialized beside the drivers’ side window. Basil instinctively pushed the window down button.

“Good evening.” Said the swarthy, bearded face.  “License and registration please.”

“I have it right here.” Basil handed him the items.

Without comment, the officer returned to his vehicle.

“Must think  I’m somebody else.” Talking to  invisible companions occurred organically for Basil.  He resisted admitting this habit developed from his long term technology relationship. He talked regularly  to his cel phone or laptop when conflicted over what was wanted and what the phone, app or program delivered.

The officer returned.  “ You have two serious issues sir. Drivers’ license expired three days ago” He paused. “And this  vehicle has been uninsured for nearly a month. I am placing you under arrest.  I will arrange to have your vehicle moved to an impound lot.”

“You have to be kidding me!” 

“I’m afraid not sir. These are serious charges.”

******

A rich baritone crackled over a loudspeaker. “Have I not been telling you about working seven days a week and taking no rest?”

“But…”

“Why do you think I rested on the seventh day?  Do you think I had no more work to do or I was tired?  Or maybe just on the lazy side?”

“Who is this?”

“You know.” 

“If it’s you God, I think imprisonment goes a little too far for just forgetting license renewals”

“You have quit going to church.  You spend next to zero time with Carolyn, not to mention your three beautiful children.  I can’t remember the last time you opened your Bible….actually, I can.”

“That’s not funny God.”  Basil bristled.  “My work supports my family.  It also allows Tammy, Brett and Susan to have a stay at home Mom.  There’s only so many hours in the day.”

“Remember what got you into this situation?  Your forget list stretches way too long.  You’ve known me long enough. I AM.  I do not rest at the top of your remember list”

“I admit Lord that I have  priority issues.” He stood up, lifting his arms in exasperation.  “But do I need imprisonment? “

Basils’ extended hands hit glass. The roof of the Tesla startled him back to consciousness.

He swiveled toward the rear window .  No police car. No officer.  However, on the seat beside him lay his drivers license and car registration. He retrieved them to check expiration dates.  

“Oh GOD! Thank you, thank you!” Basil felt an intense warmness radiate through his body. 

A Tesla can maintain a constant interior temperature even when parked, Basil now remembered pulling over on the late night drive home from work.  His body craved  a nap.  He fought off drowsiness until finding a wide pull over area. This warmth didn’t  come from the Tesla auto features.

The Christian Way

 This reflection originates through observance of Christianity practiced quietly.  In the church my wife and I attend 'getting together' during the week rates as a high priority for the congregation. Sharing life with an assurance of confidentiality created strong bonds within these groups.  Our group decided to stimulate this with a group only chat.  This decision created communication pathways to make it easier to keep in touch in addition to our weekly get together, keep our group in touch even when we cant make those meetings and cover those break times from the weekly meetings.  One strong impact: sharing prayer requests.  Christian prayer touches on personal situations, the situations of others we know and also situations of people  most or all of the group don't no.

The purpose for throwing light into this activity hopefully illustrates by example how the Christian faith roots believers in the human condition.  We support each other, not necessarily in the blessings we may ask for or receive  through the grace of the God we put our trust in.  We also desire to offer support to others in their critical  hours of need. 

First, we talk directly to God.  Through this communication pathways we can share that with this group of trusted friends.  Names are not necessary or needed to write this commentary.  Hopefully it will cast light on true Christian actions.  The reader will decide the impact on their heart. 

A member of our group wrote this.  There are 13 people in our group of couples and singles. most of us did not know this person needing prayer.

I lift up the sister of my dear friend to you today.  Her name is - - - -. She is walking through a heavy trial.  The toll of her chemotherapy treatments has left her so exhausted and weary.  Please wrap your loving arms around her and be her refuge.  When her body feels weak, be her strength.  Please guide the hands of her medical team as they treat her - - - - - cancer.  Give them wisdom to effectively manage her symptoms and  and side effects. 

Please wrap your loving arms around her and bring comfort to her weary body.  We asked that you restore her physical strength and protect her fragile veins.  The doctors are having a tough time with her worn out veins to draw blood.  Calm her breathing as she has also coughed up a blood clot.  We pray for wisdom for the medical team as they assess these new issues - - - - has been facing.  Let them be proactive to resolve these issues.  

Lord, we ask for your covering over - - - - .  Be with her.  Guard her heart as she meets  today with her doctor.  We thank you Lord that her husband - - - - remains firm and steady as he stands by her side, helping and meeting her needs.  Lord, when - - - -'s spirit is tired and her burden feels to heavy to carry, remind her always that she is safely held in YOUR hands.  Grant her the grace and the faith to fully trust 

your perfect plan for rest.  We ask all this in your precious name Jesus.

1 Peter 5:7  Casting all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you.

When this posts on our chat group, some of us come alongside these prayers as we are moved to do.

Later that day.....we are updated of the oncologists actions to decrease medications to help reduce fatigue and take a break from drawing blood from her tired veins.  - - - - says she is hopeful for these steps to strengthen her and maybe gain some weight.  She praises Jesus for being with her.

This is Christian hearts and souls in action through  the uncompromising  grace of God.  We do not control outcomes but we can be a significant positive force.  Godly community provides tangible blessings only available through our complete trust is Jesus and Father God.

 The great reset-or-what is the revolution against?

Privilege.

Some citizens have a lot.  Some citizens have very little.

In socialism/communism-same genetic material, privilege is not earned.  It is seized.

Privilege is retained by excluding the masses from sharing in it by whatever means are considered  necessary.  What succeeds best are rules that are practically impossible  to be fully obeyed especially if even a microscopic display of open minded thinking is displayed.  This extrapolates into a reality where open minded thinking brains become unlawful.

The privileged turn this unlawfulness  into imprisonment and exclusionary eternity for the guilty.  Additionally, this supreme guise implores the non-privileged  to find joyful existence under the thumb of those who provide equality sic equity to the unwashed masses.  Sadly those without privilege are horn swoggled to accept the bogus notion  that equity = equality.  The brazen  rise  through the ranks by calculated conjuring of mass disruptions. Within  this unique aspect of western democracy the revolution gathers momentum resembling the genesis of a hurricane.

Strange bedfellows indeed.  A random accidental death of a black drug addict perches a select few on the lower limbs of the privilege tree at  cost that cannot be calculated.  The deception infects a Prime Minister who turns a lowly trucker protest  over insane  pandemic restrictions into a National Emergency requiring implementation of the War Measures Act. Armed dissolution, seized financial assets, kangaroo court cases follow.

Laws are created defining improper language use-even terms deeply imbeddedi n common usage  to be unlawful and punishable by fines or even imprisonment or minimally subjecting the guilty to 'reeducation'.

Extract wealth under the thin guise of taking from the rich and giving to the poor but with the unstated intent of turning governance into godliness. Total reliance on your 'compassionate' leadership for all your needs.  Embed indoctrination of the young unsuspecting  minds and souls to never know the exultation and realization of the ability to achieve astounding excellence.

Replace loving parental guidance and authority with a new normal that teaches reliance and inherent goodness and concern of the government gods that reward you with compliance to replace competitive ascension. Sadly and even more abhorrent children are being criminally encouraged to make permanent life altering changes around their gender issues.

In reality privilege has infected and created a chasm that divides society into a class warfare where no opportunity exists to aspire upwards with intelligence and effort.  Instead, a serpentish third entity determines the rules created and administered by an ELITE overlord (themselves) to encourage, enable and invigorate a malignant malaise between the haves and the have nots.  Without a deep dive into this rabbit hole it is not an irrational conclusion that a fellow named Marx hatched out  much of this vision for the future.  Especially he casted the significant bricks  affirming the adversarial necessity of this relationship.

The end game of becoming god and terminating ascension to excellence comes with turning the mighty vessel of freedom of information into freedom from information. Those without privilege do not get to know what is left out of the story.

The NDP British Columbia government 2023 budget promises a continued attack on family budgets.

To verify my reaction my first bit of research  needed to clarify the meaning of the word hypocrisy. 

So lets start there: 

Behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe. 

Say one thing but do another.

Claiming to have moral standards to which ones own behavior does not conform.

Insincerity, deception. dishonesty, double-dealing are a few more bits of connective tissue that reflect

the disdain this government reveals towards the everyday working folks it claims to serve.

This attitude is made crystal clear with the plans to triple carbon tax in the next 7 years, starting with escalations a few weeks from now.  Driving costs more, heating your home  with LNG costs more, and increasing transportation costs means everything you buy will cost more. Don't forget that's on top of the increased pump price and heating your home costs.

So the government espouses converting everything to electricity to wean our lives into the mythical universe of a carbon neutral nirvana in order to save the planet. At the same time, they will punish anyone with the audacity to use carbon based fuels. They buy into the fear mongering science of pending doom because we use gasoline and diesel and LNG  and other fuels derived from oil but the government is quite ok with raking in mountains of dough from the very products they claim to despise.

That defines the term hypocrisy to the Nth degree in my mind.  We (the NDP) say we think carbon based fuels are the evil scourge even though they are still a necessity for existence but we are not only going to continue  to beat you up mentally over your disregard for the environment, we are going to gleefully grab more of your money through excessive carbon taxes just because we can!

Meantime, electric vehicles speed around on those glistening asphalt highways with narry a hint of  any costs to them  to save the world other than the narcissistic belief that they are saving humanity from extinction.  Can you imagine the government wanting their millions of dollars in electric vehicle subsidies returned?  Or a tax on electric vehicle registrations to help maintain our streets and highways?  You can bet your meagre savings that the NDP will not touch that concept with a 20 ft. pole.  Maybe the revenge will come when electricity costs spiral in North America and oil consumption stays the same globally as other countries swallow up the evil surplus of the energy source that brings them radical economic advancement.

 after an extended hiatus I  revisited this blog and wondered how so many years had evaporated.

The climate crisis still strikes fear.  So, little has changed-including the temperature of the planet.

About to turn 75, I might be trying to test  whether my faculties are somewhat intact.  we shall see in the

 coming months.  There are some significant (in my mind) thought collections rattling around in my head.

We shall see what becomes in the days ahead.  since I have microscopic readership there will likely be 

little in the way of  blowback from whatever I write.  I'll think of it self therapy.  cheers for today.

Climate Change Just Won't Quit

Question:  How do Canadians find truth about climate change and these carbon emissions?


It's such a push button topic these days but how much do we really understand about the climate that surrounds planet earth.  If there are a lot of average Canadians like me, you are mildly obsessed with weather forecasts but deeper knowledge of what creates climate is limited. Factor in blatant, unfactual  information imbedded in articulately constructed news from climate change extremists and our knowledge of what creates climate is reduced even further.
It's so tempting to lash out at the purposeful and calculated deception that has unfolded over the last 20 years on global warming /climate change / carbon footprint / slash / slash / slash.  What is really needed is more information.
 I found real momentum to follow this rabbit trail discovering a NOVA  program titled "Earth From Space".  This documentary detailed data collected from a fleet of spacecraft circling earth.  Emerging as I watched,  was a powerful, understandable conception of the universal forces of sunlight, polar icecaps, earth rotation, magnetic force fields and additional significant scientific discoveries that form the origins of climate on earth. Even so, it was barely fathomable to get  my feeble human reasoning  around the sheer immensity  of  the information being revealed.  Our world may seem smaller through technology. But the size of the planet is the same and the universe has not been minutely affected by humans. What seemed a little like a throw in at the end of the NOVA program was the effect of human activity on the earth.....still miniscule when stacked up against the scientific realities of  the climate that creates the atmosphere that fuels the very survival of the wonders that we see and experience on our planet. Most significantly what we humans contribute to the big picture.
You many or may not notice that climate change comes in waves into our media world.  The most recent example is the past few weeks.  Various stories about rising temperature, melting polar ice caps government inaction on carbon emissions and the increasing need for green energy solutions.  A National Post article on December 12th, written by Peter Foster laid out the foundation of why this happens. The Conference of the Parties(COP) in Lima, Peru.  Apparently, news releases are highly organized to reveal alarming studies that will validate the need for a global agreement to change the climate: the stated goal of this U.N. inspired organization.  Not incidentally, this 8000 strong delegation is trying to pry loose 100 million dollars from governments to fund this pursuit. Their tactics this year included Greenpeacers trespassing on a sacred Peruvian  Heritage site to trample out their own politically loaded message on renewability.  Another of their stories on climate change stated that Antarctic glaciers were shedding  Mount Everest of ice every year.
There is great disparity on the buy-in of countries supporting carbon emissions controls. Promises versus actions from many countries and organizations are wide ranging.  India and China  give lip service but not much else.  It's not secret that they see oil and gas as the fast track for economic development.  Europe and the U.S. are not on the same page.  Many countries' subsidies to renewable industry are disappearing fast than Antarctic ice. Closer to home, the Ontario Provincial Liberal government has saddled consumers with an extra 50 billion dollars of debt with their misguided foray  into building renewable electricity infrastructure.  Our Prime Minister, Stephen  Harper has always expressed a clear stance on this subject, foremost not to throw money blindly at COP.  Most recently on their latest strategy to impose unilateral restrictions on the oil industry, he states this would be a crazy move in the current environment of depressed oil prices.
The CBC and especially news anchor, Peter Mansbridge have long been on a desperate mission to fuel the demise of Prime Minister Harper.   Mr. Mansbridges' annual Christmas interviews can border on the pathetic,  saved only by the intelligence and leadership qualities of the PM.  And witness the ambush interview by Mansbridge at the UN in New York with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as reported by Philip Cross of the National Post.  Mr. Mansbridge seems to have lost any journalistic integrity in his anti-Harper quest.
The momentum-building for the Lima COP gathering had this 'bit' of good news to cling to heading in to this years meeting. After 18 straight years in which global temperature refused to climb, 2014 statistics to the end of October from the World Meteoroligical Organization recorded a new record, a 1/100 of a degree increase.  In an article published by environmental writer Lawrence Solomon, he reports that Arctic ice is over its average of the last 15 years.  Antarctic sea ice cover is at an all time high and is thicker than previously thought.  The Polar Vortex is spreading to Europe and produced 9000 record lows in November in North America.
Whatever the climate, there is a new sheriff in town. Plummeting oil prices are ushering in a  new age of oil and gas popularity.  Remember when 'peak oil' was a buzz phrase.  A little historical reading on what 'science' said then might be quite interesting! Conversely, the International Energy Agency is expressing a lot of confidence these days regarding the popularity of oil and gas products for the next quarter century.
So, fellow Canadians, where do we go from here?  The NOVA, Earth from Space documentary should be a must see in order to establish any perspective on how climate works on this planet, regardless of the input by humans. 
The climate change media machine will never provide us with perspective and many of their 'facts' are highly suspect  when checked out.  Don't fully trust those on the other side either.  Once the NOVA program is processed, it's quite logical to recognize that 'computer modelling' creates the worst case scenarios such as the famous Al Gore 'hockey stick' and many others.  With hindsight we now know that none of these models have proven out  The Conferences of the Parties is supposed to be the beaming reinforcement of the lofty aspirations of this gathering to motivate humans to reduce the horrible carbon footprint we are making.
A report from writer Nota Bene even casts doubt on this endeavour.  The stated intention of COP at their Lima meetings was to neutralize all the greenhouse gas pollution they created at the convention.
Bene reports these  findings in the U.S. News and World Report on December 9th.  Quite the opposite happened....a record 50,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide were created.  Some of the reasons: 13 temporary buildings were assembled for the 2 weeks of the meetings.  Some components flown in from Brazil and France.  Electricity supplied entirely by diesel generators(other plans like solar power didn't work out according to organizers), A bicycle parking lot was meagrely used.  8000 delegates mostly used vehicles for the 10 km., hour long traverse between the meeting site and their hotels.
Reality can be such a harsh judge of idealistic intention.
What we need to do is work a little harder to find out as much as we can about climate and the role of humans in it.  This means to also study the information from the numerous scientists who believe we have as much effect on climate as 'a fart in a wind storm'.  It means not giving up on efforts to reduce waste and minimize pollution on our planet.  Whether or not we are a factor in climate, we still need to maximize efforts to become better housekeepers of our home in this vast amazing universe.
Is their climate change?  Of course there is.  It's been happening since the very beginning.  If indeed you subscribe to the theory that there were enough fossils to create all this oil, can you imagine the flatulence that occurred.  Today, India's cows are know to be a worse contributor to green house gasses than most countries.  Maybe even Canada.
In the long run, people will respond better to truth than manufactured alarmism that carries stupendous financial implications for a small lobby group.  We are getting better at waste control and pollution practises.  Let's concentrate on that for a quarter century and see what happens.