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Comment Re:kids are worried ... (Score 4, Informative) 491

Of course kids are scared about global warming/climate change/whatever. For years now, it has been pushed on them relentlessly in the public schools. Remember that 'Captain Planet' environmental cartoon from years back, where every industrialist/capitalist was evil and had to be defeated? That was just the beginning. The level of outright propaganda that kids receive would make Goebbels smile. And, of course, that is completely independent on whether or not there really -is- some sort of man-induced climate changes occurring, and to what degree. The sad thing is that -both- sides of this debate have become so hopelessly politicized, that its hard to tell just where the truth is.

Comment Re:How about we just stop "helping" (Score 1) 592

Let's assume that we do dump even more billions into Africa, and make it sustainable agriculturally. To the extent that the culture and technology has been raised there, what can the world expect from it? Would it be more of what we're seeing now? What -have- we gotten for all the past aid, except massive amounts of fraud and corruption? Does the world really need a billion more 419 scammers?

Comment Re:illegal regulation of interstate commerce? (Score 1) 200

Is it there any human activity whatsoever, that can't be considered to "affect" interstate commerce by some tortured logic? Because that is precisely what they do now. That clause has become the universal excuse by which they insert their noses into every single aspect of our lives. Let's try it: someone propose some human activity. Then, let's try to imagine how it can conceivably "affect" interstate commerce. Here's a start- this is a real-live example. A farmer was forbidden from growing wheat on his own farm, for his own use. The excuse was, since was consuming his own wheat, he didn't need to buy it from someone else. Therefore he "affected" interstate commerce by not needing to buy wheat elsewhere, that is generally traded nationally. (Wickard v. Filburn, 1942)

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